UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On December 2, 2020, Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to its effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-251074) registering shares of the Company’s common stock, $1.00 par value per share, issuable pursuant to its Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan. This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed solely to include the opinion of counsel attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 with respect to the legality of the shares issuable pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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| 5.1 | Opinion of Counsel of the Company regarding the legality of shares. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Counsel of the Company (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
| December 2, 2020 | /s/ LORI L. COLVIN | |||||
| Lori L. Colvin | ||||||
| Vice President/Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||