UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Maffie, Michael O
5241 Spring Mountain Road
Las Vegas, NV 89150
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Southwest Gas Corporation
SWX
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
04/30/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
President and Chief Executive Officer
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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Common Stock |04/02/|M | |25,000 |A |$19.125 | | | |
|2002 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |04/02/|S | |25,000 |D |$24.518 | | | |
|2002 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |04/02/|M | |20,000 |A |$17.9375 | | | |
|2002 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |04/02/|S | |20,000 |D |$24.518 |75,712 (1) |D | |
|2002 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |04/02/|S |V|14,381 |D |$24.85 |(2) | |401(K) |
|2002 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |04/02/|S |V|2,465 |D |$24.85 |951 (3) |I |By spouse |
|2002 | | | | | | | | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Employee Stock Option |$19.125 |04/02|M | |25,000 |D |(4) |07/14|Common Stock|25,000 | |-0- |D | |
| |/2002| | | | | |/2007| | | | | | |
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(right to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option |$17.9375|04/02|M | |20,000 |D |(5) |07/17|Common Stock|20,000 | |-0- |D | |
| |/2002| | | | | |/2010| | | | | | |
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(right to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Includes 490 shares acquired pursuant to 3/2002 dividend reinvestment
feature of SWX restricted stock plan.
(2) Intraplan transfer out of company stock fund of 401(k)
plan.
(3) Spouse did intraplan transfer out of company stock fund of 401(k)
plan.
(4) The option vested in three installments on July 15, 1998, 1999,
2000.
(5) The option vested on July 18,
2001.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Michael O. Maffie by Faye J. Ringler, Attorney in fact
DATE
05/02/2002