UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[X] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
[ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s)
Hatches, Barrett
4056 Pine Ridge Drive
Fort Gratiot, MI 48059
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SEMCO Energy, Inc. (SEN)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
12/99
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President (1)
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)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of
action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect
Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial
(Month/ or Owned at or Ownership
Day/Year) Code Amount D Price End of Year I
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C><C>
Common Stock 05/15/99 L 3.3378 A $14.9800 D Direct
Common Stock 06/15/99 L 3.5868 A $13.9400 D Direct
Common Stock 07/15/99 L 3.2258 A $15.5000 D Direct
Common Stock 08/15/99 L 4.8325 A $15.5200 D Direct
Common Stock 09/15/99 L 3.4037 A $14.6900 D Direct
Common Stock 10/15/99 L 3.5765 A $13.9800 D Direct
Common Stock 11/15/99 L 3.5613 A $14.0400 D Direct
Common Stock 12/15/99 L 3.7680 A $13.2708 112.9760 D Direct
Common Stock 722.9101 I by 401(k) plan
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Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6)
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1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and
Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date
Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D)
Derivative
Security Code A D Exercisable Expiration
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Non-Qualified Stock Option $15.6250 03/01/09
(right to buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option $15.9520 03/02/08
(right to buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option $17.1400 05/01/07
(right to buy)
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Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11)
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1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of
Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect
Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial
Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership
Number of Owned at I
- Title Shares End of Year
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 7,000.0000 7,000.0000 D Direct
(right to buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 3,660.0000 3,660.0000 D Direct
(right to buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 3,675.0000 3,675.0000 D Direct
(right to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)
Effective January 3, 2000, the reporting person became President of a division of the issuer, which is not an officer position for
Section 16 purposes.
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Includes shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends through the Company's DRIP.
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Includes shares allocated to the reporting person's account under the issuer's 401(k) plan since the reporting person's last report.
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ Hatches, Barrett
DATE 01/19/00