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Dover, Delaware -- The Board of Directors of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share on the Company’s common stock. The $0.27 per share dividend will be paid on January 5, 2015 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2014. For [...]

Dover, Delaware — Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) today reported third quarter and nine months financial results. The Company's net income for the three months ended September 30, 2014 was $3.2 million, or $0.22 per share. This represents a decrease of $699,000, or $0.05 per share, over the same quarter in 2013, due principally to [...]

Dover, Delaware — Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) ("Chesapeake") announced today that the Florida Public Service Commission ("PSC") has approved a $3.75 million rate increase for electric customers of Florida Public Utilities Company ("FPU"), a Chesapeake subsidiary. The PSC approved the joint recommendation of FPU and the Office of Public Counsel ("OPC") to adopt the [...]

Dover, Delaware — Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) ("Chesapeake") announced today that it has sold its BravePoint, Inc. ("BravePoint") subsidiary, a provider of advanced information technology services and solutions, to Progress Software Corporation ("Progress") for approximately $12 million in cash, which represents approximately 0.63 times BravePoint’s 2013 revenues. BravePoint’s expertise and solid reputation in the [...]

Dover, Delaware — Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) (“Chesapeake”) announced today that its subsidiary, Eight Flags Energy, LLC (“Eight Flags”), is pursuing the development and construction of a combined heat and power plant in Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island in Nassau County, Florida. The plant will be built on a site to be leased from [...]

Dover, Delaware — Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) (“Chesapeake”) today announced that Dr. Ronald G. Forsythe Jr., President, Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Information Officer of Quality Health Strategies (“QHS”), was appointed to Chesapeake’s Board of Directors effective November 1, 2014. "We welcome the addition of Ron to our Board," said Ralph J. Adkins, [...]

Dover, Delaware -- With August 11 just a few days away, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE:CPK) and its family of businesses on Delmarva – Chesapeake Utilities, Eastern Shore Natural Gas, Sandpiper Energy and Sharp Energy, hopes this date on the calendar will serve as a natural reminder for residents to call 811 prior to any digging project to have underground utility lines marked.

Dover, Delaware – Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) will host a conference call on Friday, August 8, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss the Company’s financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. The earnings press release will be issued on Thursday, August 7, 2014, before the market opens. To participate in [...]

At their meeting held today, the Board of Directors of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share on the Company’s common stock. The $0.27 per share dividend will be paid on October 6, 2014 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2014. [...]

Second quarter net income increased to $5.1 million, or $0.53 per share Natural gas system expansions and other customer growth generated $2.1 million in additional gross margin Dover, Delaware — Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) today reported second quarter financial results. The Company's net income for the three months ended June 30, 2014 was $5.1 [...]