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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) and Florida Public Utilities Company (NYSE Amex: FPU) announced that their shareholders approved the proposed merger of the companies at separate meetings held today.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) today announced that Glass, Lewis & Co. and PROXY Governance, Inc., two independent proxy advisory firms, have each recommended that Chesapeake shareholders vote “FOR” the strategic merger with Florida Public Utilities (NYSE Amex: FPU) at Chesapeake’s Special Meeting of Shareholders on October 22, 2009.

Natural gas prices for Chesapeake Utilities’ residential customers could decrease by 18 percent if the Delaware Public Service Commission approves the request. The Company filed an application to reduce its Gas Sales Service Rates for Delaware customers on September 4, 2009, and has requested the rate change to be effective for service rendered on or after November 1, 2009.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) today announced net income of $806,000 for the second quarter of 2009, or $0.12 per share (diluted), compared to $1.8 million, or $0.27 per share (diluted), for the second quarter of 2008.

At their meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.315 per share on the Company’s common stock, representing $1.26 per share on an annualized basis.

BravePoint®, Inc. a leading IT Services company that specializes in applying technology expertise to improve customers’ profitability, announced today the release of Pro2TM – Oracle Edition – a utility for easy, real-time replication of Progress OpenEdge® data to an Oracle® database.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) announced today that it has received all public service commission regulatory approvals required for its merger with Florida Public Utilities Company (FPU) (NYSE AMEX: FPU).

Chesapeake Utilities today announced the introduction of natural gas to Georgetown, Delaware. A ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this afternoon on the Owens Campus of Delaware Technical & Community College (Delaware Tech) celebrated the much anticipated arrival of natural gas in the Georgetown area.

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company (ESNG), a subsidiary of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, received the American Gas Association’s (AGA) Safety Achievement Award for the sixth consecutive year in a row.

BravePoint®, Inc., a leading provider of technology consulting solutions in the Progress Software market, today announced that they will host a virtual conference for the Progress Community, in partnership with Progress Software and White Star Software.