Chesapeake Utilities Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend

DOVER, Del., Aug. 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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.  The $0.315 per share dividend will be paid October 5, 2009 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on September 14, 2009.

Chesapeake has paid a cash dividend to common stock shareholders for forty-eight consecutive years.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is a diversified utility company engaged in natural gas distribution, transmission and marketing, propane distribution and wholesale marketing, advanced information services and other related businesses.  Information about Chesapeake Utilities Corporation and the Chesapeake family of businesses is available at http://www.chpk.com/.

  For more information, contact:

  Beth W. Cooper
  Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
  302.734.6799


DATASOURCE: Chesapeake Utilities Corporation



CONTACT:  Beth W. Cooper, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial

Officer, [phone]



Web Site:  http://www.chpk.com/ 

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