Chesapeake Utillities Corporation - Form 8-K - Common Stock Offering
 
 
 
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 13, 2006


Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
001-11590
51-0064146
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
File Number)
Identification No.)
 

 
909 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware 19904
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)


(302) 734-6799
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)


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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)



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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (the “Company”) announced today the commencement of a public offering of 555,000 shares of its common stock.

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated is acting as the lead book-running manager and A.G. Edwards is acting as co-lead manager for the offering. The Company has agreed to provide the underwriters participating in the equity offering with a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 83,250 shares of its common stock to cover over-allotments.

The Company will utilize the net proceeds from the equity offering to repay a portion of short-term debt, which has been used to finance the Company’s utility expansion projects.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibit 99 — Press Release of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, dated November 13, 2006.

 


SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Chesapeake Utilities Corporation



/s/ Michael P. McMasters
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Michael P. McMasters
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Date: November 13, 2006