UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 15, 2011
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-11590 | 51-0064146 | ||
| (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 909 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware |
19904 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 302.734.6799
| Not Applicable |
| (Former name or former address if changed since last report.) |
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will be meeting with analysts, investors and other members of the financial community at the Northeast Financial Community Meetings in New York City, New York on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 and Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. At these meetings, the Company will make a presentation, which includes a business update and overview of the Company. Copies of the slide presentation materials that will be distributed at these meetings are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1 — Chesapeake Utilities Corporation slide presentation materials dated November 15-16, 2011.
This Form 8-K and the exhibits hereto contain “forward-looking statements” that are subject to various assumptions, risks and uncertainties These statements should be read in conjunction with the “Forward-Looking Statements” section in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 and Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011 (which sections are incorporated herein by reference), and in conjunction with other SEC reports filed by the Company that discuss important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
SIGNATURES
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 | ||||
November 15, 2011
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By: | Beth W. Cooper | ||
| Name: Beth W. Cooper | ||||
| Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||