(Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall)DOVER, Del., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At their meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation 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  

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation

CONTACT: Beth W. Cooper, Senior Vice President & Chief FinancialOfficer, +1-302-734-6799

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

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