Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (Form: 8-K)  

 

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):   May 2, 2012

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

     
Delaware 001-11590 51-0064146
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
909 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware   19904
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   302.734.6799

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 2, 2012. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, March 15, 2012, 9,577,542 shares of common stock of the Company, the only outstanding class of voting or equity securities of the Company were outstanding. The items set forth below were submitted to a vote of stockholders. Proxies for the meeting were solicited in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The Company’s stockholders voted on the election of four nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve as Class I directors for a three-year term ending in 2015 and until their successors are elected and qualified. All four nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve as Class I directors for a three-year term ending in 2015 and until their successors are elected and qualified. The following shows the separate tabulation of votes for each nominee:

                     
Class   Name   Votes For   Votes Withheld
I  
Eugene H. Bayard
    6,493,287       326,142  
I  
Thomas P. Hill, Jr.
    6,498,532       320,897  
I  
Dennis S. Hudson, III
    6,476,968       342,461  
I  
Calvert A. Morgan, Jr.
    6,428,337       391,092  

There were 1,996,274 broker non-votes for each nominee. There were no abstentions for any nominee.

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of ParenteBeard LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. Stockholder votes were cast as follows: 8,700,237 affirmative votes, 69,333 negative votes, and 46,133 abstentions. There were no broker non-votes for this matter.

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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
          
May 4, 2012   By:   Beth W. Cooper
       
        Name: Beth W. Cooper
        Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer