form8_k.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 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): August 25, 2008 (August 19, 2008)
Connecticut
Water Service, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Connecticut
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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06-0739839
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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93
West Main Street, Clinton, CT
(Address
of principal executive office)
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06413
(Zip
Code)
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(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.
below):
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01
Other
Events
On August
20, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing an increase in the
quarterly dividend on the Company’s common shares from $0.2175 per quarter to
$0.2225 per quarter, and declared a quarterly cash dividend payable on
September 16, 2008 for shareholders of record as of September 2, 2008.
This is the thirty-ninth consecutive year that the Company has increased its
dividend payout to holders of the Company’s common shares.
A copy of
the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is
hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements
and Exhibits
The following exhibit is filed
herewith:
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99.1
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Press
Release dated August 20, 2008 relating to increase and declaration of
quarterly dividend.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
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Connecticut
Water Service, Inc.
(Registrant)
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Date:
August 25, 2008
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By: /s/ Nicholas A.
Rinaldi
Nicholas
A. Rinaldi
Controller
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