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): January 21, 2009 (January 16,
2009)
Commission
File Number 0-8084
Connecticut
Water Service, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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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(860)
669-8636
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
name, address and former fiscal year, 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 July
23, 2008, Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (“CWS”) announced that its principal
operating subsidiary, The Connecticut Water Company (“CWC”) entered into a
definitive agreement to acquire the Ellington Acres Company (“EAC”), a regulated
water utility company that provides water service to approximately 750 customers
in the towns of Ellington and Somers, Connecticut.
On
January 16, 2009, CWC completed the acquisition by acquiring all of the stock of
EAC for cash consideration of $1,495,000.
On
January 21, 2009, CWC issued a news release regarding the acquisition of EAC. A
copy of the news release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is
hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits
The following are filed herewith as
exhibits
(c) Exhibits
99.1
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News
release of CWC and EAC, dated January 21, 2009.
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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: January
21, 2008
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By: /s/ David C.
Benoit
David
C. Benoit
Vice
President – Finance and
Chief
Financial Officer
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