State
of Delaware
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51-0064146
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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Title
of each class
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Name
of each exchange on which registered
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Common
Stock - par value per share $.4867
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New
York Stock Exchange, Inc.
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act:
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8.25%
Convertible Debentures Due 2014
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(Title
of class)
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Page
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Part I |
1
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Item
1. Business
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1
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Item
1A. Risk Factors
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8
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Item
1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
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11
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Item
2. Proprties
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11
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Item
3. Legal Proceedings
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11
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Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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11
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Part II |
12
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Item
5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder
Matters
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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12
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Item
6. Selected Financial Data
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14
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Item
7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results
of Operations
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18
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Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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36
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Item
8. Financial Statements and Supplemental Data
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36
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Item
9. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting
and
Financial Disclosure
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67
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Item
9A. Controls and Procedures
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67
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Item
9B. Other Information
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67
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Part III |
68
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Item
10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
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68
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Item
11. Executive Compensation
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68
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Item
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
and
Related Stockholder Matters
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68
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Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
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69
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Item
14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
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69
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Part IV |
70
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Item
15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
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70
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Signatures |
73
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(a) |
General
Development of Business
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(b) |
Financial
Information about Industry
Segments
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(c) |
Narrative
Description of Business
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(d) |
Available
Information
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(a) |
General
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(b) |
Natural
Gas Distribution
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(c) |
Natural
Gas Transmission
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(d) |
Propane
Distribution and Wholesale
Marketing
|
(a) |
General
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(b) |
Environmental
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(a) |
Common
Stock Price Ranges, Common Stock Dividends and Shareholder
Information:
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Quarter
Ended
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High
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Low
|
Close
|
Dividends
Declared Per Share
|
||||||||
2005
|
||||||||||||
March
31
|
$
|
27.5900
|
$
|
25.8300
|
$
|
26.6000
|
$
|
0.2800
|
||||
June
30
|
30.9500
|
23.6000
|
30.5800
|
0.2850
|
||||||||
September
30
|
35.6000
|
59.5000
|
35.1620
|
0.2850
|
||||||||
December
31
|
35.7799
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30.3227
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30.8000
|
0.2850
|
||||||||
2004
|
||||||||||||
March
31
|
$
|
26.5100
|
$
|
24.3000
|
$
|
25.6200
|
$
|
0.2750
|
||||
June
30
|
26.2000
|
20.4200
|
22.7000
|
0.2800
|
||||||||
September
30
|
25.4000
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22.1000
|
25.1000
|
0.2800
|
||||||||
December
31
|
27.5500
|
24.5000
|
26.7000
|
0.2800
|
||||||||
(b) |
Purchases
of Equity Securities by the
Issuer
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For
the Years Ended December 31,
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2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
(1)
|
2001
(1)
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|||||||||||
Operating
(in
thousands of dollars)
(3)
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
||||||||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
166,582
|
$
|
124,246
|
$
|
110,247
|
$
|
93,588
|
$
|
107,418
|
||||||
Propane
|
48,976
|
41,500
|
41,029
|
29,238
|
35,742
|
|||||||||||
Advanced
informations systems
|
14,140
|
12,427
|
12,578
|
12,764
|
14,104
|
|||||||||||
Other
and eliminations
|
(68
|
)
|
(218
|
)
|
(286
|
)
|
(334
|
)
|
(113
|
)
|
||||||
Total
revenues
|
$
|
229,630
|
$
|
177,955
|
$
|
163,568
|
$
|
135,256
|
$
|
157,151
|
||||||
Operating
income
|
||||||||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
17,236
|
$
|
17,091
|
$
|
16,653
|
$
|
14,973
|
$
|
14,405
|
||||||
Propane
|
3,209
|
2,364
|
3,875
|
1,052
|
913
|
|||||||||||
Advanced
informations systems
|
1,197
|
387
|
692
|
343
|
517
|
|||||||||||
Other
and eliminations
|
(112
|
)
|
128
|
359
|
237
|
386
|
||||||||||
Total
operating income
|
$
|
21,530
|
$
|
19,970
|
$
|
21,579
|
$
|
16,605
|
$
|
16,221
|
||||||
Net
income from continuing operations
|
$
|
10,468
|
$
|
9,550
|
$
|
10,079
|
$
|
7,535
|
$
|
7,341
|
||||||
Assets
(in thousands of dollars)
|
||||||||||||||||
Gross
property, plant and equipment
|
$
|
280,345
|
$
|
250,267
|
$
|
234,919
|
$
|
229,128
|
$
|
216,903
|
||||||
Net
property, plant and equipment
(4)
|
$
|
201,504
|
$
|
177,053
|
$
|
167,872
|
$
|
166,846
|
$
|
161,014
|
||||||
Total
assets
(4)
|
$
|
295,980
|
$
|
241,938
|
$
|
222,058
|
$
|
223,721
|
$
|
222,229
|
||||||
Capital
expenditures
(3)
|
$
|
33,423
|
$
|
17,830
|
$
|
11,822
|
$
|
13,836
|
$
|
26,293
|
||||||
Capitalization
(in thousands of dollars)
|
||||||||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
$
|
84,757
|
$
|
77,962
|
$
|
72,939
|
$
|
67,350
|
$
|
67,517
|
||||||
Long-term
debt, net of current maturities
|
58,991
|
66,190
|
69,416
|
73,408
|
48,409
|
|||||||||||
Total
capitalization
|
$
|
143,748
|
$
|
144,152
|
$
|
142,355
|
$
|
140,758
|
$
|
115,926
|
||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
$
|
4,929
|
$
|
2,909
|
$
|
3,665
|
$
|
3,938
|
$
|
2,686
|
||||||
Short-term
debt
|
35,482
|
5,002
|
3,515
|
10,900
|
42,100
|
|||||||||||
Total
capitalization and short-term financing
|
$
|
184,159
|
$
|
152,063
|
$
|
149,535
|
$
|
155,596
|
$
|
160,712
|
||||||
(1)
The years 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 have been restated in order
to reflect
the Company’s Delaware and Maryland
natural
gas divisions on the
“
accrual”
rather than the “as billed” revenue recognition
method.
|
||||||||||||||||
(2)
The years 1998, 1997, and 1996 have not been restated to reflect
the
“accrual” revenue recognition method due to the
immateriality
of the impact on the Company’s financial results.
|
||||||||||||||||
(3)
These amounts exclude the results of water services due to their
reclassification to discontinued operations. The assets
of
all of the water businesses were sold in 2004 and
2003.
|
||||||||||||||||
(4)
The years 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 reflect the results
of adopting
SFAS 143.
|
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2000
(1)
|
1999
(1)
|
1998
(2)
|
1997
(2)
|
1996
(2)
|
|||||||||||
Operating
(in
thousands of dollars)
(3)
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
||||||||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
101,138
|
$
|
75,637
|
$
|
68,770
|
$
|
88,108
|
$
|
90,044
|
||||||
Propane
|
31,780
|
25,199
|
23,377
|
28,614
|
36,727
|
|||||||||||
Advanced
informations systems
|
12,390
|
13,531
|
10,331
|
7,786
|
7,230
|
|||||||||||
Other
and eliminations
|
(131
|
)
|
(14
|
)
|
(15
|
)
|
(182
|
)
|
(243
|
)
|
||||||
Total
revenues
|
$
|
145,177
|
$
|
114,353
|
$
|
102,463
|
$
|
124,326
|
$
|
133,758
|
||||||
Operating
income
|
||||||||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
12,798
|
$
|
10,388
|
$
|
8,820
|
$
|
9,240
|
$
|
9,627
|
||||||
Propane
|
2,135
|
2,622
|
965
|
1,137
|
2,668
|
|||||||||||
Advanced
informations systems
|
336
|
1,470
|
1,316
|
1,046
|
1,056
|
|||||||||||
Other
and eliminations
|
816
|
495
|
485
|
558
|
560
|
|||||||||||
Total
operating income
|
$
|
16,085
|
$
|
14,975
|
$
|
11,586
|
$
|
11,981
|
$
|
13,911
|
||||||
Net
income from continuing operations
|
$
|
7,665
|
$
|
8,372
|
$
|
5,329
|
$
|
5,812
|
$
|
7,764
|
||||||
Assets
(in thousands of dollars)
|
||||||||||||||||
Gross
property, plant and equipment
|
$
|
192,925
|
$
|
172,068
|
$
|
152,991
|
$
|
144,251
|
$
|
134,001
|
||||||
Net
property, plant and equipment
(4)
|
$
|
131,466
|
$
|
117,663
|
$
|
104,266
|
$
|
99,879
|
$
|
94,014
|
||||||
Total
assets
(4)
|
$
|
211,764
|
$
|
166,958
|
$
|
145,029
|
$
|
145,719
|
$
|
155,786
|
||||||
Capital
expenditures
(3)
|
$
|
22,057
|
$
|
21,365
|
$
|
12,516
|
$
|
13,471
|
$
|
15,399
|
||||||
Capitalization
(in thousands of dollars)
|
||||||||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
$
|
64,669
|
$
|
60,714
|
$
|
56,356
|
$
|
53,656
|
$
|
50,700
|
||||||
Long-term
debt, net of current maturities
|
50,921
|
33,777
|
37,597
|
38,226
|
28,984
|
|||||||||||
Total
capitalization
|
$
|
115,590
|
$
|
94,491
|
$
|
93,953
|
$
|
91,882
|
$
|
79,684
|
||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
$
|
2,665
|
$
|
2,665
|
$
|
520
|
$
|
1,051
|
$
|
3,526
|
||||||
Short-term
debt
|
25,400
|
23,000
|
11,600
|
7,600
|
12,735
|
|||||||||||
Total
capitalization and short-term financing
|
$
|
143,655
|
$
|
120,156
|
$
|
106,073
|
$
|
100,533
|
$
|
95,945
|
||||||
(1)
The years 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 have been restated in order
to reflect
the Company’s Delaware and Maryland
natural
gas divisions on the “accrual” rather than the “as billed” revenue
recognition method.
|
||||||||||||||||
(2)
The years 1998, 1997, and 1996 have not been restated to reflect
the
“accrual” revenue recognition method due to the
immateriality
of the impact on the Company’s financial results.
|
||||||||||||||||
(3)
These amounts exclude the results of water services due to their
reclassification to discontinued operations. The assets
of
all of the water businesses were sold in 2004 and
2003.
|
||||||||||||||||
(4)
The years 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 reflect the results
of adopting
SFAS 143.
|
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
(1)
|
2001
(1)
|
|||||||||||
Common
Stock Data and Ratios
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
earnings per share from continuing operations
(3)
|
$
|
1.79
|
$
|
1.66
|
$
|
1.80
|
$
|
1.37
|
$
|
1.37
|
||||||
Diluted
earnings per share from continuing operations
(3)
|
$
|
1.77
|
$
|
1.64
|
$
|
1.76
|
$
|
1.37
|
$
|
1.35
|
||||||
Return
on average equity from continuing operations
(3)
|
12.9
|
%
|
12.7
|
%
|
14.4
|
%
|
11.2
|
%
|
11.1
|
%
|
||||||
Common
equity / total capitalization
|
59.0
|
%
|
54.1
|
%
|
51.2
|
%
|
47.8
|
%
|
58.2
|
%
|
||||||
Common
equity / total capitalization and short-term financing
|
46.0
|
%
|
51.3
|
%
|
48.8
|
%
|
43.3
|
%
|
42.0
|
%
|
||||||
Book
value per share
|
$
|
14.41
|
$
|
13.49
|
$
|
12.89
|
$
|
12.16
|
$
|
12.45
|
||||||
Market
price:
|
||||||||||||||||
High
|
$
|
35.780
|
$
|
27.550
|
$
|
26.700
|
$
|
21.990
|
$
|
19.900
|
||||||
Low
|
$
|
23.600
|
$
|
20.420
|
$
|
18.400
|
$
|
16.500
|
$
|
17.375
|
||||||
Close
|
$
|
30.800
|
$
|
26.700
|
$
|
26.050
|
$
|
18.300
|
$
|
19.800
|
||||||
Average
number of shares outstanding
|
5,836,463
|
5,735,405
|
5,610,592
|
5,489,424
|
5,367,433
|
|||||||||||
Shares
outstanding at year-end
|
5,845,571
|
5,730,801
|
5,612,935
|
5,500,357
|
5,394,516
|
|||||||||||
Registered
common shareholders
|
2,026
|
2,026
|
2,069
|
2,130
|
2,171
|
|||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared per share
|
$
|
1.14
|
$
|
1.12
|
$
|
1.10
|
$
|
1.10
|
$
|
1.10
|
||||||
Dividend
yield (annualized)
(4)
|
3.7
|
%
|
4.2
|
%
|
4.2
|
%
|
6.0
|
%
|
5.6
|
%
|
||||||
Payout
ratio from continuing operations
(3)
(5)
|
63.7
|
%
|
67.5
|
%
|
61.1
|
%
|
80.3
|
%
|
80.3
|
%
|
||||||
Additional
Data
|
||||||||||||||||
Customers
|
||||||||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
54,786
|
50,878
|
47,649
|
45,133
|
42,741
|
|||||||||||
Propane
distribution
|
35,367
|
34,888
|
34,894
|
34,566
|
35,530
|
|||||||||||
Volumes
|
||||||||||||||||
Natural
gas deliveries (in MMCF)
|
34,981
|
31,430
|
29,375
|
27,935
|
27,264
|
|||||||||||
Propane
distribution (in thousands of gallons)
|
26,178
|
24,979
|
25,147
|
21,185
|
23,080
|
|||||||||||
Heating
degree-days (Delmarva Peninsula)
|
4,792
|
4,553
|
4,715
|
4,161
|
4,368
|
|||||||||||
Propane
bulk storage capacity (in thousands of gallons)
|
2,315
|
2,045
|
2,195
|
2,151
|
1,958
|
|||||||||||
Total
employees
(3)
|
423
|
426
|
439
|
455
|
458
|
|||||||||||
(1)
The years 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 have been restated in order
to reflect
the Company’s Delaware and Maryland natural gas divisions on the “accrual”
rather than the “as billed” revenue recognition method.
|
||||||||||||||||
(2)
The years 1998, 1997, and 1996 have not been restated to reflect
the
“accrual” revenue recognition method due to the immateriality of the
impact on the Company’s financial results.
|
||||||||||||||||
(3)
These amounts exclude the results of water services due to their
reclassification to discontinued operations. The assets of all
of the
water businesses were sold in 2004 and 2003.
|
||||||||||||||||
(4)
Dividend yield (annualized) is calculated by multiplying the
fourth
quarter dividend declared by four (4), then dividing that amount
by the
closing common stock price at December 31.
|
||||||||||||||||
(5)
The
payout ratio from continuing operations is calculated
by dividing cash dividends declared per share (for the year) by
basic
earnings per share from continuing operations.
|
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2000
(1)
|
1999
(1)
|
1998
(2)
|
1997
(2)
|
1996
(2)
|
|||||||||||
Common
Stock Data and Ratios
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
earnings per share from continuing operations
(3)
|
$
|
1.46
|
$
|
1.63
|
$
|
1.05
|
$
|
1.17
|
$
|
1.58
|
||||||
Diluted
earnings per share from continuing operations
(3)
|
$
|
1.43
|
$
|
1.59
|
$
|
1.04
|
$
|
1.15
|
$
|
1.54
|
||||||
Return
on average equity from continuing operations
(3)
|
12.2
|
%
|
14.3
|
%
|
9.7
|
%
|
11.1
|
%
|
16.1
|
%
|
||||||
Common
equity / total capitalization
|
55.9
|
%
|
64.3
|
%
|
60.0
|
%
|
58.4
|
%
|
63.6
|
%
|
||||||
Common
equity / total capitalization and short-term financing
|
45.0
|
%
|
50.5
|
%
|
53.1
|
%
|
53.4
|
%
|
52.8
|
%
|
||||||
Book
value per share
|
$
|
12.21
|
$
|
11.71
|
$
|
11.06
|
$
|
10.72
|
$
|
10.26
|
||||||
Market
price:
|
||||||||||||||||
High
|
$
|
18.875
|
$
|
19.813
|
$
|
20.500
|
$
|
21.750
|
$
|
18.000
|
||||||
Low
|
$
|
16.250
|
$
|
14.875
|
$
|
16.500
|
$
|
16.250
|
$
|
15.125
|
||||||
Close
|
$
|
18.625
|
$
|
18.375
|
$
|
18.313
|
$
|
20.500
|
$
|
16.875
|
||||||
Average
number of shares outstanding
|
5,249,439
|
5,144,449
|
5,060,328
|
4,972,086
|
4,912,136
|
|||||||||||
Shares
outstanding at year-end
|
5,290,001
|
5,186,546
|
5,093,788
|
5,004,078
|
4,939,515
|
|||||||||||
Registered
common shareholders
|
2,166
|
2,212
|
2,271
|
2,178
|
2,213
|
|||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared per share
|
$
|
1.07
|
$
|
1.03
|
$
|
1.00
|
$
|
0.97
|
$
|
0.93
|
||||||
Dividend
yield (annualized)
(4)
|
5.8
|
%
|
5.7
|
%
|
5.5
|
%
|
4.7
|
%
|
5.5
|
%
|
||||||
Payout
ratio from continuing operations
(3)
(5)
|
73.3
|
%
|
63.2
|
%
|
95.2
|
%
|
82.9
|
%
|
58.9
|
%
|
||||||
Additional
Data
|
||||||||||||||||
Customers
|
||||||||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
40,854
|
39,029
|
37,128
|
35,797
|
34,713
|
|||||||||||
Propane
distribution
|
35,563
|
35,267
|
34,113
|
33,123
|
31,961
|
|||||||||||
Volumes
|
||||||||||||||||
Natural
gas deliveries (in MMCF)
|
30,830
|
27,383
|
21,400
|
23,297
|
24,835
|
|||||||||||
Propane
distribution (in thousands of gallons)
|
28,469
|
27,788
|
25,979
|
26,682
|
29,975
|
|||||||||||
Heating
degree-days (Delmarva Peninsula)
|
4,730
|
4,082
|
3,704
|
4,430
|
4,717
|
|||||||||||
Propane
bulk storage capacity (in thousands of gallons)
|
1,928
|
1,926
|
1,890
|
1,866
|
1,860
|
|||||||||||
Total
employees
(3)
|
471
|
466
|
431
|
397
|
338
|
|||||||||||
(1)
The years 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 have been restated in order
to reflect
the Company’s Delaware and Maryland natural gas divisions on the “accrual”
rather than the “as billed” revenue recognition method.
|
||||||||||||||||
(2)
The years 1998, 1997, and 1996 have not been restated to reflect
the
“accrual” revenue recognition method due to the immateriality of the
impact on the Company
’
s
financial
results.
|
||||||||||||||||
(3)
These amounts exclude the results of water services due to their
reclassification to discontinued operations. The assets of all
of the
water businesses were sold in 2004 and 2003.
|
||||||||||||||||
(4)
Dividend yield (annualized) is calculated by multiplying the
fourth
quarter dividend declared by four (4), then dividing that amount
by the
closing common stock price at December 31.
|
||||||||||||||||
(5)
The
payout ratio from continuing operations is calculated
by dividing cash dividends declared per share (for the year) by
basic
earnings per share from continuing operations.
|
Operating
Income Summary (in thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
2004
|
2003
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
|||||||||||||
Business
Segment:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution & transmission
|
$
|
17,236
|
$
|
17,091
|
$
|
145
|
$
|
17,091
|
$
|
16,653
|
$
|
438
|
|||||||
Propane
|
3,209
|
2,364
|
845
|
2,364
|
3,875
|
(1,511
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Advanced
information services
|
1,197
|
387
|
810
|
387
|
692
|
(305
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Other
& eliminations
|
(112
|
)
|
128
|
(240
|
)
|
128
|
359
|
(231
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total
Operating Income
|
$
|
21,530
|
$
|
19,970
|
$
|
1,560
|
$
|
19,970
|
$
|
21,579
|
($1,609
|
)
|
· |
The
Lightweight Association Management Processing Systems (“LAMPS™”) product,
including the sale of its property rights, contributed $622,000
to
operating income in 2005 for the Company’s advanced information services
segment. The LAMPS product was an internally developed software
that was
developed and marketed specifically for REALTOR®
Associations.
|
· |
The
Delmarva and Florida natural gas distribution operations experienced
strong residential customer growth of 8.7 percent and 7.4 percent,
respectively, in 2005.
|
· |
Temperatures
on the Delmarva Peninsula were 5 percent colder than 2004,
which led to
increased contributions from the Company’s natural gas and propane
distribution operations. This increase was offset by conservation
efforts
by customers.
|
· |
The
natural gas transmission operation achieved gross margin growth
of 9
percent due to additional transportation capacity contracts
that went into
effect in November 2004.
|
· |
A
100 percent increase of the number of customers for the Company’s natural
gas marketing operation.
|
· |
An
increase of 1.1 million gallons sold by the Delmarva propane
distribution
operation.
|
Natural
Gas Distribution and Transmission (in thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
2004
|
2003
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$
|
166,582
|
$
|
124,246
|
$
|
42,336
|
$
|
124,246
|
$
|
110,247
|
$
|
13,999
|
|||||||
Cost
of gas
|
116,178
|
77,456
|
38,722
|
77,456
|
65,495
|
11,961
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
margin
|
50,404
|
46,790
|
3,614
|
46,790
|
44,752
|
2,038
|
|||||||||||||
Operations
& maintenance
|
23,874
|
21,129
|
2,745
|
21,129
|
19,893
|
1,236
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
|
5,682
|
5,418
|
264
|
5,418
|
5,188
|
230
|
|||||||||||||
Other
taxes
|
3,612
|
3,152
|
460
|
3,152
|
3,018
|
134
|
|||||||||||||
Other
operating expenses
|
33,168
|
29,699
|
3,469
|
29,699
|
28,099
|
1,600
|
|||||||||||||
Total
Operating Income
|
$
|
17,236
|
$
|
17,091
|
$
|
145
|
$
|
17,091
|
$
|
16,653
|
$
|
438
|
Natural
Gas Heating Degree-Day (HDD) and Customer
Analysis
|
|||||||||||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
2004
|
2003
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
|||||||||||||
Heating
degree-day data — Delmarva
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Actual
HDD
|
4,792
|
4,553
|
239
|
4,553
|
4,715
|
(162
|
)
|
||||||||||||
10-year
average HDD
|
4,436
|
4,383
|
53
|
4,383
|
4,409
|
(26
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Estimated
gross margin per HDD
|
$
|
2,234
|
$
|
1,800
|
$
|
434
|
$
|
1,800
|
$
|
1,680
|
$
|
120
|
|||||||
Estimated
dollars per residential customer added:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Gross
margin
|
$
|
372
|
$
|
372
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
372
|
$
|
360
|
$
|
12
|
|||||||
Other
operating expenses
|
$
|
106
|
$
|
104
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
104
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
4
|
|||||||
Average
number of residential customers
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Delmarva
|
37,346
|
34,352
|
2,994
|
34,352
|
31,996
|
2,356
|
|||||||||||||
Florida
|
11,717
|
10,910
|
807
|
10,910
|
10,189
|
721
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
49,063
|
45,262
|
3,801
|
45,262
|
42,185
|
3,077
|
· |
The
incremental operating and maintenance cost of supporting the residential
customers added by the Delmarva and Florida distribution operations
was
approximately $403,000.
|
· |
In
response to higher natural gas prices, the Company increased its
allowance
for uncollectible accounts by $98,000.
|
· |
The
cost of providing health care for our employees increased $180,000.
|
· |
Costs
of line location activities increased
$177,000.
|
· |
With
the additional capital investments, depreciation expense, asset removal
cost, and property taxes increased $225,000, $130,000, and $319,000,
respectively.
|
|
Propane
(in thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
2004
|
2003
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$
|
48,976
|
$
|
41,500
|
$
|
7,476
|
$
|
41,500
|
$
|
41,029
|
$
|
471
|
|||||||
Cost
of sales
|
30,041
|
25,155
|
4,886
|
25,155
|
22,762
|
2,393
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
margin
|
18,935
|
16,345
|
2,590
|
16,345
|
18,267
|
(1,922
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Operations
& maintenance
|
13,355
|
11,718
|
1,637
|
11,718
|
12,053
|
(335
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
|
1,574
|
1,524
|
50
|
1,524
|
1,506
|
18
|
|||||||||||||
Other
taxes
|
797
|
739
|
58
|
739
|
833
|
(94
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Other
operating expenses
|
15,726
|
13,981
|
1,745
|
13,981
|
14,392
|
(411
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Total
Operating Income
|
$
|
3,209
|
$
|
2,364
|
$
|
845
|
$
|
2,364
|
$
|
3,875
|
($1,511
|
)
|
Propane
Heating Degree-Day (HDD) Analysis — Delmarva
|
|||||||||||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
2004
|
2003
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
|||||||||||||
Heating
degree-days
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Actual
|
4,792
|
4,553
|
239
|
4,553
|
4,715
|
(162
|
)
|
||||||||||||
10-year
average
|
4,436
|
4,383
|
53
|
4,383
|
4,409
|
(26
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Estimated
gross margin per HDD
|
$
|
1,743
|
$
|
1,691
|
$
|
52
|
$
|
1,691
|
$
|
1,670
|
$
|
21
|
Advanced
Information Services (in thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
2004
|
2003
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$
|
14,140
|
$
|
12,427
|
$
|
1,713
|
$
|
12,427
|
$
|
12,578
|
($151
|
)
|
|||||||
Cost
of sales
|
7,181
|
7,015
|
166
|
7,015
|
7,018
|
(3
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Gross
margin
|
6,959
|
5,412
|
1,547
|
5,412
|
5,560
|
(148
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Operations
& maintenance
|
5,129
|
4,405
|
724
|
4,405
|
4,196
|
209
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
|
123
|
138
|
(15
|
)
|
138
|
191
|
(53
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Other
taxes
|
510
|
482
|
28
|
482
|
481
|
1
|
|||||||||||||
Other
operating expenses
|
5,762
|
5,025
|
737
|
5,025
|
4,868
|
157
|
|||||||||||||
Total
Operating Income
|
$
|
1,197
|
$
|
387
|
$
|
810
|
$
|
387
|
$
|
692
|
($305
|
)
|
Other
Operations & Eliminations (in thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
2004
|
2003
|
Increase
(decrease)
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$
|
763
|
$
|
647
|
$
|
116
|
$
|
647
|
$
|
702
|
($55
|
)
|
|||||||
Cost
of sales
|
116
|
-
|
116
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
margin
|
647
|
647
|
-
|
647
|
702
|
(55
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Operations
& maintenance
|
472
|
279
|
193
|
279
|
79
|
200
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
|
220
|
210
|
10
|
210
|
238
|
(28
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Other
taxes
|
97
|
63
|
34
|
63
|
55
|
8
|
|||||||||||||
Other
operating expenses
|
789
|
552
|
237
|
552
|
372
|
180
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
Income — Other
|
($142
|
)
|
$
|
95
|
($237
|
)
|
$
|
95
|
$
|
330
|
($235
|
)
|
|||||||
Operating
Income — Eliminations
|
$
|
30
|
$
|
33
|
($3
|
)
|
$
|
33
|
$
|
29
|
$
|
4
|
|||||||
Total
Operating Income (Loss)
|
($112
|
)
|
$
|
128
|
($240
|
)
|
$
|
128
|
$
|
359
|
($231
|
)
|
· |
Accounts
receivable and accrued revenue increased $16.8 million. The increase
in
receivables is attributed to higher gas and propane sale invoices
in
response to the higher natural gas and propane
prices.
|
· |
Propane
inventory, storage gas and other inventory increased $5.7 million,
primarily due to higher propane and natural gas
prices.
|
· |
The
Company used $1.2 million of cash to purchase investments for
the
Rabbi Trust associated with the Company’s Supplemental Executive
Retirement Savings Plan. See Note E on Investments in Item 8
under the
heading “Financial Statements and Supplemental
Data”.
|
· |
Accounts
payable and other accrued liabilities increased $15.3 million
largely to
fund the higher natural gas and propane purchases due mostly
to higher
prices.
|
Payments
Due by Period
|
||||||||||||||||
Contractual
Obligations
|
Less
than 1 year
|
1
- 3 years
|
3
- 5 years
|
More
than 5 years
|
Total
|
|||||||||||
Long-term
debt
(1)
|
$
|
4,929,091
|
$
|
15,312,727
|
$
|
13,312,727
|
$
|
30,364,909
|
$
|
63,919,454
|
||||||
Operating
leases
(2)
|
645,576
|
1,062,394
|
692,741
|
2,376,302
|
4,777,013
|
|||||||||||
Purchase
obligations
(3)
|
||||||||||||||||
Transmission
capacity
|
7,585,816
|
12,497,472
|
11,890,259
|
25,015,062
|
56,988,609
|
|||||||||||
Storage
— Natural Gas
|
1,422,987
|
2,709,353
|
2,696,217
|
6,518,563
|
13,347,120
|
|||||||||||
Commodities
|
20,012,976
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
20,012,976
|
|||||||||||
Forward
purchase contracts — Propane
(4)
|
21,622,201
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
21,622,201
|
|||||||||||
Unfunded
benefits
(5)
|
259,399
|
528,995
|
551,782
|
2,678,755
|
4,018,931
|
|||||||||||
Funded
benefits
(6)
|
68,680
|
129,697
|
111,081
|
1,376,178
|
1,685,636
|
|||||||||||
Total
Contractual Obligations
|
$
|
56,546,726
|
$
|
32,240,638
|
$
|
29,254,807
|
$
|
68,329,769
|
$
|
186,371,940
|
||||||
(1)
Principal payments on long-term debt, see Note H,
“
Long-Term
Debt,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
for
additional discussion of this item. The expected interest payments
on
long-term debt are $4.5 million, $7.7 million, $5.7 million and
$7.2
million, respectively, for the periods indicated above. Expected
interest
payments for all periods total $25.1 million.
|
||||||||||||||||
(2)
See Note J, “Lease Obligations,” in the Notes to the Consolidated
Financial Statements for additional discussion of this
item.
|
||||||||||||||||
(3)
See Note N, “Other Commitments and Contingencies,” in the Notes to the
Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
|
||||||||||||||||
(4)
The Company has also entered into forward sale contracts. See
“Market
Risk” of the Management's Discussion and Analysis for further
information.
|
||||||||||||||||
(5)
The Company has recorded long-term liabilities of $4.0 million
at December
31, 2005 for unfunded post-retirement benefit
plans.
The amounts specified in the table are based on expected payments
to
current retirees and assumes a retirement age
of
65 for currently active employees. There are many factors that
would cause
actual payments to differ from these amounts,
including
early retirement, future health care costs that differ from past
experience and discount rates implicit in
calculations.
|
||||||||||||||||
(6)
The Company has recorded long-term liabilities of $1.7 million
at December
31, 2005 for funded benefits. These liabilities have
been
funded using a Rabbi Trust and an asset in the same amount is
recorded
under Investments on the Balance Sheet.
The
defined benefit pension plan was closed to new participants on
January 1,
1999 and participants in the plan on that date
were
given the option to leave the plan. See Note K, “Employee Benefit
Plans,
”
in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements
for further information on the plan. Since the plan modification,
no
additional funding has been required from the
Company
and none is expected for the next five years, based on factors
in effect
at December 31, 2005. However, this is
subject
to change based on the actual return earned by the plan assets
and other
actuarial assumptions, such as the discount
rate
and long-term expected rate of return on plan
assets.
|
o |
the
temperature sensitivity of the natural gas and propane
businesses;
|
o |
the
effect of spot, forward and futures market prices on the Company’s
distribution, wholesale marketing and energy trading
businesses;
|
o |
the
effects of competition on the Company’s unregulated and regulated
businesses;
|
o |
the
effect of changes in federal, state or local regulatory and tax
requirements, including deregulation;
|
o |
the
effect of accounting changes;
|
o |
the
effect of changes in benefit plan
assumptions;
|
o |
the
effect of compliance with environmental regulations or the remediation
of
environmental damage;
|
o |
the
effects of general economic conditions on the Company and its
customers;
|
o |
the
ability of the Company’s new and planned facilities and acquisitions to
generate expected revenues; and
|
o |
the
Company’s ability to obtain the rate relief and cost recovery requested
from utility regulators and the timing of the requested regulatory
actions.
|
Consolidated Statements of Income | ||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Operating
Revenues
|
$
|
229,629,736
|
$
|
177,955,441
|
$
|
163,567,592
|
||||
Operating
Expenses
|
||||||||||
Cost
of sales, excluding costs below
|
153,514,739
|
109,626,377
|
95,246,819
|
|||||||
Operations
|
40,181,649
|
35,146,595
|
33,526,804
|
|||||||
Maintenance
|
1,818,981
|
1,518,774
|
1,737,855
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
7,568,209
|
7,257,538
|
7,089,836
|
|||||||
Other
taxes
|
5,015,659
|
4,436,411
|
4,386,878
|
|||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
208,099,237
|
157,985,695
|
141,988,192
|
|||||||
Operating
Income
|
21,530,499
|
19,969,746
|
21,579,400
|
|||||||
Other
income net of other expenses
|
382,626
|
549,156
|
238,439
|
|||||||
Interest
charges
|
5,133,495
|
5,268,145
|
5,705,911
|
|||||||
Income
Before Income Taxes
|
16,779,630
|
15,250,757
|
16,111,928
|
|||||||
Income
taxes
|
6,312,016
|
5,701,090
|
6,032,445
|
|||||||
Net
Income from Continuing Operations
|
10,467,614
|
9,549,667
|
10,079,483
|
|||||||
|
||||||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of $0, $59,751
and
$74,997
|
-
|
(120,900
|
)
|
(787,607
|
)
|
|||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
10,467,614
|
$
|
9,428,767
|
$
|
9,291,876
|
||||
Earnings
Per Share of Common Stock:
|
||||||||||
Basic
|
||||||||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
1.79
|
$
|
1.66
|
$
|
1.80
|
||||
From
discontinued operations
|
-
|
(0.02
|
)
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
1.79
|
$
|
1.64
|
$
|
1.66
|
||||
Diluted
|
||||||||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
1.77
|
$
|
1.64
|
$
|
1.76
|
||||
From
discontinued operations
|
-
|
(0.02
|
)
|
(0.13
|
)
|
|||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
1.77
|
$
|
1.62
|
$
|
1.63
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Operating
Activities
|
||||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
10,467,614
|
$
|
9,428,767
|
$
|
9,291,876
|
||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net operating cash:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
7,568,209
|
7,257,538
|
8,030,399
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and accretion included in other costs
|
2,705,619
|
2,611,779
|
2,468,647
|
|||||||
Deferred
income taxes, net
|
1,510,776
|
4,559,207
|
2,397,594
|
|||||||
Unrealized
(loss) gain on commodity contracts
|
(227,193
|
)
|
353,183
|
457,901
|
||||||
Employee
benefits and compensation
|
1,621,607
|
1,536,586
|
2,042,093
|
|||||||
Other,
net
|
(62,692
|
)
|
67,079
|
15,874
|
||||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Sale
(purchase) of investments
|
(1,242,563
|
)
|
43,354
|
-
|
||||||
Accounts
receivable and accrued revenue
|
(16,831,750
|
)
|
(11,723,505
|
)
|
(3,565,363
|
)
|
||||
Propane
inventory, storage gas and other inventory
|
(5,704,040
|
)
|
(1,741,941
|
)
|
(466,412
|
)
|
||||
Regulatory
assets
|
(1,719,184
|
)
|
428,516
|
116,153
|
||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
36,703
|
(221,137
|
)
|
(316,425
|
)
|
|||||
Other
deferred charges
|
(102,562
|
)
|
(168,898
|
)
|
43,844
|
|||||
Long-term
receivables
|
247,600
|
428,964
|
(101,373
|
)
|
||||||
Accounts
payable and other accrued liabilities
|
15,258,551
|
11,079,661
|
564,270
|
|||||||
Income
taxes receivable (payable)
|
(2,006,763
|
)
|
(229,237
|
)
|
25,090
|
|||||
Accrued
interest
|
(42,374
|
)
|
(51,272
|
)
|
(47,464
|
)
|
||||
Customer
deposits and refunds
|
462,781
|
665,549
|
128,704
|
|||||||
Accrued
compensation
|
875,342
|
(794,194
|
)
|
910,587
|
||||||
Regulatory
liabilities
|
144,499
|
(191,266
|
)
|
466,923
|
||||||
Environmental
and other liabilities
|
328,383
|
12,721
|
550,977
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
13,288,563
|
23,351,454
|
23,013,895
|
|||||||
Investing
Activities
|
||||||||||
Property,
plant and equipment expenditures
|
(33,008,235
|
)
|
(17,784,240
|
)
|
(11,790,364
|
)
|
||||
Sale
of investments
|
-
|
135,170
|
-
|
|||||||
Sale
of discontinued operations
|
-
|
415,707
|
3,732,649
|
|||||||
Environmental
recoveries and other
|
240,336
|
369,719
|
2,127,248
|
|||||||
Net
cash used by investing activities
|
(32,767,899
|
)
|
(16,863,644
|
)
|
(5,930,467
|
)
|
||||
Financing
Activities
|
||||||||||
Common
stock dividends
|
(5,789,179
|
)
|
(5,560,535
|
)
|
(5,403,536
|
)
|
||||
Issuance
of stock for Dividend Reinvestment Plan
|
458,756
|
200,551
|
347,546
|
|||||||
Change
in cash overdrafts due to outstanding checks
|
874,083
|
(143,720
|
)
|
(46,853
|
)
|
|||||
Net
borrowing (repayment) under line of credit agreements
|
29,606,400
|
1,184,743
|
(7,384,743
|
)
|
||||||
Repayment
of long-term debt
|
(4,794,827
|
)
|
(3,665,589
|
)
|
(3,945,617
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash used by financing activities
|
20,355,233
|
(7,984,550
|
)
|
(16,433,203
|
)
|
|||||
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash
Equivalents
|
875,897
|
(1,496,740
|
)
|
650,225
|
||||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents — Beginning of Period
|
1,611,761
|
3,108,501
|
2,458,276
|
|||||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents — End of Period
|
$
|
2,487,658
|
$
|
1,611,761
|
$
|
3,108,501
|
||||
Supplemental
Disclosure of Cash Flow information
|
||||||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$
|
5,052,013
|
$
|
5,280,299
|
$
|
5,648,332
|
||||
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
$
|
6,342,476
|
$
|
1,977,223
|
$
|
3,767,816
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
|||||||
Assets | |||||||
At
December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Property,
Plant and Equipment
|
|||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
220,685,461
|
$
|
198,306,668
|
|||
Propane
|
41,563,810
|
38,344,983
|
|||||
Advanced
information services
|
1,221,177
|
1,480,779
|
|||||
Other
plant
|
9,275,729
|
9,368,153
|
|||||
Total
property, plant and equipment
|
272,746,177
|
247,500,583
|
|||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
(78,840,413
|
)
|
(73,213,605
|
)
|
|||
Plus:
Construction work in progress
|
7,598,531
|
2,766,209
|
|||||
Net
property, plant and equipment
|
201,504,295
|
177,053,187
|
|||||
Investments
|
1,685,635
|
386,422
|
|||||
Current
Assets
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
2,487,658
|
1,611,761
|
|||||
Accounts
receivable (less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $861,378
and
$610,819, respectively)
|
54,284,011
|
36,938,688
|
|||||
Accrued
revenue
|
4,716,383
|
5,229,955
|
|||||
Propane
inventory, at average cost
|
6,332,956
|
4,654,119
|
|||||
Other
inventory, at average cost
|
1,538,936
|
1,056,530
|
|||||
Regulatory
assets
|
4,434,828
|
2,435,284
|
|||||
Storage
gas prepayments
|
8,628,179
|
5,085,382
|
|||||
Income
taxes receivable
|
2,725,840
|
719,078
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
2,021,164
|
1,759,643
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
1,596,797
|
459,908
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
88,766,752
|
59,950,348
|
|||||
Deferred
Charges and Other Assets
|
|||||||
Goodwill
|
674,451
|
674,451
|
|||||
Other
intangible assets, net
|
205,683
|
219,964
|
|||||
Long-term
receivables
|
961,434
|
1,209,034
|
|||||
Other
regulatory assets
|
1,178,232
|
1,542,741
|
|||||
Other
deferred charges
|
1,003,393
|
902,281
|
|||||
Total
deferred charges and other assets
|
4,023,193
|
4,548,471
|
|||||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
295,979,875
|
$
|
241,938,428
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
|||||||
Capitalization and Liabilities | |||||||
At
December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Capitalization
|
|||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
|||||||
Common
Stock, par value $.4867 per share; (authorized 12,000,000 shares)
(1)
|
$
|
2,863,212
|
$
|
2,812,538
|
|||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
39,619,849
|
36,854,717
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
42,854,894
|
39,015,087
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
(578,151
|
)
|
(527,246
|
)
|
|||
Deferred
compensation obligation
|
794,535
|
816,044
|
|||||
Treasury
stock
|
(797,156
|
)
|
(1,008,696
|
)
|
|||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
84,757,183
|
77,962,444
|
|||||
Long-term
debt, net of current maturities
|
58,990,363
|
66,189,454
|
|||||
Total
capitalization
|
143,747,546
|
144,151,898
|
|||||
Current
Liabilities
|
|||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
4,929,091
|
2,909,091
|
|||||
Short-term
borrowing
|
35,482,241
|
5,001,758
|
|||||
Accounts
payable
|
45,645,228
|
30,938,272
|
|||||
Customer
deposits and refunds
|
5,140,999
|
4,678,218
|
|||||
Accrued
interest
|
558,719
|
601,095
|
|||||
Dividends
payable
|
1,676,398
|
1,617,245
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes payable
|
1,150,828
|
571,876
|
|||||
Accrued
compensation
|
3,793,244
|
2,680,370
|
|||||
Regulatory
liabilities
|
550,546
|
571,111
|
|||||
Other
accrued liabilities
|
3,560,055
|
1,800,540
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
102,487,349
|
51,369,576
|
|||||
Deferred
Credits and Other Liabilities
|
|||||||
Deferred
income taxes payable
|
24,248,624
|
23,350,414
|
|||||
Deferred
investment tax credits
|
367,085
|
437,909
|
|||||
Other
regulatory liabilities
|
2,008,779
|
1,578,374
|
|||||
Environmental
liabilities
|
352,504
|
461,656
|
|||||
Accrued
pension costs
|
3,099,882
|
3,007,949
|
|||||
Accrued
asset removal cost
|
16,727,268
|
15,024,849
|
|||||
Other
liabilities
|
2,940,838
|
2,555,803
|
|||||
Total
deferred credits and other liabilities
|
49,744,980
|
46,416,954
|
|||||
Other
Commitments and Contingencies
(Note N)
|
|||||||
Total
Capitalization and Liabilities
|
$
|
295,979,875
|
$
|
241,938,428
|
|||
(1)
Shares issued were 5,883,099 and 5,778,976 for 2005 and 2004,
respectively.
|
|||||||
Shares
outstanding were 5,883,002 and 5,769,558 for 2005 and 2004,
respectively.
|
Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Income
|
||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
10,467,614
|
$
|
9,428,767
|
$
|
9,291,876
|
||||
Minimum
pension liability adjustment, net of tax of $33,615 and $347,726,
respectively
|
(50,905
|
)
|
(527,246
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Comprehensive
Income
|
$
|
10,416,709
|
$
|
8,901,521
|
$
|
9,291,876
|
At
December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Regulatory
Assets
|
|||||||
Current
|
|||||||
Underrecovered
purchased gas costs
|
$
|
4,016,522
|
$
|
1,479,358
|
|||
Conservation
cost recovery
|
303,930
|
186,234
|
|||||
Swing
transportation imbalances
|
454
|
32,707
|
|||||
Flex
rate asset
|
113,922
|
736,985
|
|||||
Total
current
|
4,434,828
|
2,435,284
|
|||||
Non-Current
|
|||||||
Income
tax related amounts due from customers
|
711,961
|
711,961
|
|||||
Deferred
regulatory and other expenses
|
89,258
|
200,746
|
|||||
Deferred
gas supply
|
15,201
|
15,201
|
|||||
Deferred
gas required for operations
|
-
|
141,082
|
|||||
Deferred
post retirement benefits
|
166,739
|
194,529
|
|||||
Environmental
regulatory assets and expenditures
|
195,073
|
279,222
|
|||||
Total
non-current
|
1,178,232
|
1,542,741
|
|||||
Total
Regulatory Assets
|
$
|
5,613,060
|
$
|
3,978,025
|
|||
Regulatory
Liabilities
|
|||||||
Current
|
|||||||
Self
insurance — current
|
$
|
44,221
|
$
|
127,000
|
|||
Shared
interruptible margins
|
3,039
|
135,098
|
|||||
Operational
flow order penalties
|
7,831
|
130,338
|
|||||
Swing
transportation imbalances
|
495,455
|
178,675
|
|||||
Total
current
|
550,546
|
571,111
|
|||||
Non-Current
|
|||||||
Self
insurance — long-term
|
1,383,247
|
1,221,101
|
|||||
Income
tax related amounts due to customers
|
327,893
|
324,974
|
|||||
Environmental
overcollections
|
297,639
|
32,299
|
|||||
Total
non-current
|
2,008,779
|
1,578,374
|
|||||
Accrued
asset removal cost
|
16,727,268
|
15,024,849
|
|||||
Total
Regulatory Liabilities
|
$
|
19,286,593
|
$
|
17,174,334
|
For
the Period Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Calculation
of Basic Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations:
|
||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
$
|
10,467,614
|
$
|
9,549,667
|
$
|
10,079,483
|
||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
5,836,463
|
5,735,405
|
5,610,592
|
|||||||
Basic
Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations
|
$
|
1.79
|
$
|
1.66
|
$
|
1.80
|
||||
Calculation
of Diluted Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations:
|
||||||||||
Reconciliation
of Numerator:
|
||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations — Basic
|
$
|
10,467,614
|
$
|
9,549,667
|
$
|
10,079,483
|
||||
Effect
of 8.25% Convertible debentures
|
123,559
|
139,097
|
157,557
|
|||||||
Adjusted
numerator — Diluted
|
$
|
10,591,173
|
$
|
9,688,764
|
$
|
10,237,040
|
||||
Reconciliation
of Denominator:
|
||||||||||
Weighted
shares outstanding — Basic
|
5,836,463
|
5,735,405
|
5,610,592
|
|||||||
Effect
of dilutive securities
|
||||||||||
Stock
options
|
-
|
1,784
|
1,361
|
|||||||
Warrants
|
11,711
|
7,900
|
5,481
|
|||||||
8.25%
Convertible debentures
|
144,378
|
162,466
|
184,532
|
|||||||
Adjusted
denominator — Diluted
|
5,992,552
|
5,907,555
|
5,801,966
|
|||||||
Diluted
Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations
|
$
|
1.77
|
$
|
1.64
|
$
|
1.76
|
· |
Net
property, plant, and equipment of
$184,000;
|
· |
Cash
and other current assets were $5,000 and $63,000,
respectively;
|
· |
Common
stock, additional paid-in capital, and retained deficits were
$51,000,
$3.9 million, and $6.5 million, respectively;
and
|
· |
Due
to affiliates and other current liabilities were $2.7 million
and $45,000,
respectively.
|
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Operating
Revenues, Unaffiliated Customers
|
||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
166,388,562
|
$
|
124,073,939
|
$
|
110,071,054
|
||||
Propane
|
48,975,349
|
41,499,687
|
41,029,121
|
|||||||
Advanced
information services
|
14,121,441
|
12,381,815
|
12,476,746
|
|||||||
Other
|
144,384
|
-
|
($9,329
|
)
|
||||||
Total
operating revenues, unaffiliated customers
|
$
|
229,629,736
|
$
|
177,955,441
|
$
|
163,567,592
|
||||
Intersegment
Revenues
(1)
|
||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
193,404
|
$
|
172,427
|
$
|
175,757
|
||||
Propane
|
668
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Advanced
information services
|
18,123
|
45,266
|
100,804
|
|||||||
Other
|
618,492
|
647,378
|
711,159
|
|||||||
Total
intersegment revenues
|
$
|
830,687
|
$
|
865,071
|
$
|
987,720
|
||||
Operating
Income
|
||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
17,235,810
|
$
|
17,091,360
|
$
|
16,653,111
|
||||
Propane
|
3,209,388
|
2,363,884
|
3,875,351
|
|||||||
Advanced
information services
|
1,196,544
|
387,193
|
691,909
|
|||||||
Other
and eliminations
|
(111,243
|
)
|
127,309
|
359,029
|
||||||
Total
operating income
|
$
|
21,530,499
|
$
|
19,969,746
|
$
|
21,579,400
|
||||
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
5,682,137
|
$
|
5,418,007
|
$
|
5,188,273
|
||||
Propane
|
1,574,357
|
1,524,016
|
1,506,201
|
|||||||
Advanced
information services
|
122,569
|
138,007
|
190,548
|
|||||||
Other
and eliminations
|
189,146
|
177,508
|
204,814
|
|||||||
Total
depreciation and amortization
|
$
|
7,568,209
|
$
|
7,257,538
|
$
|
7,089,836
|
||||
Capital
Expenditures
|
||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
28,433,671
|
$
|
13,945,214
|
$
|
9,078,043
|
||||
Propane
|
3,955,799
|
3,395,190
|
2,244,583
|
|||||||
Advanced
information services
|
294,792
|
84,185
|
76,924
|
|||||||
Other
|
739,079
|
404,941
|
422,789
|
|||||||
Total
capital expenditures
|
$
|
33,423,341
|
$
|
17,829,530
|
$
|
11,822,339
|
||||
(1)
All significant intersegment revenues are billed at market
rates and have
been eliminated from consolidated revenues.
|
At
December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Identifiable
Assets
|
||||||||||
Natural
gas distribution and transmission
|
$
|
225,667,049
|
$
|
184,412,301
|
$
|
170,758,784
|
||||
Propane
|
57,344,859
|
47,531,106
|
38,359,251
|
|||||||
Advanced
information services
|
2,062,902
|
2,387,440
|
2,912,733
|
|||||||
Other
|
10,905,065
|
7,379,794
|
7,791,796
|
|||||||
Total
identifiable assets
|
$
|
295,979,875
|
$
|
241,710,641
|
$
|
219,822,564
|
December
31, 2005
|
December
31, 2004
|
||||||||||||
Gross
Carrying
Amount
|
Accumulated
Amortization
|
Gross
Carrying Amount
|
Accumulated
Amortization
|
||||||||||
Customer
lists
|
$
|
115,333
|
$
|
67,845
|
$
|
115,333
|
$
|
60,155
|
|||||
Acquisition
costs
|
263,659
|
105,465
|
263,659
|
98,873
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$
|
378,992
|
$
|
173,310
|
$
|
378,992
|
$
|
159,028
|
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Common
Stock shares issued and outstanding
(1)
|
||||||||||
Shares
issued — beginning of period balance
|
5,778,976
|
5,660,594
|
5,537,710
|
|||||||
Dividend
Reinvestment Plan
(2)
|
41,175
|
40,993
|
51,125
|
|||||||
Retirement
Savings Plan
|
21,071
|
39,157
|
43,245
|
|||||||
Conversion
of debentures
|
22,609
|
18,616
|
18,788
|
|||||||
Performance
shares and options exercised
(3)
|
19,268
|
19,616
|
9,726
|
|||||||
Shares
issued — end of period balance
(4)
|
5,883,099
|
5,778,976
|
5,660,594
|
|||||||
Treasury
shares — beginning of period balance
|
(9,418
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Purchases
|
(4,852
|
)
|
(15,316
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Dividend
Reinvestment Plan
|
2,142
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Retirement
Savings Plan
|
12,031
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Other
issuances
|
-
|
5,898
|
-
|
|||||||
Treasury
Shares — end of period balance
|
(97
|
)
|
(9,418
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Total
Shares Outstanding
|
5,883,002
|
5,769,558
|
5,660,594
|
|||||||
(1)
12,000,000 shares are authorized at a par value of $0.4867
per
share.
|
||||||||||
(2)
Includes shares purchased with reinvested dividends and optional
cash
payments.
|
||||||||||
(3)
Includes shares issued for Directors
’
compensation.
|
||||||||||
(4)
Includes 37,528, 48,175, and 47,659 shares at December 31,
2005, 2004 and
2003, respectively, held in a
Rabbi
Trust established by the Company relating to the Supplemental
Executive
Retirement Savings Plan.
|
At
December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Uncollateralized
senior notes:
|
|||||||
7.97%
note, due February 1, 2008
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
$
|
3,000,000
|
|||
6.91%
note, due October 1, 2010
|
3,636,363
|
4,545,454
|
|||||
6.85%
note, due January 1, 2012
|
5,000,000
|
6,000,000
|
|||||
7.83%
note, due January 1, 2015
|
16,000,000
|
20,000,000
|
|||||
6.64%
note, due October 31, 2017
|
30,000,000
|
30,000,000
|
|||||
Convertible
debentures:
|
|||||||
8.25%
due March 1, 2014
|
2,254,000
|
2,644,000
|
|||||
Promissory
note
|
100,000
|
-
|
|||||
Total
Long-Term Debt
|
$
|
58,990,363
|
$
|
66,189,454
|
|||
Annual
maturities of consolidated long-term debt for the next five
years are as
follows: $4,929,091 for 2006;
$7,656,364
for 2007; $7,656,364 for 2008; $6,656,364 for 2009 and $6,656,364
for
2010.
|
At
December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Asset
Category
|
|||||||
Equity
securities
|
76.12
|
%
|
72.64
|
%
|
|||
Debt
securities
|
23.28
|
%
|
12.91
|
%
|
|||
Other
|
0.60
|
%
|
14.45
|
%
|
|||
Total
|
100.00
|
%
|
100.00
|
%
|
At
December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Change
in benefit obligation:
|
|||||||
Benefit
obligation — beginning of year
|
$
|
12,053,063
|
$
|
11,948,755
|
|||
Service
cost
|
-
|
338,352
|
|||||
Interest
cost
|
645,740
|
690,620
|
|||||
Change
in assumptions
|
388,979
|
573,639
|
|||||
Actuarial
loss
|
28,895
|
220,842
|
|||||
Amendments
|
-
|
883,753
|
|||||
Effect
of curtailment/settlement
|
-
|
(2,171,289
|
)
|
||||
Benefits
paid
|
(717,056
|
)
|
(431,609
|
)
|
|||
Benefit
obligation — end of year
|
12,399,621
|
12,053,063
|
|||||
Change
in plan assets:
|
|||||||
Fair
value of plan assets — beginning of year
|
12,097,248
|
11,301,548
|
|||||
Actual
return on plan assets
|
400,674
|
1,227,309
|
|||||
Benefits
paid
|
(717,056
|
)
|
(431,609
|
)
|
|||
Fair
value of plan assets — end of year
|
11,780,866
|
12,097,248
|
|||||
Funded
status
|
(618,755
|
)
|
44,185
|
||||
Unrecognized
prior service cost
|
(34,259
|
)
|
(38,958
|
)
|
|||
Unrecognized
net actuarial gain
|
(129,739
|
)
|
(850,224
|
)
|
|||
Net
amount accrued
|
($782,753
|
)
|
($844,997
|
)
|
|||
Assumptions:
|
|||||||
Discount
rate
|
5.25
|
%
|
5.50
|
%
|
|||
Rate
of compensation increase
|
4.00
|
%
|
4.00
|
%
|
|||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
6.00
|
%
|
7.88
|
%
|
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Components
of net periodic pension cost:
|
||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
338,352
|
$
|
325,366
|
||||
Interest
cost
|
645,740
|
690,620
|
684,239
|
|||||||
Expected
return on assets
|
(703,285
|
)
|
(869,336
|
)
|
(784,476
|
)
|
||||
Amortization
of:
|
||||||||||
Transition
assets
|
-
|
(11,328
|
)
|
(15,104
|
)
|
|||||
Prior
service cost
|
(4,699
|
)
|
(4,699
|
)
|
(4,699
|
)
|
||||
Net
periodic pension cost (benefit)
|
($62,244
|
)
|
$
|
143,609
|
$
|
205,326
|
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Assumptions:
|
||||||||||
Discount
rate
|
5.50
|
%
|
5.88
|
%
|
6.50
|
%
|
||||
Rate
of compensation increase
|
4.00
|
%
|
4.00
|
%
|
4.50
|
%
|
||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
6.00
|
%
|
7.88
|
%
|
8.50
|
%
|
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Components
of net periodic pension cost:
|
||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
105,913
|
$
|
107,877
|
||||
Interest
cost
|
119,658
|
87,568
|
80,039
|
|||||||
Amortization
of:
|
||||||||||
Prior
service cost
|
-
|
2,090
|
2,787
|
|||||||
Actuarial
loss
|
49,319
|
21,699
|
18,677
|
|||||||
Net
periodic pension cost
|
$
|
168,977
|
$
|
217,270
|
$
|
209,380
|
At
December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Change
in benefit obligation:
|
|||||||
Benefit
obligation — beginning of year
|
$
|
2,162,952
|
$
|
1,406,190
|
|||
Service
cost
|
-
|
105,913
|
|||||
Interest
cost
|
119,658
|
87,568
|
|||||
Actuarial
loss
|
133,839
|
713,225
|
|||||
Amendments
|
-
|
60,000
|
|||||
Effect
of curtailment/settlement
|
-
|
(184,844
|
)
|
||||
Benefits
paid
|
(93,978
|
)
|
(25,100
|
)
|
|||
Benefit
obligation — end of year
|
2,322,471
|
2,162,952
|
|||||
Change
in plan assets:
|
|||||||
Fair
value of plan assets — beginning of year
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Employer
contributions
|
93,978
|
25,100
|
|||||
Benefits
paid
|
(93,978
|
)
|
(25,100
|
)
|
|||
Fair
value of plan assets — end of year
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Funded
status
|
(2,322,471
|
)
|
(2,162,952
|
)
|
|||
Unrecognized
net actuarial loss
|
959,492
|
874,972
|
|||||
Net
amount accrued
|
($1,362,979
|
)
|
($1,287,980
|
)
|
|||
Assumptions:
|
|||||||
Discount
rate
|
5.25
|
%
|
5.50
|
%
|
|||
Rate
of compensation increase
|
4.00
|
%
|
4.00
|
%
|
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Components
of net periodic post-retirement cost:
|
||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
6,257
|
$
|
5,354
|
$
|
5,138
|
||||
Interest
cost
|
77,872
|
86,883
|
85,319
|
|||||||
Amortization
of:
|
||||||||||
Transition
obligation
|
27,859
|
27,859
|
27,859
|
|||||||
Actuarial
loss
|
88,291
|
78,900
|
66,271
|
|||||||
Net
periodic post-retirement cost
|
$
|
200,279
|
$
|
198,996
|
$
|
184,587
|
At
December 31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Change
in benefit obligation:
|
|||||||
Benefit
obligation — beginning of year
|
$
|
1,599,280
|
$
|
1,471,664
|
|||
Retirees
|
(59,152
|
)
|
91,747
|
||||
Fully-eligible
active employees
|
(31,761
|
)
|
22,071
|
||||
Other
active
|
26,317
|
13,798
|
|||||
Benefit
obligation — end of year
|
$
|
1,534,684
|
$
|
1,599,280
|
|||
Funded
status
|
($1,534,684
|
)
|
($1,599,280
|
)
|
|||
Unrecognized
transition obligation
|
22,282
|
50,141
|
|||||
Unrecognized
net actuarial loss
|
751,450
|
899,228
|
|||||
Net
amount accrued
|
($760,952
|
)
|
($649,911
|
)
|
|||
Assumptions:
|
|||||||
Discount
rate
|
5.25
|
%
|
5.50
|
%
|
Defined
Benefit Pension Plan
(1)
|
Executive
Excess Defined Benefit Pension Plan
(2)
|
Other
Post-Retirement Benefits
(2)
|
||||||||
2006
|
$
|
440,904
|
$
|
89,204
|
$
|
146,051
|
||||
2007
|
713,051
|
88,490
|
152,321
|
|||||||
2008
|
851,435
|
87,782
|
152,114
|
|||||||
2009
|
1,431,421
|
87,080
|
155,098
|
|||||||
2010
|
895,710
|
86,384
|
174,932
|
|||||||
Years
2011 through 2015
|
4,089,216
|
692,464
|
987,030
|
|||||||
(1)
The pension plan is funded; therefore, benefit payments
are expected to be
paid out of the plan assets.
|
||||||||||
(2)
Benefit payments are expected to be paid out of the
general funds of the
Company.
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||||||||||||
Number
of shares
|
Option
Price
|
Number
of shares
|
Option
Price
|
Number
of shares
|
Option
Price
|
||||||||||||||
Balance
— beginning of year
|
17,537
|
$
|
20.50
|
29,490
|
$
|
20.50
|
41,948
|
$
|
20.50
|
||||||||||
Options
exercised
|
(17,537
|
)
|
$
|
20.50
|
(11,834
|
)
|
$
|
20.50
|
(12,458
|
)
|
$
|
20.50
|
|||||||
Options
forteited
|
-
|
(119
|
)
|
$
|
20.50
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
— end of year
|
-
|
17,537
|
$
|
20.50
|
29,490
|
$
|
20.50
|
||||||||||||
Exercisable
|
-
|
17,537
|
$
|
20.50
|
29,490
|
$
|
20.50
|
For
the Quarters Ended
|
March
31
|
June
30
|
September
30
|
December
31
|
|||||||||
2005
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
Revenue
|
$
|
77,845,248
|
$
|
42,220,377
|
$
|
35,155,121
|
$
|
74,408,990
|
|||||
Operating
Income
|
11,504,343
|
2,324,945
|
(99,149
|
)
|
7,800,360
|
||||||||
Net
Income (Loss)
|
|||||||||||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
6,232,796
|
$
|
795,924
|
($693,774
|
)
|
$
|
4,132,668
|
|||||
Net
Income (Loss)
|
$
|
6,232,796
|
$
|
795,924
|
($693,774
|
)
|
$
|
4,132,668
|
|||||
Earnings
per share:
|
|||||||||||||
Basic
|
|||||||||||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
1.08
|
$
|
0.14
|
($0.12
|
)
|
$
|
0.70
|
|||||
Net
Income (Loss)
|
$
|
1.08
|
$
|
0.14
|
($0.12
|
)
|
$
|
0.70
|
|||||
Diluted
|
|||||||||||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
1.05
|
$
|
0.14
|
($0.12
|
)
|
$
|
0.69
|
|||||
Net
Income (Loss)
|
$
|
1.05
|
$
|
0.14
|
($0.12
|
)
|
$
|
0.69
|
|||||
2004
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
Revenue
|
$
|
63,762,360
|
$
|
34,292,972
|
$
|
26,614,699
|
$
|
53,285,410
|
|||||
Operating
Income
|
10,699,307
|
2,162,794
|
282,738
|
6,824,907
|
|||||||||
Net
Income (Loss)
|
|||||||||||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
5,773,534
|
$
|
611,518
|
($584,171
|
)
|
$
|
3,748,786
|
|||||
From
discontinued operations
|
(34,335
|
)
|
19,148
|
(72,041
|
)
|
(33,672
|
)
|
||||||
Net
Income (Loss)
|
$
|
5,739,199
|
$
|
630,666
|
($656,212
|
)
|
$
|
3,715,114
|
|||||
Earnings
per share:
|
|||||||||||||
Basic
|
|||||||||||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
1.01
|
$
|
0.11
|
($0.10
|
)
|
$
|
0.65
|
|||||
From
discontinued operations
|
-
|
-
|
(0.01
|
)
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|||||||
Net
Income (Loss)
|
$
|
1.01
|
$
|
0.11
|
($0.11
|
)
|
$
|
0.64
|
|||||
Diluted
|
|||||||||||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
0.99
|
$
|
0.11
|
($0.10
|
)
|
$
|
0.64
|
|||||
From
discontinued operations
|
(0.01
|
)
|
-
|
(0.01
|
)
|
(0.01
|
)
|
||||||
Net
Income (Loss)
|
$
|
0.98
|
$
|
0.11
|
($0.11
|
)
|
$
|
0.63
|
o |
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
|
o |
Consolidated
Statements of Income for each of the three years ended
December 31, 2005,
2004 and 2003
|
o |
Consolidated
Balance Sheets at December 31, 2005 and December 31,
2004
|
o |
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years
ended December 31,
2005, 2004 and 2003
|
o |
Consolidated
Statements of Common Stockholders’ Equity for each of the three years
ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
|
o |
Consolidated
Statements of Income Taxes for each of the three years
ended December 31,
2005, 2004 and 2003
|
o |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
· |
Sale
of LAMPS (Item 8.01)
|
· |
Earnings
press release dated November 4, 2004 (Items 2.02 and
9.01)
|
· |
Compensation
Committee approval of Compensation Arrangements (Item
1.01)
|
· |
Approval
of Paul M. Barbas to Chief Operating Officer (Item
5.02)
|
/s/
Ralph J. Adkins
|
/s/
John R. Schimkaitis
|
Ralph
J. Adkins, Chairman of the Board
|
John
R. Schimkaitis, President,
|
and
Director
|
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
|
Date:
February 23, 2006
|
Date:
March 6, 2006
|
/s/
Michael P. McMasters
|
/s/
Richard Bernstein
|
Michael
P. McMasters, Senior Vice President
|
Richard
Bernstein, Director
|
and
Chief Financial Officer
|
Date:
February 23, 2006
|
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
|
Date:
March 6, 2006
|
|
/s/
Thomas J. Bresnan
|
/s/
Walter J. Coleman
|
Thomas
J. Bresnan, Director
|
Walter
J. Coleman, Director
|
Date:
March 6, 2006
|
Date:
February 23, 2006
|
/s/
J. Peter Martin
|
/s/
Joseph E. Moore, Esq.
|
J.
Peter Martin, Director
|
Joseph
E. Moore, Esq., Director
|
Date:
February 23, 2006
|
Date:
February 23, 2006
|
/s/
Calvert A. Morgan, Jr.
|
/s/
Rudolph M. Peins, Jr.
|
Calvert
A. Morgan, Jr., Director
|
Rudolph
M. Peins, Jr., Director
|
Date:
February 23, 2006
|
Date:
February 23, 2006
|
/s/
Robert F. Rider
|
|
Robert
F. Rider, Director
|
|
Date:
February 23, 2006
|
Chesapeake
Utilities Corporation and Subsidiaries
|
||||||||||||||||
Schedule
II
|
||||||||||||||||
Valuation
and Qualifying Accounts
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Additions
|
|
||||||||||||||
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
Balance
at Beginning of Year
|
Charged
to Income
|
Other
Accounts
(1)
|
Deductions
(2)
|
Balance
at End of Year
|
|||||||||||
Reserve
Deducted From Related Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Reserve
for Uncollectible Accounts
|
||||||||||||||||
2005
|
$
|
610,819
|
$
|
632,645
|
$
|
158,408
|
$
|
(540,494
|
)
|
$
|
861,378
|
|||||
2004
|
$
|
682,002
|
$
|
505,595
|
$
|
103,020
|
$
|
(679,798
|
)
|
$
|
610,819
|
|||||
2003
|
$
|
659,628
|
$
|
660,390
|
$
|
10,093
|
$
|
(648,109
|
)
|
$
|
682,002
|
|||||
(1)
Recoveries.
|
||||||||||||||||
(2)
Uncollectible accounts charged off.
|
Page
|
||
SECTION
1.
|
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF NOTES
|
1
|
Section
1.1
|
Issue
of Notes
|
1
|
Section
1.2
|
The
Closing
|
2
|
Section
1.3
|
Expenses
|
2
|
Section
1.4
|
Closing
Conditions
|
3
|
SECTION
2.
|
PAYMENTS
|
5
|
Section
2.1
|
Required
Payments
|
5
|
Section
2.2
|
Optional
Prepayments
|
5
|
Section
2.3
|
Partial
Payment Pro Rata
|
6
|
Section
2.4
|
Request
for Delay of Closing Beyond December 28, 2006
|
6
|
Section
2.5
|
Delayed
Delivery Fee
|
6
|
Section
2.6
|
Cancellation
Fee
|
7
|
Section
2.7
|
No
Delayed Delivery or Cancellation Fees Payable Under Certain
Circumstances
|
7
|
SECTION
3.
|
INFORMATION
AS TO COMPANY
|
8
|
Section
3.1
|
Financial
and Business Information
|
8
|
Section
3.2
|
Officer's
Certificates
|
10
|
Section
3.3
|
Accountants'
Certificates
|
10
|
Section
3.4
|
Inspection
|
10
|
SECTION
4.
|
COMPANY
BUSINESS COVENANTS
|
11
|
Section
4.1
|
Payment
of Taxes and Claims
|
11
|
Section
4.2
|
Maintenance
of Properties and Corporate Existence
|
11
|
Section
4.3
|
Payment
of Notes and Maintenance of Office
|
12
|
Section
4.4
|
Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio
|
12
|
Section
4.5
|
Minimum
Consolidated Net Worth
|
12
|
Section
4.6
|
Incurrence
of Indebtedness
|
12
|
Section
4.7
|
Guaranties
|
13
|
Section
4.8
|
Liens
and Encumbrances
|
13
|
Section
4.9
|
Restricted
Payments
|
14
|
Section
4.10
|
Sale
of Property and Subsidiary Stock
|
14
|
Section
4.11
|
Merger
and Consolidation
|
15
|
Section
4.12
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
|
16
|
Section
4.13
|
Loans,
Advances and Investments
|
16
|
Section
4.14
|
Sale-Leaseback
|
16
|
Section
4.15
|
ERISA
Compliance
|
16
|
Section
4.16
|
Use
of Proceeds
|
17
|
Section
4.17
|
Terrorism
Sanctions Regulations
|
17
|
SECTION
5.
|
DEFAULT
|
17
|
Section
5.1
|
Nature
of Default
|
17
|
Section
5.2
|
Default
Remedies
|
19
|
Section
5.3
|
Other
Remedies
|
19
|
SECTION
6.
|
REPRESENTATIONS,
COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES
|
20
|
Section
6.1
|
Organization,
Etc.
|
20
|
Section
6.2
|
Financial
Statements
|
20
|
Section
6.3
|
Actions
Pending
|
21
|
Section
6.4
|
Outstanding
Indebtedness
|
21
|
Section
6.5
|
Title
to Propoerties
|
21
|
Section
6.6
|
Taxes
|
22
|
Section
6.7
|
Conflicting
Agreements and Other Matters
|
22
|
Section
6.8
|
Offering
of Notes
|
22
|
Section
6.9
|
ERISA
|
22
|
Section
6.10
|
Governmental
Consent
|
23
|
Section
6.11
|
Environmental
Compliance
|
23
|
Section
6.12
|
Permits
and Other Operating Rights
|
23
|
Section
6.13
|
Disclosure
|
24
|
Section
6.14
|
Regulatory
Status of Company; Trust Indenture Act
|
24
|
Section
6.15
|
Foreign
Assets Control Regulations, Et.c
|
24
|
Section
6.16
|
First
Mortgage Indenture
|
25
|
SECTION
7.
|
INTERPRETATION
OF THIS AGREEMENT
|
25
|
Section
7.1
|
Terms
Defined
|
25
|
Section
7.2
|
Accounting
Principles
|
34
|
Section
7.3
|
Directly
or Indirectly
|
34
|
Section
7.4
|
Governing
Law; Consent to Jurisdiction
|
34
|
SETION
8.
|
PURCHASERS'
SPECIAL RIGHTS
|
35
|
Section
8.1
|
Note
Payment
|
35
|
Section
8.2
|
Issue
Taxes
|
35
|
Section
8.3
|
Registration
of Notes
|
36
|
Section
8.4
|
Exchange
of Notes
|
36
|
Section
8.5
|
Replacement
of Notes
|
|
SECTION
9.
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
36
|
Section
9.1
|
Notices
|
36
|
Section
9.2
|
Payments
Due on Non-Business Days
|
37
|
Section
9.3
|
Reproduction
of Documents
|
37
|
Section
9.4
|
Purchase
for Investment
|
37
|
Section
9.5
|
Source
of Funds
|
37
|
Section
9.6
|
Successors
and Assigns
|
39
|
Section
9.7
|
Amendment
and Waiver; Acquisition of Notes
|
39
|
Section
9.8
|
Duplicate
Originals
|
40
|
Section
9.9
|
Confidential
Information
|
40
|
Exhibits
|
||
Exhibit
A
|
Form
of Note
|
|
Exhibit
B-1
|
Form
of Opinion of Company's Counsel
|
|
Exhibit
B-2
|
Form
of Opinion of Company's Special Delaware Counsel
|
|
Exhibit
B-3
|
Form
of Opinion of Company's Special Maryland Counsel
|
|
Exhibit
B-4
|
Form
of Opinion of Company's Special Florida Counsel
|
|
Schedules
|
||
Purchaser
Schedule
|
Existing
Indebtedness
|
|
Schedule
4.6
|
Existing
Liens
|
|
Schedule
4.8 (e)
|
Subsidiaries
|
|
Schedule
6.1 (a)
|
List
of Agreements Restricting Debt
|
|
Schedule
6.7
|
Existing
Investments
|
|
Schedule
7.1
|
(1)
|
any
gain or loss on the sale of Investments or fixed assets, and any
taxes on
such excluded gain or loss;
|
(2)
|
any
proceeds from life insurance;
|
(3)
|
any
portion of the net earnings of any Subsidiary which for any reason
is
unavailable to pay dividends to the Company or any other
Subsidiary;
|
(4)
|
any
gain arising from any write-up or reappraisal of
assets;
|
(5)
|
any
deferred or other credit representing the excess of equity of an
acquired
Person over the amount invested by the Company and its Subsidiaries
in
such Person;
|
(6)
|
any
gain arising from the acquisition of any Securities of the Company
or any
Subsidiary;
|
(7)
|
net
earnings of any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Company
or
any Subsidiary has an ownership interest unless those net earnings
have
actually been received by the Company or the Subsidiary in the
form of
cash distributions or, to the extent of their fair market value,
in the
form of any other freely transferable Property;
and
|
(8)
|
earnings
of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary
or its
assets are acquired by the Company or a
Subsidiary.
|
(1)
|
any
liabilities which are renewable or extendible at the option of
the debtor
to a date more than one year from the date of creation thereof;
and
|
(2)
|
any
liabilities which, although payable within one year, constitute
principal
payments on indebtedness expressed to mature more than one year
from the
date of its creation.
|
(1)
|
its
liabilities for borrowed money, other than Current Indebtedness;
|
(2)
|
liabilities
secured by any Lien existing on Property owned by the Person (whether
or
not those liabilities have been
assumed);
|
(3)
|
the
aggregate amount of Guaranties by the Person, other than Guaranties
which
constitute Current Indebtedness;
and
|
(4)
|
its
Financing Lease Obligations.
|
(1)
|
to
purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any Property constituting
security therefor;
|
(2)
|
to
advance or supply funds
|
(A)
|
for
the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation, or
|
(B)
|
to
maintain working capital or any balance sheet or income statement
condition;
|
(C)
|
to
lease Property, or to purchase Securities or other Property or
services,
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such indebtedness
or
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment
of the
indebtedness or obligation; or
|
(D)
|
otherwise
to assure the owner of such indebtedness or obligation, or the
primary
obligor, against loss;
|
(1)
|
Investments
in any Person outstanding on the date hereof, which are set forth
in
Schedule
7.1
hereto;
|
(2)
|
Investments
in any Person which is or would immediately thereafter become a
Subsidiary
or a division of the Company or a Subsidiary, whether by acquisition
of
stock, indebtedness, other obligation or Security, or by loan,
Guaranty,
advance, capital contribution, or
otherwise;
|
(3)
|
Investments
in cash equivalent short-term investments maturing within one year
of
acquisition;
|
(4)
|
Investments
in mutual funds which invest only in either money market securities
or
direct obligations of the United States of America or any of its
agencies,
or obligations fully guaranteed by the United States of America,
which
mature within three years from the date
acquired;
|
(5)
|
Investments
in related industries;
|
(6)
|
Direct
obligations of the United States of America or any of its agencies,
or
obligations fully guaranteed by the United States of America,
provided
that such obligations mature within one year from the date
acquired;
|
(7)
|
Negotiable
certificates of deposit maturing within one year from the date
acquired
and issued by a bank or trust company organized under the laws
of the
United States or any of its states, and having capital, surplus
and
undivided profits aggregating at least
$100,000,000;
|
(8)
|
commercial
paper rated A-1 or better by Standard & Poor’s Corporation on the date
of acquisition and maturing not more than 270 days from the date
of
creation thereof; and
|
(9)
|
other
investments in an aggregate amount not in excess of 20% of Consolidated
Net Worth at any one time.
|
(1)
|
deferred
assets, other than prepaid insurance and prepaid
taxes;
|
(2)
|
patents,
copyrights, trademarks, trade names, franchises, good will, experimental
expense and other similar
intangibles;
|
(3)
|
treasury
stock;
|
(4)
|
unamortized
debt discount and expense; and
|
(5)
|
assets
located and notes and receivables due from obligors domiciled outside
the
United States of America or Canada.
|
Aggregate
Principal
Amount
of Notes
to
be Purchased
|
Note
Denomination(s)
|
||
THE
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF
AMERICA
|
$12,450,000
|
$6,000,000
|
|
$6,450,000
|
|||
(1)
|
All
payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made
by wire
transfer of immediately available funds for credit to:
|
||
Account
No.: P86188 (please do not include spaces) (in the case of payments
on
account of the Note originally issued in the principal amount of
$6,000,000)
|
|||
Account
No.: P86189 (please do not include spaces) (in the case of payments
on
account of the Note originally issued in the principal amount of
$6,450,000)
|
|||
JPMorgan
Chase Bank
New
York, NY
ABA
No.: 021-000-021
|
|||
Each
such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference
to
"5.50% Senior Notes, Security No. INV00925, PPN _____" and the
due date
and application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount)
of
the payment being made.
|
|||
(2)
|
Address
for all notices relating to payments:
|
||
The
Prudential Insurance Company of America
c/o
Investment Operations Group
Gateway
Center Two, 10th Floor
100
Mulberry Street
Newark,
NJ 07102-4077
|
|||
Attention:
Manager, Billings and Collections
|
|||
(3)
|
Address
for all other communications and notices:
|
||
The
Prudential Insurance Company of America
c/o
Prudential Capital Group
2200
Ross Avenue, Suite 4200E
Dallas,
TX 75201
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Attention:
Managing Director
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(4)
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Recipient
of telephonic prepayment notices:
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Manager,
Trade Management Group
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Telephone:
(973) 367-3141
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Facsimile:
(800) 224-2278
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(5)
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Address
for Delivery of Notes:
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Send
physical security by nationwide overnight delivery service
to:
Prudential
Capital Group
2200
Ross Avenue, Suite 4200E
Dallas,
TX 75201
Attention:
Thomas P. Donahue
Telephone:
(214) 720-6202
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(6)
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Tax
Identification No.: 22-1211670
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Aggregate
Principal
Amount
of Notes
to
be Purchased
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Note
Denomination(s)
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PRUDENTIAL
RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND
ANNUITY
COMPANY
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$4,000,000
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$4,000,000
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(1)
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All
payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made
by wire
transfer of immediately available funds for credit to:
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JP
Morgan Chase Bank
New
York, NY
ABA
No. 021000021
Account
No. P86327 (please do not include spaces)
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Each
such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference
to
"5.50% Senior Notes, Security No. INV00925, PPN _____" and the
due date
and application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount)
of
the payment being made.
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(2)
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Address
for all notices relating to payments:
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Prudential
Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company
c/o
Prudential Investment Management, Inc.
Private
Placement Trade Management
PRIAC
Administration
Gateway
Center Four, 7th Floor
100
Mulberry Street
Newark,
NJ 07102
Telephone:
(973) 802-8107
Facsimile:
(800) 224-2278
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(3)
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Address
for all other communications and notices:
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Prudential
Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company
c/o
Prudential Capital Group
2200
Ross Avenue, Suite 4200E
Dallas,
TX 75201
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Attention:
Managing Director
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(4)
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Address
for Delivery of Notes:
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Send
physical security by nationwide overnight delivery service
to:
Prudential
Capital Group
2200
Ross Avenue, Suite 4200E
Dallas,
TX 75201
Attention:
Thomas P. Donahue
Telephone:
(214) 720-6202
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(5)
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Tax
Identification No.: 06-1050034
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Aggregate
Principal
Amount
of Notes
to
be Purchased
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Note
Denomination(s)
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UNITED
OF OMAHA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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$3,550,000
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$3,550,000
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(1)
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All
principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount payments on account of
Notes
held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds for credit to:
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank
ABA
No. 021-000-021
Private
Income Processing
For
credit to:
United
of Omaha Life Insurance Company
Account
No. 900-9000200
a/c:
G09588
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Each
such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference
to
"5.50% Senior Notes, PPN ___" and the due date and application
(as among
principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount) of the payment being
made.
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(2)
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All
payments, other than principal, interest or Make-Whole Amount,
on account
of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer
of
immediately available funds for credit to:
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank
ABA
No. 021-000-021
Account
No. G09588
Account
Name: United of Omaha Life Insurance Co.
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Each
such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference
to
"5.50% Senior Notes, PPN ___" and the due date and application
(e.g., type
of fee) of the payment being made.
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(3)
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Address
for all notices relating to payments:
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank
14201
Dallas Parkway - 13th Floor
Dallas,
TX 75254-2917
Attn:
Income Processing - G. Ruiz
a/c:
G09588
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(4)
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Address
for all other communications and notices:
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Prudential
Private Placement Investors, L.P.
Gateway
Center 3, 18th Floor
100
Mulberry Street
Newark,
NJ 07102
Attention:
Albert Trank, Managing Director
Telephone:
(973) 802-8608
Facsimile:
(973) 367-3234
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(5)
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Address
for Delivery of Notes:
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(a)
Send
physical security by nationwide overnight delivery service
to:
JPMorgan
Chase Bank
4
New York Plaza
Ground
Floor Receive Window
New
York, NY 10004
Please
include in the cover letter accompanying the Notes a reference
to the
Purchaser's account number (United of Omaha Life Insurance Company;
Account Number: G09588).
(b)
Send
copy by nationwide overnight delivery service to:
Prudential
Capital Group
Gateway
Center 4
100
Mulberry, 7th Floor
Newark,
NJ 07102
Attention:
Trade Management, Manager
Telephone:
(973) 367-3141
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(6)
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Tax
Identification No.: 47-0322111
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(i)
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waivers
of the rights to object to venue or other rights or benefits bestowed
by
operation of law;
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(ii)
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provisions
for liquidated damages and penalties, penalty interest and interest
on
interest, it being understood that the provisions of Section 2.2
and 5.2
of the Note Agreement are not excluded under this clause (ii);
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(iii)
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provisions
purporting to require a prevailing party in a dispute to pay attorneys’
fees and expenses, or other costs, to a non-prevailing
party;
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(iv)
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provisions
purporting to supersede equitable principles, including provisions
requiring amendments and waivers to be in
writing;
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(v)
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provisions
purporting to make a party’s determination conclusive;
or
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(vi)
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exclusive
jurisdiction or venue provisions.
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DLA
Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
W
www.dlapiper.com
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$
2,463,000
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8.25%
Convertible Debentures, Due March 1, 2014
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$
3,000,000
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7.97%
Senior Unsecured Notes, due February 1, 2008
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$
5,454,545
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6.91%
Senior Unsecured Note, due October 1, 2010
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$
7,000,000
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6.85%
Senior Unsecured Note, due January 1, 2012
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$
20,000,000
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7.83%
Senior Unsecured Note, due January 1, 2015
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$
30,000,000
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6.64%
Senior Unsecured Notes, due October 31, 2017
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$
120,000
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Promissory
Note of Sharp Energy
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$
0
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Short-term
borrowing under line of credit agreements with Bank of
America
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$
0
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Short-term
borrowing under line of credit agreements with PNC Bank
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$
0
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Short-term
borrowing under line of credit agreement with Wilmington
Trust
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Subsidiary
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Jurisdiction
of Incorporation
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Chesapeake
Utilities Corporation
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Delaware
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Eastern
Shore Natural Gas Company
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Delaware
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Skipjack,
Inc.
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Delaware
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Sharpgas,
Inc.
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Delaware
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BravePoint,
Inc.
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Georgia
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Sharp
Energy, Inc.
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Delaware
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Chesapeake
Investment Company
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Delaware
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Chesapeake
Service Company
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Delaware
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Tri-County
Gas Co., Inc.
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Maryland
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Eastern
Shore Real Estate, Inc.
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Maryland
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Sam
Shannahan Well Co., Inc.
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Maryland
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Xeron,
Inc.
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Mississippi
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Sharp
Water, Inc.
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Delaware
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Sharp
Water of Minnesota, Inc.
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Delaware
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Sharp
Water of Idaho, Inc.
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Delaware
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AQuality
Company, Inc.
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Delaware
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Peninsula
Pipeline Company, Inc.
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Delaware
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OnSight
Energy, LLC
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Delaware
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Peninsula
Energy Services Company, Inc.
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Delaware
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1)
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Rabbi
Trust - Investment of $335,000 associated with the acquisition
of Xeron,
Inc.
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25. |
Acknowledgment
.
The parties hereto each acknowl-edge that each has read this Agreement
and
understands the same and that each enters into this Agreement freely
and
voluntarily.
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(a) |
As
soon as practicable after the Company’s independent auditors have
certified the Company’s financial statements for the Award Year, the
Committee shall determine for purposes of this Agreement the Company’s (1)
earnings growth (“EG”), (2) achievement of established milestones and
objectives under the Company’s long-term strategic plan (“SP”), and (3)
Shareholder Value as of the end of the Award Year. The EG, SP and
Shareholder Value shall be determined by the Committee in accordance
with
the terms of the Plan and this Agreement based on financial results
reported to shareholders in the Company’s annual reports and shall be
subject to adjustment by the Committee for extraordinary
events
during
the Award Year. The Committee shall promptly notify the Grantee of
its
determination.
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(b) |
The
Grantee may earn up to [number of shares - 9,600 for John R. Schimkaitis,
6,820 for Paul M. Barbas and 5,120 for Michael P. McMasters] Contingent
Performance Shares (the “Maximum Award”) as
follows:
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As
soon as practicable after the Company’s independent auditors have
certified the Company’s financial statements for the Award Year, the
Committee shall determine for purposes of this Agreement the Company’s (1)
Shareholder Value and (2) earnings growth (“EG”) as of the end of the
Award Year. The Shareholder Value and EG shall be determined by the
Committee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement
based on financial results reported to shareholders in the Company’s
annual reports and shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee
for
extraordinary events during the Award Year. The Committee shall promptly
notify the Grantee of its determination.
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(b) |
The
Grantee may earn up to 960 Contingent Performance Shares for each
Award
Year (the “Annual Award”) of the Award Period, as
follows:
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(c) |
The
Grantee may earn up to 6.720 Contingent Performance Shares at the
end of
the Award Period (the “Three-Year Award”) as follows, subject to the
restrictions specified in Section 3(a), and further described in
Section
2(c)(2) below:
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As
soon as practicable after the Company’s independent auditors have
certified the Company’s financial statements for the Award Year, the
Committee shall determine for purposes of this Agreement the
Company’s (1)
Shareholder Value and (2) earnings growth (“EG”) as of the end of the
Award Year. The Shareholder Value and EG shall be determined
by the
Committee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement
based on financial results reported to shareholders in the Company’s
annual reports and shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee
for
extraordinary events during the Award Year. The Committee shall
promptly
notify the Grantee of its determination.
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(b) |
The
Grantee may earn up to 960 Contingent Performance Shares for
each Award
Year (the “Annual Award”) of the Award Period, as
follows:
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(c) |
The
Grantee may earn up to 6,720 Contingent Performance Shares at
the end of
the Award Period (the “Three-Year Award”) as follows, subject to the
restrictions specified in Section 3(a), and further described
in Section
2(c)(2) below:
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For
the Years Ended December 31,
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2005
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2004
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2003
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Income
from continuing operations
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$
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10,467,614
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$
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9,549,667
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$
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10,079,483
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Add:
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Income
taxes
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6,312,016
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5,701,090
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6,032,445
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Portion
of rents representative of interest factor
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278,846
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309,446
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351,445
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Interest
on indebtedness
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5,077,693
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5,206,723
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5,616,756
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Amortization
of debt discount and expense
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55,802
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61,422
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89,155
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Earnings
as adjusted
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$
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22,191,971
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$
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20,828,348
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$
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22,169,284
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Fixed
Charges
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Portion
of rents representative of interest factor
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$
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278,846
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$
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309,446
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$
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351,445
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Interest
on indebtedness
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5,077,693
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5,206,723
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5,616,756
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Amortization
of debt discount and expense
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55,802
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61,422
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89,155
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Fixed
Charges
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$
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5,412,341
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$
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5,577,591
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$
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6,057,356
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Ratio
of Earnings to Fixed Charges
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4.10
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3.73
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3.66
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a) |
designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being
prepared;
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b) |
designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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c) |
evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period
covered
by this report based on such evaluations; and
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d) |
disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the registrant 's internal control over financial
reporting; and
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a) |
all
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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b) |
any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in
the
registrant
’s
internal control over financial
reporting.
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a) |
designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being
prepared;
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b) |
designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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c) |
evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period
covered
by this report based on such evaluations; and
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d) |
disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the registrant 's internal control over financial
reporting; and
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a) |
all
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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b) |
any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
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