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CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION
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/s/ James F. Moriarty
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Name: James F. Moriarty
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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Date: May 9, 2017
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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3.1
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Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
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The name of the Corporation is Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. The Corporation was incorporated by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 12, 1947. On July 22, 2010, an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation").
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The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended to increase the authorized shares of the Corporation’s common stock to Fifty Million (50,000,000) and the first paragraph of Article FOURTH of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended as follows:
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The Board of Directors of the Corporation has duly adopted a resolution pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth a proposed amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendment to be advisable. The requisite stockholders of the Corporation have duly approved said proposed amendment in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
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This Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be effective immediately upon filing.
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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
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By:
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/s/ Michael P. McMasters
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Name:
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Michael P. McMasters
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Title:
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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