UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
report (Date of earliest event reported): December 11, 2008 (November 21,
2008)
Connecticut
Water Service, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Connecticut
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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06-0739839
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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93
West Main Street, Clinton, CT
(Address
of principal executive office)
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06413
(Zip
Code)
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860-669-8630
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.
below):
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
8.01 Other
Events
Investor
Presentation
From time to time, members of senior
management of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (the “Company”) present
information about the Company to investors. On December 4, 2008, a
presentation was made to investors and other attendees in New York, N.Y. as part
of the 12th Annual
Water Utility Conference sponsored by the New York Society of Security
Analysts. Such presentation material may be presented to investors in
the future.
A Copy of
the Company’s investor presentation dated December 4, 2008 is filed herewith as
Exhibit 99.1
and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment to the CWC 401(k)
Plan
On November 21, 2008, the Company’s
Board of Directors approved an amendment to the amended and restated Savings
Plan of The Connecticut Water Company, originally dated as of October 1, 2000,
as amended to date (collectively, the “ CWC 401(k) Plan”). The
amendment revises the CWC 401(k) Plan as follows:
1) to
become a “safe harbor plan” within the meaning of Section 401(k) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (the “IRC”);
2) to
eliminate the Company’s existing matching contribution (up to 50% of an
employee’s compensation up to 4% of the total), effective January 1, 2009;
and
3) to
establish Company non-elective contributions of three percent (3%) of
compensation for all existing participants, and an additional contribution of
one and one-half percent (1½%) of compensation for all employees hired on or
after January 1, 2009.
The
amendment to the CWC 401(k) Plan will be implemented by the execution of a
formal amendment to the CWC 401(k) Plan which will be filed as an exhibit to the
Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2008.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits
The following is filed herewith as an
exhibit
(c) Exhibits
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99.1
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Company
investor presentation, dated December 4,
2008.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
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Connecticut
Water Service, Inc.
(Registrant)
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Date:
December 11, 2008
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By: /s/ David C.
Benoit
David
C. Benoit
Vice President, Finance and
CFO
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Company
investor presentation, dated December 4,
2008.
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