UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
report (Date of earliest event reported): August 13, 2009 (August 12,
2009)
Commission
File Number 0-8084
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)
669-8636
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
name, address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.
below):
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
8.01 Other
Events
On August
12, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing an increase in the
quarterly dividend on the Company’s common shares from $0.2225 per quarter to
$0.2275 per quarter, and declared a quarterly cash dividend payable on
September 15, 2009 for shareholders of record as of September 1, 2009.
This is the fortieth consecutive year that the Company has increased its
dividend payout to holders of the Company’s common shares.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits
The following are filed herewith as
exhibits
(c) Exhibits
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99.1
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Press
Release dated August 12, 2009 relating to increase and declaration of
quarterly dividend.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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Connecticut
Water Service, Inc.
(Registrant)
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Date: August
13, 2009
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By: /s/ David C.
Benoit
David
C. Benoit
Vice
President – Finance and
Chief
Financial Officer
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