BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The Board of Directors of Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) declared a
quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.165 per share payable on June 1,
2015, to all shareholders of record on May 15, 2015.
The June dividend payment of $0.165 per share represents a $0.013, or
8.6 percent, increase over the June 2014 dividend payment of $0.152. The
annual dividend rate is now at $0.66 per year compared to $0.608 at the
same time in the previous year. Aqua has paid a consecutive quarterly
dividend for 70 years. The company has raised the quarterly dividend 24
times in the last 23 years.
Aqua America is one of the largest U.S.-based, publicly traded water
utilities and serves nearly 3 million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and Virginia. Aqua
America is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
WTR. Visit AquaAmerica.com
for more information.
WTRF
Aqua America, Inc.
Brian Dingerdissen
Director, Investor
Relations
610-645-1191
BJDingerdissen@AquaAmerica.com
or
Gretchen
Toner
Manager, Strategic Communications
610-645-1175
M:
484-368-4816
GMToner@AquaAmerica.com
Source: Aqua America, Inc.
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