Aqua America Declares March 2009 Dividend
BRYN MAWR, Pa., Feb 02, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE:WTR) today declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.135 per share payable on March 1, 2009, to all shareholders of record on February 17, 2009.
The March dividend payment of $0.135 per share is eight percent higher than the dividend the company paid in March 2008 of $0.125 per share. Aqua has paid a consecutive quarterly dividend for more than 60 years.
Aqua America is a publicly traded water and wastewater utility holding company with operating subsidiaries serving approximately threemillion people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Indiana, Virginia, Maine, Missouri and South Carolina. Aqua America is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WTR.
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SOURCE: Aqua America, Inc.
Aqua America, Inc.
Brian Dingerdissen
Director, Investor Relations
610-645-1191
bjdingerdissen@aquaamerica.com
or
Donna Alston
Director, Communications
610-645-1095
dpalston@aquaamerica.com
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