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United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 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): October 13, 2008


Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
001-11590
51-0064146
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
File Number)
Identification No.)
 

 
909 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware 19904
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)


(302) 734-6799
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)


_______________________________________________________________
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)



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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (“Chesapeake” or “the Company”) announced today that it has entered into agreements with one of its commercial lenders regarding the short-term lines of credit available from that financial institution. These agreements increase the dollars available under the committed short-term loan facility, and decrease the dollars available under the uncommitted loan facility by an equal amount. The total loan capacity available from Bank of America, N.A. remains unchanged. On October 13, 2008, the Company and Bank of America, N.A. executed modifications to existing loan documents that increased the committed line amount from $5 million to $30 million, while simultaneously reducing the uncommitted line capacity from $45 million to $20 million. The other terms of the uncommitted line of credit remain unchanged. The spread on the committed facility was increased to 75 basis points, with the unused commitment fee declining to 17.5 basis points.
 
 
 

SIGNATURE


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.


Chesapeake Utilities Corporation



/s/ Beth W. Cooper
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Beth W. Cooper
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Date: October 17, 2008