-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Tfhu7/0Ur0B165ouRNBaunfz0xckuHqakc+aTT6ubCD4cvQ51hhxfN8MEWI0yDB5 +E8qoYuUj04yGd8cOvSkuw== 0000914317-01-500547.txt : 20020413 0000914317-01-500547.hdr.sgml : 20020413 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914317-01-500547 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20011219 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20011227 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MIDDLESEX WATER CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000066004 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WATER SUPPLY [4941] IRS NUMBER: 221114430 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-00422 FILM NUMBER: 1823778 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1500 RONSON RD STREET 2: P O BOX 1500 CITY: ISELIN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08830 BUSINESS PHONE: 7326341500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1500 RONON ROAD CITY: ISELIN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08830 8-K 1 form8k-42124_122701.txt SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20S49 FORM 8-K Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report: December 19, 2001 MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY ----------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) NEW JERSEY 0-422 22-1114430 ---------- ----- ---------- (State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) File Number) Identification No.) 1500 RONSON ROAD, P.O. BOX 1500, ISELIN, NEW JERSEY 08830 ----------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) (732)-634-1500 ---------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Middlesex Water Company Item 5. 0ther Events Middlesex Water Company (MWC) today received approval from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) of its three-for-two stock dividend ("stock split") declared by the Company's Board of Directors on October 25, 2001. The Dividend is declared on the number of common shares that were outstanding at the close of business on December 14, 2001. Stockholders will end up with three shares for every two shares of Middlesex Water Company common stock they hold. Shareholders who are not participants in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock Purchase Plan will receive a stock certificate representing the number of additional full shares to which they are entitled under the stock split on or about January 2, 2002. Fractional shares will not be issued in the form of a certificate. Shareholders will receive the value of the fractional shares by check. The value of the fractional shares will be based on the NASDAQ closing price on December 14, 2001 of $34.30 per share. For Shareholders who reinvest all, or a portion, of their dividends, both whole and fractional shares resulting from the split will be added to the total shares in their account. MWC shares held by stockholders in certificate from remain valid and need not be returned to the Company or the transfer agent as a result of the split. Following are the record dates of the Company's stock split since its incorporation in 1897: October 31, 1927 5-for-1 Stock Split October 30, 1959 3-for-1 Stock Split December 22, 1967 2-for-1 Stock Split December 12, 1984 2-for-1 Stock Split September 15, 1992 2-for-1 Stock Split December 14, 2001 3-for-2 Stock Split 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 of the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY (Registrant) /s/ Marion F. Reynolds --------------------------------------- Marion F. Reynolds Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer Dated: December 19, 2001 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----