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 March 1,
2015, to all shareholders of record on February 13, 2015.
The March dividend payment of $0.165 per share represents a $0.013, or
8.6 percent, increase over the March 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. The March dividend payment marks the
70th year that Aqua has paid consecutive quarterly dividends.
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.
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Aqua America, Inc.
Brian Dingerdissen
Director, Investor
Relations
O: 610.645.1191
BJDingerdissen@AquaAmerica.com
or
Gretchen
Toner
Manager, Strategic Communications
O: 610.645.1175
M:
484.368.4816
GMToner@AquaAmerica.com
Source: Aqua America, Inc.
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