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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-</FONT><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>F<SMALL>ORM</SMALL><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;S-8</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>R<SMALL>EGISTRATION</SMALL> S<SMALL>TATEMENT</SMALL> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I><SMALL>UNDER</SMALL> </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>T<SMALL>HE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1933 </I></B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">51-0064146</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>500 Energy Lane, Dover, Delaware 19901 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2023 STOCK AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>B<SMALL>ETH</SMALL> W. C<SMALL>OOPER</SMALL>, E<SMALL>XECUTIVE</SMALL> V<SMALL>ICE</SMALL> P<SMALL>RESIDENT</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL>
C<SMALL>HIEF</SMALL> F<SMALL>INANCIAL</SMALL> O<SMALL>FFICER</SMALL> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chesapeake Utilities Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>500 Energy Lane, Dover, Delaware, 19901 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(302) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">734-6799</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jeffrey E. Decker, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Baker&nbsp;&amp; Hostetler LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2300 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Orlando, Florida 32801 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(407) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">649-4000</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Chesapeake&#148;), is filing this registration
statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to register up to 568,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.4867 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), that are available
for issuance under the 2023 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), including 19,859 shares that were subject to awards granted under the Company&#146;s 2013 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;Prior Plan&#148;)
that were canceled, expired, settled in cash, or forfeited after December&nbsp;31, 2022 and therefore became available for issuance under the Plan in accordance with its terms. The Prior Plan expired on May&nbsp;2, 2023. The Plan provides for
incentive compensation to our executive officers, directors, and employees and was approved by the Company&#146;s stockholders at the Company&#146;s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May&nbsp;3, 2023. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Plan Information.* </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.* </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">* The documents containing the information specified in Part I, Items 1 and 2, will be sent or given to the participants of the Plan as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Consistent with the instructions of Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> such documents will not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by
reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the Company&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828023004607/cpk-20221231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;22, 2023; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828023004592/cpk-20230222.htm">February
<U></U>&nbsp;22, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000119312523047406/d296066d8k.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;
24, 2023</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000119312523134283/d464975d8k.htm">May&nbsp;3, 2023</A>; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) the description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s registration statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000119312518181983/d473028d8a12ba.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed on June&nbsp;1, 2009, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating the description; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from
the respective dates of filing of such documents. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, no information is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement where such information under applicable forms and regulations of the Commission is not deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; under Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless
the report or filing containing such information indicates that the information therein is to be considered &#147;filed&#148; under the Exchange Act or is to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Chesapeake&#146;s Bylaws, each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by
reason of the fact such person is or was a director or officer of Chesapeake, or is or was serving at the request of Chesapeake as a director or officer of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, is
entitled to indemnification by Chesapeake to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines or penalties and
amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith. These indemnification rights continue as to such person who has ceased to be a director or officer and inure to the benefit of the person&#146;s
heirs, executors and administrators. These indemnification rights include the right to be paid by Chesapeake the expenses incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition, subject to the receipt by Chesapeake
of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified. These indemnification rights under the Bylaws are not exclusive of any other
indemnification right which any person may have or acquire under any law, provision of Chesapeake&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL permits indemnification of a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation who acted in good faith in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. In all proceedings
other than those by or in the right of Chesapeake, this indemnification covers expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnified person. In actions brought
by or in the right of Chesapeake (such as derivative actions), Section&nbsp;145 provides for indemnification against expenses only and, unless a court determines otherwise, only in respect of a claim as to which the person is not judged liable to
the corporation. </P>
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of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section&nbsp;145. Chesapeake has in effect liability insurance policies covering certain claims against any of its directors or officers by reason of certain
breaches of duty, neglect, error, misstatement, omission or other act committed by such person in the person&#146;s capacity as director or officer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article Eleven of Chesapeake&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation, as permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, provides that a director
of Chesapeake shall not be personally liable to Chesapeake or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to Chesapeake or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived any
improper personal benefit. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the Company with the Commission, each of the following
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000136231010000022/c04192exv3w1.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our
 Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the period ended June&nbsp;30, 2010, File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11590.</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828017005270/exhibit31toform8-k05032017.htm">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, is incorporated
 herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed May&nbsp;9, 2017, File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11590.</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828018002594/cpk12312017ex-36.htm">Certificate of Elimination of Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, is incorporated herein
 by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to our Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2017, File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11590.</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000119312523134283/d464975dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, effective May&nbsp;
3, 2023, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of our Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed May&nbsp;3, 2023, File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11590.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d500078dex51.htm">Legal Opinion of Baker&nbsp;&amp; Hostetler LLP, counsel to the Company, with respect to the legality of the Common Stock being registered. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d500078dex101.htm">Chesapeake Utilities Corporation 2023 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d500078dex231.htm">Consent of Baker Tilly US, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d500078dex51.htm">Consent of Baker&nbsp;&amp; Hostetler LLP, counsel to the Company (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set </P>
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forth in the Registration Statement.&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in the
volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however, that: paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of
this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)) that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable.&nbsp;In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in
the successful defense of any such action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orlando, State of
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Jeffry M. Householder</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Jeffry M. Householder and Beth W. Cooper,
each acting alone, as their true and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">lawful&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and</FONT></FONT> agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in their
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8&nbsp;and</FONT> all post-effective amendments thereto, of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, each acting alone, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming what each of
said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on May&nbsp;3, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ LISA G. BISACCIA</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 2023
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
F
ORM
S-8
R
EGISTRATION
S
TATEMENT
UNDER
T
HE
S
ECURITIES
A
CT
OF
1933
CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
51-0064146
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
500 Energy Lane, Dover, Delaware 19901
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION
2023 STOCK AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
B
ETH
W. C
OOPER
, E
XECUTIVE
V
ICE
P
RESIDENT
AND
C
HIEF
F
INANCIAL
O
FFICER
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
500 Energy Lane, Dover, Delaware, 19901
(Name and address of agent for service)
(302)
734-6799
(Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jeffrey E. Decker, Esq.
Baker & Hostetler LLP
200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2300
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407)
649-4000
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company" or "Chesapeake"), is filing this registration
statement on Form
S-8
(this "Registration Statement") to register up to 568,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.4867 per share ("Common Stock"), that are available
for issuance under the 2023 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), including 19,859 shares that were subject to awards granted under the Company's 2013 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Prior Plan")
that were canceled, expired, settled in cash, or forfeited after December 31, 2022 and therefore became available for issuance under the Plan in accordance with its terms. The Prior Plan expired on May 2, 2023. The Plan provides for
incentive compensation to our executive officers, directors, and employees and was approved by the Company's stockholders at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 3, 2023.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information.*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
* The documents containing the information specified in Part I, Items 1 and 2, will be sent or given to the participants of the Plan as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Consistent with the instructions of Part I of Form
S-8,
such documents will not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by
reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents previously filed by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) the Company's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February 22, 2023;
(b) the Company's Current Reports on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on
February
22, 2023
,
February
24, 2023
and
May 3, 2023
;
(c) the description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's registration statement on
Form
8-A
filed on June 1, 2009, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating the description; and
(d) all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from
the respective dates of filing of such documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no information is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement where such information under applicable forms and regulations of the Commission is not deemed to be "filed" under Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless
the report or filing containing such information indicates that the information therein is to be considered "filed" under the Exchange Act or is to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Under Chesapeake's Bylaws, each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by
reason of the fact such person is or was a director or officer of Chesapeake, or is or was serving at the request of Chesapeake as a director or officer of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, is
entitled to indemnification by Chesapeake to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines or penalties and
amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith. These indemnification rights continue as to such person who has ceased to be a director or officer and inure to the benefit of the person's
heirs, executors and administrators. These indemnification rights include the right to be paid by Chesapeake the expenses incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition, subject to the receipt by Chesapeake
of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified. These indemnification rights under the Bylaws are not exclusive of any other
indemnification right which any person may have or acquire under any law, provision of Chesapeake's Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 145 of the DGCL permits indemnification of a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation who acted in good faith in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. In all proceedings
other than those by or in the right of Chesapeake, this indemnification covers expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnified person. In actions brought
by or in the right of Chesapeake (such as derivative actions), Section 145 provides for indemnification against expenses only and, unless a court determines otherwise, only in respect of a claim as to which the person is not judged liable to
the corporation.
Section 145 also empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section 145. Chesapeake has in effect liability insurance policies covering certain claims against any of its directors or officers by reason of certain
breaches of duty, neglect, error, misstatement, omission or other act committed by such person in the person's capacity as director or officer.
Article Eleven of Chesapeake's Certificate of Incorporation, as permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, provides that a director
of Chesapeake shall not be personally liable to Chesapeake or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to Chesapeake or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any
improper personal benefit.
Item 7.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
EXHIBITS.
Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the Company with the Commission, each of the following
exhibits is filed herewith:
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our
 Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
for the period ended June 30, 2010, File
No. 001-11590.
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, is incorporated
 herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our Current Report on Form
8-K,
filed May 9, 2017, File
No. 001-11590.
4.3
Certificate of Elimination of Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, is incorporated herein
 by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to our Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2017, File
No. 001-11590.
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, effective May 
3, 2023, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our Current Report on Form
8-K,
filed May 3, 2023, File
No. 001-11590.
*5.1
Legal Opinion of Baker & Hostetler LLP, counsel to the Company, with respect to the legality of the Common Stock being registered.
*10.1
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation 2023 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan.
*23.1
Consent of Baker Tilly US, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*23.2
Consent of Baker & Hostetler LLP, counsel to the Company (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
*24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*107
Filing Fee Table.
*
Filed herewith.
Item 9.
UNDERTAKINGS.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in the
volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
Provided, however, that: paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of
this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)) that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in
the successful defense of any such action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orlando, State of
Florida, on the 3
rd
day of May, 2023.
CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Jeffry M. Householder
Jeffry M. Householder
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Jeffry M. Householder and Beth W. Cooper,
each acting alone, as their true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in their
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on Form
S-8 and
all post-effective amendments thereto, of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming what each of
said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on May 3, 2023.
/s/ JEFFRY M. HOUSEHOLDER
Jeffry M. Householder
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
May 3, 2023
/s/ BETH W. COOPER
Beth W. Cooper, Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Corporate Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
May 3, 2023
/s/ LISA G. BISACCIA
Lisa G. Bisaccia, Director
May 3, 2023
/s/ THOMAS J. BRESNAN
Thomas J. Bresnan, Director
May 3, 2023
/s/ RONALD G. FORSYTHE, JR.
Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr., Director
May 3, 2023
/s/ STEPHANIE N. GARY
Stephanie N. Gary, Director
May 3, 2023
/s/ THOMAS P. HILL, JR.
Thomas P. Hill, Jr., Director
May 3, 2023
/s/ DENNIS S. HUDSON, III
Dennis S. Hudson, III, Director
May 3, 2023
/s/ LILA A. JABER
Lila A. Jaber, Director
May 3, 2023
/s/ PAUL L. MADDOCK, JR.
Paul L. Maddock, Jr., Director
May 3, 2023
/s/ SHEREE M. PETRONE
Sheree M. Petrone, Director
May 3, 2023