-----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, EyFHcgDpHZCnVzSposBGIFqerVgOUwK8zTJVzd6ZDjALsVjidWlBCaEo3E88x30u 6WyDu0au2lGpDlbL5+th3Q== 0000950123-09-060919.txt : 20091112 0000950123-09-060919.hdr.sgml : 20091111 20091110180025 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-060919 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091112 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091110 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20091112 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000037643 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 590539080 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-63942 FILM NUMBER: 091173163 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 401 S DIXIE HWY STREET 2: PO BOX 3395 CITY: WEST PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33401 BUSINESS PHONE: 5618322461 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 3395 CITY: WEST PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33402-3395 S-8 POS 1 y80341esv8pos.htm FORM S-8 POS sv8pos
As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2009.
Registration No. 333-63942
Registration No. 333-125551
Registration No. 333-152001
Registration No. 333-152070 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
Florida Public Utilities Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Florida   59-0539080
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     
401 South Dixie Highway    
West Palm Beach, Florida   33401
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
 
Florida Public Utilities Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
 
George M. Bachman
Chief Financial Officer
Florida Public Utilities Company
401 South Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
(Name and address of agent for service)
(561) 832-2461
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer o    Accelerated filer o    Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		   Smaller Reporting Company þ 
 
 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
     This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-63942) previously filed by Florida Public Utilities Company (the “Company”) on June 27, 2001, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-125551) previously filed by the Company on June 6, 2005, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-152001) previously filed by the Company on June 27, 2008, and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-152070) previously filed by the Company on July 1, 2008 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”).
     Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 17, 2009, by and among the Company, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (“Chesapeake”) and CPK Pelican, Inc., CPK Pelican, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chesapeake, merged with and into the Company, with CPK Pelican, Inc. ceasing to exist and the Company surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Chesapeake (the “Merger”). The Merger became effective at 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 28, 2009 (the “Effective Time”).
     At the Effective Time, each share of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive 0.405 shares of Chesapeake common stock.
     As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to its existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statements. In accordance with the undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of its securities being registered under the Registration Statements which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statements and deregisters any and all shares of the Company’s common stock originally reserved for issuance under the plan covered by the Registration Statements and registered under the Registration Statements, which remain unsold or unissued as of the date hereof.
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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of West Palm Beach, State of Florida on November 10, 2009.
         
    Florida Public Utilities Company
 
        
 
  By:  
 
    /s/ John R. Schimkaitis
 
       
 
  Name:   John R. Schimkaitis
 
  Title:   Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
        
/s/ John R. Schimkaitis
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer   November 10, 2009
 
John R. Schimkaitis
       
 
        
/s/ George M. Bachman
     
 
George M. Bachman
  Chief Financial Officer    November 10, 2009
 
        
/s/ Ralph J. Adkins
 
Ralph J. Adkins
  Director    November 10, 2009
 
        
/s/ Eugene H. Bayard, Esq.
 
Eugene H. Bayard, Esq.
  Director    November 10, 2009
 
        
/s/ Richard Bernstein
 
Richard Bernstein
  Director   November 10, 2009
 
        
/s/ Thomas J. Bresnan
 
Thomas J. Bresnan
  Director   November 10, 2009
 
        
/s/ Thomas P. Hill, Jr.
 
Thomas P. Hill, Jr.
  Director   November 10, 2009
 
        
/s/ Dennis S. Hudson III
 
Dennis S. Hudson III
  Director   November 10, 2009
 
        
/s/ Paul L. Maddock, Jr.
 
Paul L. Maddock, Jr.
  Director   November 10, 2009
 
        
/s/ J. Peter Martin
 
J. Peter Martin
  Director   November 10, 2009

 

 

         
Signature   Title   Date
 
        
/s/ Joseph E. Moore, Esq.
 
Joseph E. Moore, Esq.
  Director   November 10, 2009
 
        
/s/ Dianna F. Morgan
 
Dianna F. Morgan
  Director   November 10, 2009
 
        
/s/ Calvert A. Morgan, Jr.
 
Calvert A. Morgan, Jr.
  Director   November 10, 2009

 

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