Investor Info 2000

 

For Immediate Release: Friday, October 6, 2000

Contact: Maurice L. Arel, President & Chief Executive Officer (NASDAQ:PNNW)
Charles J. Staab, VP, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer<

Phone: 603-882-5191

Fax:<603-882-4125

 

Pennichuck Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter
2000 Common Dividend

Maurice L. Arel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pennichuck Corporation, announced today that the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $.25 per share payable on November 15, 2000 to shareholders of record as of November 1, 2000. That dividend is a $.01 per share increase over the previous quarter, resulting in an annualized dividend rate of $1.00 per share.  The year 2000 marks the 83rd consecutive year that Pennichuck has paid a dividend to its shareholders.

Pennichuck Corporation, a New Hampshire corporation, is a holding company whose operating subsidiaries are involved in diversified activities such as water supply and distribution, operations and maintenance contracts and real estate development and management. Pennichuck is traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol “PNNW”.