Investor Info 2002

For Immediate Release:
December 17, 2001

Contact: Maurice L. Arel, President and Chief Executive Officer
               Charles J. Staab, VP, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 603-882-5191
Fax: 603-882-4125

Pennichuck Corporation Announces 
First Quarter 2002 Common Dividend

Maurice L. Arel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pennichuck Corporation, announced today that the Company's Board of Directors recently declared a quarterly dividend of $.195 per share payable on February 15, 2002 to shareholders of record as of February 1, 2002. This quarterly dividend remained unchanged from the previous quarter and the Company's annualized dividend rate is currently $0.78 per share, as adjusted for the four for three stock split effective on December 3, 2001. Mr. Arel also noted that the Company’s next dividend reinvestment date under the Company’s Common Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan is February 15, 2002. Any shareholders wishing to purchase additional shares under that plan should ensure that their payment is received by the Company’s transfer agent no sooner than February 1anuary 22, 2002 and no later than February 9, 2002.

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, laboratory testing and real estate development and management. Pennichuck is traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol “PNNW”.