---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-022818"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPK"
cik: "0000019745"
company_name: "CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T02:51:26.014498+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chesapeake Utilities shareholders elect three directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor

## Summary
- Lisa G. Bisaccia (18.6M for, 313k withheld), Stephanie N. Gary (18.7M for, 206k withheld), and Dennis S. Hudson III (18.0M for, 883k withheld) elected as Class I directors.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 18,267,603 for, 594,392 against, 71,218 abstentions, 1,815,756 broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Baker Tilly as independent auditor for FY2024: 20,611,062 for, 112,232 against, 25,675 abstentions.
- Annual meeting had 20,748,969 shares present out of 22,267,394 outstanding, constituting a quorum.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-022818
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPK
- cik: 0000019745
- company_name: CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828024022818/0001628280-24-022818-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828024022818/cpk-20240508.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP shareholders approved Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation (Say-on-Pay Proposal) at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Say-on-Pay Proposal”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828024022818/0001628280-24-022818-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The stockholders voted to ratify, on the advisory non-binding proposal, the appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Baker Tilly”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828024022818/0001628280-24-022818-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP shareholders approved Election of three Class I director nominees at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The stockholders voted on the election of three Class I director nominees, each of whom was elected to the Company’s Board to serve a three-year term ending in 2027 and until their successors are elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828024022818/0001628280-24-022818-index.htm

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