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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001125282-06-004709.txt : 20060808
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001125282-06-004709
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	10-Q
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060808
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060808

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000863110
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER SUPPLY [4941]
		IRS NUMBER:				510002090
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		10-Q
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-18516
		FILM NUMBER:		061012383

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		664 CHURCHMANS RD
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19702
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3024536900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		664 CHURCHMANS RD
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19702
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<TYPE>10-Q
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<p><a href="#index"><font size="2">Click here for Index</font></a></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=4>UNITED STATES</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=4>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=4>FORM 10-Q</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(Mark One)</font></p>
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4pt;'><b><img src="tickedbox.gif" width="12" height="12"></b>
    </td><td valign="top"><p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:5pt;'><b><font size=2>QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></td></tr></table>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Or</font></b></p>
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    </td><td valign="top"><p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:13pt;'><b><font size=2>TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></td></tr></table>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>For the transition period from </font></b><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u><b><font size=2> to </font></b><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2><b>Commission
  file number 000-18516</b></font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=5>ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width="50">&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=top width="280"><b><font size=2>Delaware</font></b><br>
<font size=2>(State or other jurisdiction of </font><br>
<font size=2>incorporation or organization)</font><br></td>
<td align=center width="280">&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=top width="280"><b><font size=2>51-0002090</font></b><br>
<font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer</font><br>
<font size=2>Identification No.)</font></td><td width="50">&nbsp;</td></tr></table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width="50">&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=top width="280"><font size=2>&nbsp;</font><br></td>
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    <td align=center valign=top width="300"><b><font size=2>664 Churchmans Road,
      Newark, Delaware</font></b><br>
      <font size=2>(Address of principal executive offices)</font><br>
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    <td align=center width="270">&nbsp;</td>
    <td align=center valign=top width="280"><b><font size=2>19702</font></b><br>
<font size=2>(Zip Code)</font></td><td width="50">&nbsp;</td></tr></table>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(302) 453 &#150; 6900</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code)</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Not Applicable</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><b><img src="tickedbox.gif" width="12" height="12"></b>
  <font size=2> Yes </font><font face=Wingdings><b><img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"></b></font><font size=2>
  No </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of &#147;accelerated filer and large accelerated filer&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Large
  accelerated filer&nbsp;<b><img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"></b></font><font size=2>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;Accelerated filer </font><font face=Wingdings><b><img src="tickedbox.gif" width="12" height="12"></b></font><font size=2>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;Non-accelerated filer </font><font face=Wingdings><b><img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"></b></font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the (Exhange Act):</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font face=Wingdings><b><img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"></b></font><font size=2>
  Yes </font><font face=Wingdings><b><img src="tickedbox.gif" width="12" height="12"></b></font><font size=2>
  No</font></p>
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<font size=2>As of July 31, 2006, 5,178,558 shares of Class A Non-Voting Common Stock and 881,452 shares of Class B Common Stock were outstanding.</font>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>INDEX TO FORM 10-Q</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>Page(s)</font></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>Part I</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>-</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>Financial Information:</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>Item 1 </font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>-</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>Financial Statements</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p03a"><u><font size=2>Consolidated Balance Sheet June 30,</font><b><font size=2> </font></b><font size=2>2006 and December 31, 2005 (unaudited)</font></u></a>                                        </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p03a"><u><font size=2>3</font></u></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p04a"><u><font size=2>Consolidated Statement of Income for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)</font></u></a>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p04a"><u><font size=2>4</font></u></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p05a"><u><font size=2>Consolidated Statement of Income for the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)</font></u></a>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p06a"><u><font size=2>Consolidated Statement of Retained Earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)</font></u></a>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p06b"><u><font size=2>Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)</font></u></a>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          </p> </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p06b"><u><font size=2>6 &#150; 7</font></u></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p08a"><u><font size=2>Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements</font></u></a>                                                                                                                                                                                                      </p> </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p08a"><u><font size=2>8 &#150; 14</font></u></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p015a"><u><b><font size=2>Item 2</font></b></u></a></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>-</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p015a"><u><b><font size=2>Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations</font></b></u></a></b>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               </p> </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p015a"><u><font size=2>15 &#150; 21</font></u></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p022a"><u><b><font size=2>Item 3</font></b></u></a></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>-</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p022a"><u><b><font size=2>Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk</font></b></u></a></b>                                                                                                                                      </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p022b"><u><b><font size=2>Item 4</font></b></u></a></b><b><font size=2> </font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>-</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p022b"><u><b><font size=2>Controls and Procedures</font></b></u></a></b>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>Part II</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>-</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>Other Information:</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p022c"><u><b><font size=2>Item 1</font></b></u></a></b><b><font size=2> </font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>-</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p022c"><u><b><font size=2>Legal Proceedings</font></b></u></a></b>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p022d"><u><b><font size=2>Item 1A</font></b></u></a></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>-</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p022d"><u><b><font size=2>Risk Factors</font></b></u></a></b>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p022d"><u><font size=2>22</font></u></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td width="3%" valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
        <td width="3%" valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
        <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p022e"><u><b><font size=2>Item 4</font></b></u></a></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>-</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p022e"><u><b><font size=2>Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</font></b></u></a></b>                                                                                                                                                                             </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p022e"><u><font size=2>22</font></u></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p023a"><u><b><font size=2>Item 5</font></b></u></a></b><b><font size=2> </font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=2>-</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p023a"><u><b><font size=2>Exhibits</font></b></u></a></b>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p023a"><u><font size=2>23</font></u></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
        <td width="3%" valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align: center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
        <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><a href="#p024a"><u><b><font size=2>Signatures</font></b></u></a></b>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><a href="#p024a"><u><font size=2>24</font></u></a></p> </td> </tr></table>



<p align="center"><Font size="2" face="serif">2</font></p>
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<p><a href="#index"><font size="2">Back to Index</font></a></p>







 <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>PART I &#150; FINANCIAL INFORMATION</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>ITEM 1 &#150; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2><a name="p03a"></a>ARTESIAN
  RESOURCES CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Unaudited</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(In thousands)</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>June
        30, 2006</font></b></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>December
        31, 2005</font></b></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>ASSETS</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="10%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Utility plant, at original cost less accumulated depreciation</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>242,092</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>227,566</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Current assets</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Cash and cash equivalents</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,535</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,359</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Accounts receivable, net</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>4,400</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>4,281</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Unbilled operating revenues</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,146</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,374</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Materials and supplies-at cost on FIFO basis</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,061</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,008</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Prepaid property taxes</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>851</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Prepaid expenses and other</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,054</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>533</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Total current assets</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>11,198</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>10,406</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Other assets</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Non-utility property (less accumulated depreciation 2006-$139; 2005-$129)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>327</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>316</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Other deferred assets</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,933</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,693</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Total other assets</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>4,260</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>4,009</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Regulatory assets, net</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,743</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,873</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>259,293</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>243,854</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS&#146; EQUITY</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Stockholders&#146; equity</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Common stock</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,063</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>4,014</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Additional paid-in capital</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>44,103</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>43,469</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Retained earnings</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 8,842</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&nbsp;10,330</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Total stockholders&#146; equity</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>59,008</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>57,813</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Long-term debt, net of current portion</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 92,229</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 92,379</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>151,237</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>150,192</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Current liabilities</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Lines of Credit</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,282</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,786</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Current portion of long-term debt</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>304</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>301</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Accounts payable</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,796</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,790</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Accrued expenses</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,480</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,948</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Overdraft payable</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,908</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,417</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Income tax payable</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>111</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Deferred income taxes</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>269</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Interest accrued</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>398</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>354</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Customer deposits</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>462</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>469</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Other</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>
        3,343</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 2,793</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Total current liabilities</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>16,973</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>12,238</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Deferred credits and other liabilities</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Net advances for construction</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>25,014</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>24,404</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Postretirement benefit obligation</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,059</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,097</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Deferred investment tax credits</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>777</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>789</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Deferred income taxes</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>19,687</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>17,784</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Total deferred credits and other liabilities</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>46,537</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>44,074</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Commitments and contingencies</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Net contributions in aid of construction</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 44,546</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 37,350</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>259,293</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>243,854</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>See notes to the consolidated financial statements.</font></i></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2><a name="p04a"></a>ARTESIAN
  RESOURCES CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Unaudited</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(In thousands, except per share amounts)</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>For
        the Quarter</font></b><br>
        <b><font size=1>Ended June 30</font></b></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2006</font></b><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2005</font></b><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>OPERATING REVENUES</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Water sales</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>11,007</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>10,402</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Other utility operating revenue</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>289</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>234</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Non-utility revenue</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>717</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>866</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>12,013</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>11,502</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>OPERATING EXPENSES</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Utility operating expenses</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,167</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,431</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Non-utility operating expenses</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>421</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>888</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Depreciation and amortization</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,021</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,080</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>State and federal income taxes</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>874</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>805</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Property and other taxes</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>640</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>591</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>9,123</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>8,795</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>OPERATING INCOME</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,890</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,707</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>OTHER INCOME, NET</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Allowance for funds used during construction </font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>85</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>72</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Other income, net</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(32</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(31</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>INCOME BEFORE INTEREST CHARGES</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,943</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,748</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>INTEREST CHARGES</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,583</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,544</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>NET INCOME </font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,360</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,204</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>INCOME PER COMMON SHARE:</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Basic</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.22</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>*0.20</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Diluted</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.22</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>*0.20</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>CASH DIVIDEND PER COMMON SHARE</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.15</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>*0.15</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Basic</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,049</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>*5,963</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Diluted</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,238</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>*6,160</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:2pt;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>See notes to the consolidated financial statements.</font></i></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:10pt;text-align:left;'><i><b><u><font size=2>* Restated for the stock split effective May 30, 2006.</font></u></b></i></p>
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 <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2><a name="p05a"></a>ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Unaudited)</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(In
  thousands, except per share amounts)</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>For the Six Months</font></b><br> <b><font size=1> Ended June 30,</font></b></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2006</font></b></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2005</font></b></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>OPERATING REVENUES</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Water sales</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td width="9%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>21,023</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>19,697</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Other utility operating revenue</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>514</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>459</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Non-utility revenue</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 966</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 1,248</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'>            </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>22,503</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>21,404</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>
        <td colspan="2" valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>OPERATING EXPENSES</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Utility operating expenses</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>11,969</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>10,808</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Non-utility operating expenses</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>604</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,144</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Depreciation and amortization</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,185</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,122</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>State and federal income taxes</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,528</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,445</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Property and other taxes</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 1,275</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 1,172</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>
        <td colspan="2" valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'>            </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>17,561</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>16,691</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>
        <td colspan="2" valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>OPERATING INCOME</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>4,942</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>4,713</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>OTHER INCOME, NET</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Allowance for funds used during construction </font>                                                                                                                                                                                            </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>119</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>123</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Miscellaneous income</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 379</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 347</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>INCOME BEFORE INTEREST CHARGES</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,440</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,183</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>INTEREST CHARGES</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,085</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,025</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>NET INCOME</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,355</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,158</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>INCOME PER COMMON SHARE:</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           </p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Basic</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.39</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>*0.36</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Diluted</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.38</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>*0.35</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>CASH DIVIDEND PER COMMON SHARE</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                               </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>.30</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>*0.29</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:</font>                                                                                                                                                                                       </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Basic</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,037</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>*5,960</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Diluted</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,228</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>*6,160</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>See notes to the consolidated financial statements.</font></i></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:10pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><b><font size=2>*Restated for the stock split effective May 30, 2006.</font></b></i></u></p>
<p align="center"><Font size="2" face="serif">5</font></p>
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<p><a href="#index"><font size="2">Back to Index</font></a></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><a name="p06a"></a><b><font SIZE=2>ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF RETAINED EARNINGS</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Unaudited</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(In
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>For the Six Months</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Ended June 30,</font></b></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2006</font></b></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2005</font></b></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Balance, beginning of period</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom width="1%" >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>10,330</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>8,765</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Net income</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 2,355</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> 2,158</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'>            </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>12,685</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>10,923</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Less: Dividends</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,818</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,707</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2> Stock Split</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,025</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> &#151;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Balance, end of period</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>8,842</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>9,216</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>See notes to the consolidated financial statements.</font></i></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><a name="p06b"></a><b><font SIZE=2>ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Unaudited</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(In
  thousands)</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>For the Six Months</font></b><br>
        <b><font size=1>Ended June 30</font></b></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2006</font></b><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2005</font></b><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td colspan="2" valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                       </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom width="1%" >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom width="8%" >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom width="2%" >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom width="1%" >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom width="8%" >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom width="2%" >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>NET INCOME</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,355</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,158</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:</font>                             </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Depreciation and amortization</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,185</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,121</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Deferred income taxes, net</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,520</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,437</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Allowance for funds used during construction</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                           </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(119</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(123</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Changes in assets and liabilities:</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Accounts receivable, net</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(119</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>222</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Income tax payable</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(174</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&#151;&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Unbilled operating revenues</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(771</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(365</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Materials and supplies</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(53</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>30</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Prepaid property taxes</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>849</font></p>
    </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>765</font></p>
    </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Prepaid expenses and other</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(357</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>34</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Other deferred assets</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(298</font></p>
    </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(192</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Regulatory assets</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>130</font></p>
    </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>7</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Postretirement benefit obligation</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(38</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(36</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Accounts payable</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6</font></p>
    </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(402</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Accrued expenses</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>533</font></p>
    </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>47</font></p>
    </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Interest accrued</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>44</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2</font></p>
    </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Customer deposits and other, net</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>
        544</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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        928</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES</font>                                                                                                                                                                              </p> </td>

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        6,237</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                             </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Capital expenditures, net of AFUDC</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(17,080</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(10,244</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Investment in Aquastructure</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>36</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p>
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        5</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                    </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(17,039</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(10,240</font></p> </td>

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<p><a href="#index"><font size="2">Back to Index</font></a></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS </font></b><font size=2>(continued)</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Unaudited</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(In thousands)</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>For the Six Months</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Ended June 30,</font></b></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                             </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Net borrowings under line of credit agreements</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                     </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="9%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,496</font></p>
    </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="9%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,046</font></p>
    </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>251</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Restricted funds from issuance of tax-free bonds</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                             </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>503</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Overdraft payable</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>491</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>377</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Net advances and contributions in aid of construction</font>                                                                                                                                                                               </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>8,278</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,636</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Principal repayments of long-term debt</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(147</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2> (852</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Net proceeds from issuance of common stock</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                             </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>659</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>631</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Dividends</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(1,819</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(1,707</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Deferred debt issuance costs</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>
        20</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>
        22</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES</font>                                                                                                                                                                                             </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>10,978</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,907</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >

      <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>NET
        INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS </font> </p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>176</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>300</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD</font>                                                                                                                                 </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,359</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,217</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font SIZE=2>CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD</font>                                                                                                                                                                          </p> </td>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2><a name="p08a"></a>NOTES
  TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>NOTE 1 &#150; GENERAL</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Artesian Resources Corporation, or Artesian Resources, operates as a holding company, whose income is derived from the earnings of our five wholly owned subsidiaries and our one-third interest in AquaStructure Delaware, L.L.C., a Limited Liability Corporation whose primary activity is marketing wastewater services. The terms &#147;we&#148;, &#147;our&#148; and the &#147;Company&#148; as used herein refer to Artesian Resources and its subsidiaries.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Artesian Water Company, Inc., or Artesian Water, our principal subsidiary, is the oldest and largest public water utility in the State of Delaware and has been providing water service within the state since 1905. Artesian Water distributes and sells water to residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, municipal and utility customers throughout Delaware. In addition, Artesian Water provides services to other water utilities, including operations and billing functions, and has contract operation agreements with eighteen private and municipal water providers.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our other water utility subsidiary, Artesian Water Pennsylvania, Inc., or Artesian Water Pennsylvania, began operations in 2002, providing water service to a residential community, consisting of 39 customers, in Chester County. On February 4, 2005, the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission approved our application to increase our service area to encompass four specific developments that are expected to add 350 customers over 10 years.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Another subsidiary of ours, Artesian Wastewater Management, Inc., or Artesian Wastewater, is a regulated entity that owns wastewater infrastructure and provides wastewater services in Delaware. Artesian Wastewater is currently providing service to two communities in Sussex County, Delaware.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our two other subsidiaries, neither of which is regulated, are Artesian Utility Development, Inc., or Artesian Utility, which designs and builds wastewater infrastructure and provides contract wastewater services in Delaware, and Artesian Development Corporation, or Artesian Development, the sole activity of which is the ownership of an eleven-acre parcel of land zoned for office buildings located immediately adjacent to our corporate headquarters.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Stock Compensation Plans</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We maintain an equity compensation plan that provides for grants of stock options and restricted stock awards and other forms of stock compensation to our directors, officers and key employees. Prior to May 25, 2005, we maintained three stock compensation plans. No further equity compensation can be issued under those plans. On May 25, 2005, the Company&#146;s stockholders approved a new Equity Compensation Plan, or the Plan, which authorized up to 750,000 shares of Class A Non-Voting Common Stock for issuance. Option length and vesting periods for options granted under the Plan may vary and are set at the time of grant by the Equity Compensation Plan Committee of the Board of Directors. Approximately $373,650 in compensation expense was recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2006 for stock bonus grants issued under the Equity Compensation Plan. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>Adoption of New Accounting Guidance and Transition </font></i></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Prior to January 1, 2006, we accounted for these plans under the recognition and measurement provisions of APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations, (&#147;APB 25&#148;) as permitted by FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (&#147;SFAS No. 123&#148;).</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>No compensation cost was recognized between January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2006 related to stock option grants as they all had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. Vesting terms are determined by the Compensation Committee at the time of grant. </font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, and related interpretations (&#147;SFAS No. 123R&#148;) using the modified-prospective transition method. Under this method, compensation cost recognized in the first quarter of 2006 includes (a) compensation cost for all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of, January 1, 2006 based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS No. 123 and (b) compensation cost for all share-based payments granted on or subsequent to January 1, 2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123R. Compensation cost related to stock awards granted prior to, but not vested as of, January 1, 2006 continues to be amortized using the expense attribution method described in FIN 28. Results for the prior periods have n

ot been restated. We have used the modified prospective method and estimated the fair value of each option grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which produced an expense of  less than $1,000 related to options granted prior to January 1, 2006 and an expense of $18,000 for options granted in May 2006. For the six-month period ending June 30, 2006, $356,000 in expense was recorded for stock awards and related tax. The stock awards were fully vested on the date of grant and were valued
at the fair market value on the date of the grant. The options were granted at market value with a 10 year option term and will vest in a one year period from the date of grant, May 12, 2006. The fair value of the options that were granted were estimated using a Black-Scholes option-pricing formula, applying the following assumptions:</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2.93</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2.93</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5.03</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5.03</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Weighted Average Expected Life of Options</font>                                                                                                                          </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3.260</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The expected dividend yield was based on a 12 month rolling average of the current dividend yield. The expected volatility is the standard deviation of the change in the natural logarithm of the stock price (expressed as an annual rate) for the three year period ended June 30, 2006. The expected life was based on historic exercise patterns for simliar grants. The risk free interest rate is the 3-year Treasury Constant Maturity rate as of the date of the grant. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>Pro Forma Information Under SFAS No. 123 for Periods Prior to Fiscal 2006 </font></i></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The table below illustrates the effect on net earnings and earnings per share if we had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 to options granted in the first quarter of 2005. For purposes of this disclosure, the fair value of the options is estimated using a Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula, applying the following assumptions: </font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Deduct: compensation expense using fair value based method (net of tax)</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(2</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Pro-forma</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><b><font size=2>Basic net income per common share</font></b>                                                                                                                                                                                </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>As reported</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.36</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.20</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Pro-forma</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.36</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.20</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:25.9pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><b><font size=2>Diluted net income per common share</font></b>                                                                                                                                               </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:34.55pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>As reported</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.35</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.20</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:34.55pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Pro-forma</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.34</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>0.19</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following summary reflects changes in the shares of Class A Stock under option:</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>Option</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Shares</font></b></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>Weighted</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Average</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Exercise</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Price</font></b></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>Weighted</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Average</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Remaining</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Life</font></b></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Outstanding at January 1, 2006</font>                                                                                                                                                         </p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="10%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>571,686</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td width="10%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>13.294</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="10%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="10%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Granted</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>33,750</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>21.113</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Exercised</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(6,594</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>7.278</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Canceled</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(160</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>18.463</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:17.3pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Outstanding at June 30, 2006</font>                                                                                                                                                                    </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>598,682</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>13.799</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6.26</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,483</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Options exercisable at June 30, 2006</font>                                                                                                                                           </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>564,932</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>13.363</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6.04</font></p>
    </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,483</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2"> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during 2006 was $3.809. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during 2006 was $92,577.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following summary reflects changes in the nonvested shares of Class A Stock under option:</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>Option</font></b><br>
        <b><font size=1>Shares</font></b></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>Weighted</font></b><br>
        <b><font size=1>Average</font></b><br>
        <b><font size=1>Grant-Date</font></b><br>
        <b><font size=1>Fair Value</font></b></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
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    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td colspan="2" valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Nonvested
        Shares</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Nonvested
        at January 1, 2006</font> </p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Granted</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="10%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>33,750</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="10%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3.809</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Vested</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Canceled</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=bottom >&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=bottom >&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=bottom >&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=bottom >&nbsp; </td>
    <td valign=bottom >&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Nonvested
        at June 30, 2006</font> </p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>33,750</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3.809</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td valign=bottom >&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=bottom >&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2">
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>As of June 30, 2006, there was $111,292 of total unrecognized expense related to nonvested option shares granted under the Plan. That cost will be recognized over the remaining vesting period of the unvested options.</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>NOTE 2 &#150; BASIS OF PRESENTATION </font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements are presented in accordance with the requirements of Form 10-Q and consequently do not include all the disclosures required in the financial statements included in the Company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K. Accordingly, these financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes in the Company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2005.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the Company&#146;s balance sheet position as of June 30, 2006 and the results of operations for the six month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 and cash flows for the six month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005.</font><font size=1> </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The results of operations for the interim period presented are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year or for future periods.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2>NOTE 3 - REGULATORY ASSETS</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Certain expenses are recoverable through rates charged to our customers, without a return on investment, and are deferred and amortized during future periods using various methods as permitted by the Delaware Public Service Commission, or PSC. Expenses related to applications to increase rates are amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of two years. The postretirement benefit obligation, which is being amortized over 20 years, is adjusted for the difference between the net periodic postretirement benefit costs and the cash payments. The deferred income taxes will be amortized over future years as the tax effects of temporary differences previously flowed through to the customers reverse. Regulatory assets net of amortization, are comprised of the following: </font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>Unaudited</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>June 30, 2006</font></b></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="2" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>December 31, 2005 </font></b></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td colspan="2" valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td colspan="2" valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td colspan="5" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>(in thousands)</font></b></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Postretirement benefit obligation</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                              </p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,059</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td width="14%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,097</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Deferred income taxes recoverable in future rates</font>                                                                                                                                         </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>589</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>597</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Expense of rate proceedings</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>76</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>155</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Other</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              </p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>19</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>24</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'>            </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,743</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,873</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Expenses related to the Net Periodic Pension Cost for the postretirement benefit obligation are as follows:</font></p>
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        the Six Months Ended June 30,</i></font></b></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>(in thousands)</font></b></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><i><b><font size=2>Net Periodic Pension Cost</font></b></i>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 <b><i></i></b></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Interest Cost</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>26</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>27</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Amortization of Net Gain</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(14</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(17</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Amortization of Transition Obligation</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>4</font></p> </td>

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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Total Net Periodic Benefit Cost</font>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      </p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>16</font></p> </td>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Contributions</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Artesian Water contributed $54,000 to its postretirement benefit plan in the first six months of 2006 and expects to contribute another $54,000 for the remainder of the year. These contributions consist of insurance premium payments for medical, dental and life insurance benefits made on behalf of the Company&#146;s eligible retired employees.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2>NOTE 4 - NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE AND EQUITY PER COMMON SHARE</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Basic net income per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net income per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and the potentially dilutive effect of employee stock options. The following table summarizes the shares used in computing basic and diluted net income per share:</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2006</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2005</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2006</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>2005</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td colspan="3" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>(in
        thousands)</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td colspan="3" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><b><font size=1>(in
        thousands)</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Average
        common shares outstanding during the period for Basic computation</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,049</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,963</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,037</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,960</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Dilutive
        effect of employee stock options</font> </p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>189</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>197</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>191</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>200</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1">
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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  <tr>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Average
        common shares outstanding during the period for Diluted computation</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,238</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,160</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,228</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,160</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2">
    </td>
    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2">
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2">
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'>
      <hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="2">
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Equity per common share was $9.74 and $9.37 at June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. These amounts were computed by dividing common stockholders&#146; equity by the number of shares of common stock outstanding on June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2>NOTE 5 - IMPACT OF RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, FASB, issued Interpretation No. 48 &#147; Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes&#148;, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 &#147;Accounting for Income Taxes&#148;. This Interpretation clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise&#146;s financials statements in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109. The Interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. This interpretation allows an enterprise to recognize economic benefits resulting from positions taken in income tax returns, as long as a more likely than not approach is taken. This interpretation is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company expects to adopt this statement
effective January 1, 2007 and does not expect it to have a material effect on the financial statements.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>In March 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, FASB, issued Statement No. 156, &#147;Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets&#148;. This statement amends FASB Statement No. 140, &#147;Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities,&#148; with respect to the accounting for separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. This statement requires an entity to recognize a servicing asset or servicing liability each time it undertakes an obligation to service a financial asset by entering into a servicing contract in some situations. It also requires all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities to be initially measured at fair value, if practicable. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2006. The Company expects to adopt this statement effective January 1, 2007 and does not
expect it to have a material effect on the financial statements.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>In February 2006, the FASB issued Statements No. 155, &#147;Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments&#148;. This statement amends FASB Statement No. 133, &#147;Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,&#148; and No. 140, &#147;Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities&#148;. This statement permits fair value remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation. This statement is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued after the beginning of an entity&#146;s first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The Company expects to adopt this statement effective January 1, 2007 and does not expect it to have a material effect on the financial statements.</font></p>



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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2>NOTE 6 - RATE PROCEEDINGS </font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On April 11, 2006, the PSC, approved a rate increase for Artesian Water in response to Artesian Water&#146;s February 5, 2004 rate request. Artesian Water filed an initial application in February 2004 with the PSC for a 24% rate increase to generate approximately $8.8 million in additional revenue on an annualized basis to recognize the significant increase in utility plant and equipment placed in service and increased operating expenses. On March&nbsp;26, 2004, Artesian Water filed a supplemental application reducing the requested increase to 23.8% or approximately $8.7 million of additonal revenue on an annualized basis. On April 6, 2004, Artesian Water implemented a temporary rate increase designed to generate an increase in annual operating revenue of approximately 6.98%, or $2.5 million on an annualized basis. On September 7, 2004, an additional $3.0 million in temporary rates, for a total increase of
15%, was placed into effect as permitted by law.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On June 21, 2005, the PSC ruled on various issues within Artesian Water&#146;s rate application. However, on July 5, 2005, the PSC remanded two issues related to rate base valuation to the Hearing Examiner for further consideration. These two issues related to approximately $320,000 of the requested increase in annual revenue. In addition, effective July 1, 2005, Chester Water Authority and the City of Wilmington increased their rates for water purchased by Artesian Water. On August 15, 2005, Artesian Water filed a petition with the PSC to place into effect increased rates resulting from these increased costs. The PSC, in lieu of opening a second rate proceeding, elected to consolidate this petition with the already-pending remanded issues in the rate case.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On April 11, 2006, the PSC ruled in Artesian Water&#146;s favor on all three issues. Based on the PSC decision, Artesian Water&#146;s new rates would generate approximately $4.9 million in additional revenue on an annual basis, or an increase of approximately 13.4% over rates in effect before the implementation of temporary rates in 2004. Artesian Water is required to refund the portion of the temporary rate increase in excess of the 13.4% to its customers. This amount has been held in reserve and was not reflected in income. The refund, plus interest, will be applied to customers&#146; future bills. As of June 30, 2006, we have reserved $1,023,000, or approximately 12.4% of total temporary rate revenue, in anticipation of such a refund. This reserve is included under &#147;other current iabilities&#148; in our consolidated balance sheet. A portion of the reserve, or $154,000 representing revenues that were
approved on April 11, 2006, was reflected in income in the first quarter ending March 31, 2006. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Delaware statute permits water utilities to put into effect, on a semi-annual basis, increases related to specific types of distribution system improvements through a Distribution System Improvement Charge, or DSIC. This charge is available to water utilities to be implemented between general rate increase applications that normally recognize changes in a water utility&#146;s overall financial position. The DSIC approval process is less costly when compared to the approval process for general rate increase requests. We requested on May&nbsp;31, 2005, and subsequently implemented, a 0.35% DSIC surcharge for bills rendered subsequent to July&nbsp;1, 2005. On November 30, 2005, we requested an increase to the DSIC surcharge. We implemented the increase from 0.35% to 1.17% for bills rendered subsequent to January 1, 2006. The 1.17% surcharge was designed to generate approximately $240,000 in revenues between
January and June of 2006. This surcharge generated approximately $230,000 in revenues in the first six months of 2006. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On May 9, 2006, Artesian Water Company, Inc. filed a petition with the Delaware Public Service Commission to implement new rates to meet a requested increase in revenue of 23%, or approximately $9.9 million, on an annualized basis. This request is primarily due to the Company&#146;s significant investment in infrastructure, as well as an approximately 92% increase in purchased power expense due to the deregulation of the electric industry in Delaware in May 2006. On July 10, 2006, Artesian Water filed a supplemental application reducing the requested increase to 20.5% or approximately $8.7 million on an annual basis. As permitted by law, on July 10, 2006 Artesian Water placed into effect temporary rates designed to generate an increase in annual operating revenue of approximately 5.9%, or $2.5 million on an annual basis, until the level of permanent rates is decided by the Delaware Public Service Commission.
As required by law, the surcharge for DSIC was reset to zero upon the implementation of the temporary rates on July 10, 2006.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>NOTE 7 &#150; SALE OF LAND</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On May&nbsp;2, 2005, Artesian Development signed a Letter of Intent with The Commonwealth Group, Ltd., or Commonwealth, for the sale of a parcel of land of approximately four acres in exchange for a non-refundable deposit in the amount of $30,000.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On August&nbsp;5, 2005, Artesian Development entered into an Agreement of Sale, or the Agreement, with Commonwealth for the sale of this land. The sale price is $1.35 million and included a $170,000 non-refundable deposit due and paid within 14 days upon execution of the Agreement, in addition to the $30,000 received with the Letter of Intent. The sale is contingent on Commonwealth&#146;s ability to obtain 1) all governmental approvals necessary to construct a medical office facility of at least 42,000 square feet of leasable space and 2) an acceptable environmental audit report. The parties have agreed to extend the closing date, which is expected to occur on or about August 28, 2006. Artesian Development&#146;s cost basis for the property is approximately $8,000.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2>NOTE 8 - STOCK SPLIT</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On May 12, 2006, the Company&#146;s Board of Directors approved a three for two stock split in the form of a stock dividend. Stockholders of record on May 30, 2006 received one additional share for each two shares held. The Company&#146;s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.15233 (post-split basis) per share, the payment of which was based on the number of shares outstanding on April 26, 2006, prior to the May 30, 2006 effective date of the stock split.  All share and per share information have been presented to retroactively show the effect of the stock split as if it had occurred January 1, 2006 and January 1, 2005.</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Basic
        </font> </p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,037,633</font></p>
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,960,138</font></p>
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,048,657</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,962,941</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    </td>
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    </td>
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      <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Diluted
        </font> </p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,228,798</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,160,115</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,237,894</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,159,788</font></p>
    </td>
    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>NOTE 9 &#150; SUBSEQUENT EVENT</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On July 31, 2006, Artesian Resources Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commision, or the SEC, a registration statement on Form S-3, which, once declared effective by the SEC, will enable us to offer our Class A Non-Voting Common Stock using a &#147;shelf&#148; registration or continuous offering process, in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of $30,000,000.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font SIZE=2><a name="p015a"></a>ITEM
  2</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>MANAGEMENT&#146;S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS </font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2>RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2006</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Overview</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><i><font SIZE=2>S</font><font SIZE=1>TRATEGIC </font><font SIZE=2>D</font><font SIZE=1>IRECTION</font></i></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our profitability is primarily attributable to the sale of water by Artesian Water, the amount of which is dependent on seasonal fluctuations in weather, particularly during the summer months when water demand may vary with rainfall and temperature. In the event that temperatures during the typically warmer months are cooler than expected, or rainfall is greater than expected, the demand for water may decrease and our revenues may be adversely affected. We believe the effects of weather are short term and do not materially affect the execution of our strategic initiatives. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>While customer growth in our utility subsidiaries continued to be a major focus in the first six months of 2006, we aggressively seek opportunities that produce revenue streams that are not as directly affected by weather. These opportunities include the efforts of Artesian Utility, which is actively pursuing opportunities to design, build and operate wastewater facilities throughout Delaware and surrounding areas and Artesian Wastewater which began providing wastewater services to customers in Delaware as a regulated public wastewater service company in July 2005. The opportunities generated through our wastewater service companies may provide additional service territory for the regulated water subsidiary or may provide contract operations services for municipalities or other regulated entities. We will also continue to focus attention on expanding our contract operations opportunities with municipalities
and private water providers in Delaware and surrounding areas.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Ensuring that our customers have a dependable supply of safe, high-quality water has been, and will continue to be, a high priority. In 2003, Delaware passed legislation requiring all water utilities to certify by July 2006 that they have sufficient sources of self-supply to serve their respective systems. We believe we have made the appropriate investment in infrastructure and on March 8, 2005, we filed our certification of self-sufficiency of supply with the PSC. We were informed by the PSC on March 18, 2005, that our filing was premature and would not be acted upon at that time. Subsequently, on June 21, 2005, the PSC issued Order No. 6660, in which they indicated that they were unable to consider our filing under the Self Sufficiency Act, since the Water Supply Coordinating Council had not yet published its determination of projected water demand. However, the PSC accepted our filing, directing the PSC
Staff to review and confirm our assertion of adequate supply through 2006. This review has been completed and on June 20, 2006 the PSC concluded that we demonstrated that we have sufficient water supply to meet the demands of our customers through 2006. As required by law, on June 30, 2006, we filed with the PSC, a new certification of self-sufficiency for the period through 2009.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On June 20, 2006, Artesian Water provided the City of Wilmington, Delaware (City) with notice of non-renewal of the interconnection agreement with the City upon its December 22, 2006 termination. Artesian Water will no longer be required to purchase 200 million gallons annually from the City after December 22, 2006. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font SIZE=2><i>R</i></font><i><font SIZE=1>EGULATORY
  </font><font SIZE=2>M</font><font SIZE=1>ATTERS </font><font SIZE=2>A</font><font SIZE=1>ND
  </font><font SIZE=2>I</font><font SIZE=1>NFLATION</font></i></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>As of June 30, 2006, we had 73,074 metered water customers and served a population of approximately 242,000, representing approximately 29% of Delaware&#146;s total population. The PSC regulates Artesian Water&#146;s rates charged for water service, the sale and issuance of securities and other matters. On July 6, 2004, Delaware enacted legislation authorizing the PSC to regulate wastewater companies, which includes rates charged for wastewater service, issuance of securities and other matters. Artesian Wastewater received recognition as a regulated public wastewater utility by the PSC on March 8, 2005. Artesian Wastewater began providing service to a community in Sussex County in July 2005 after receiving a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, or CPCN, in the first quarter of 2005 to serve a planned 725 home residential community in Sussex County, Delaware. The PSC approved the temporary rates for
this community on July&nbsp;15, 2005, and on January 24, 2006, approved the rates and tariff. Artesian Wastewater received approval for another CPCN during the third quarter of 2005 to provide service to a 97 home community in Sussex County, Delaware, with service commencing in February 2006. Artesian Wastewater currently holds 15 CPCNs for areas in Kent and Sussex County Delaware on which developers have proposed 5,373 residential dwellings. While the developers expected to construct these houses over the next 10 years, we cannot reasonably determine the exact time when these customers would be added to our system.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our regulated utilities periodically seek rate increases to cover the cost of increased operating expenses, increased financing expenses due to additional investments in utility plant and other costs of doing business. In Delaware, utilities are permitted by law to place rates into effect, under bond, on a temporary basis pending completion of a rate increase proceeding. The first temporary increase may be up to the lesser of $2.5&nbsp;million on an annual basis or 15% of annual gross water sales. Should the rate case not be completed within seven months, by law, the utility may put the lesser of the entire requested rate relief or 15% of annual gross water sales in effect, under bond, until a final resolution is ordered and placed into effect. If such rates are found to be in excess of rates the PSC finds to be appropriate, we must refund the portion found in excess to customers with interest. The timing of
our rate increase requests are therefore dependent upon the estimated cost of the administrative process in relation to the investments and expenses that we hope to recover through the rate increase. We can provide no assurances that rate increase requests will be approved by the applicable regulatory agencies; and, if approved, we cannot guarantee that these rate increases will be granted in a timely or sufficient manner to cover the investments and expenses for which we initially sought the rate increase.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We are affected by inflation, most notably by the continually increasing costs required to maintain, improve and expand our service capability. The cumulative effect of inflation results in significantly higher facility costs compared to investments made 20 to 40 years ago, which must be recovered from future cash flows.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Delaware statute permits utilities to put into effect, on a semi-annual basis, increases related to specific types of distribution system improvements through DSIC. This charge is available to water utilities to be implemented between general rate increase applications that normally recognize changes in a water utility&#146;s overall financial position. The DSIC process is less costly when compared to the approval process for general rate increase requests. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On April 10, 2006, the PSC made effective new Regulations Docket 15 that governs the terms and conditions under which water utilities require advances or contributions from customers or developers.   These regulations require that developers pay for all water facilities within a new development, with such facilities recorded as contributions in aid of construction by the water utility. In addition, the utility is required to receive a contribution in aid of construction of $1,500 for each new residential connection to its system towards the cost of water supply, treatment and storage facilities. These required contributions are intended to place a greater burden upon new customers to pay for the cost of facilities required to serve them.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2><u>Results
  of Operations &#150; Analysis of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2006 Compared
  to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2005</u></font></i></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Operating Revenues</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Revenues totaled $12.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006, $0.5 million, or 4.4% above revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2005 of $11.5 million. Water sales revenues increased 5.8% for the three months ended June 30, 2006, over the corresponding period in 2005. A portion of the increase in water sales revenue reflects a 2.77% increase in the number of customers served. The remaining increase in operating revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2006 is primarily due to approximately $126,000 generated by the increase in DSIC. The decrease in the non-utility revenues of $149,000 was due to a decrease in wastewater project activity compared to the same period last year. We realized 91.6% of our total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2006 from the sale of water, compared to 90.4% during the same period last year.</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On April 11, 2006, the PSC approved a rate increase for Artesian Water in response to a February 5, 2004 rate request. Artesian Water filed an initial application in February 2004 with the PSC for a 24% rate increase to generate additional revenue of approximately $8.8 million on an annualized basis to recover the significant increase in utility plant and equipment placed in service and increased operating expenses. On March&nbsp;26, 2004, Artesian Water filed a supplemental application reducing the requested increase to 23.8% or approximately $8.7 million on an annualized basis. On April 6, 2004, Artesian Water implemented a temporary rate increase designed to generate an increase in annual operating revenue of approximately 6.98%, or $2.5 million on an annualized basis. On September 7, 2004, an additional $3.0 million in temporary rates, for a total increase of 15%, was placed into effect as permitted by law. On June 21, 2005, the
PSC ruled on various issues within Artesian Water&#146;s rate application. However, on July 5, 2005, the PSC remanded two issues related to rate base valuation to the Hearing Examiner for further consideration. These two issues related to approximately $320,000 of the requested increase in annual revenue. In addition, effective July 1, 2005, Chester Water Authority and the City of Wilmington
increased their rates for water purchased by Artesian Water. On August 15, 2005, Artesian Water filed a petition with the PSC to place into effect increased rates resulting from these increased costs. The PSC elected to consolidate this petition with the pending remanded issues in the rate case. On April 11, 2006, the PSC ruled in Artesian Water&#146;s favor on all three issues. Based on the PSC decision, Artesian Water&#146;s new rates will generate approximately $4.9 million in additional revenue on an annual basis, or an increase of approximately 13.4%, over rates in effect before the implementation of temporary rates in 2004. Since Artesian was permitted to bill customers under temporary rates that were found to be in excess of rates finally approved, Artesian Water will be required to refund the portion of the temporary rate increase in excess of the approved 13.4% increase to its customers. This amount has been held in reserve and was not reflected in income. The refund, plus
interest which has been reflected in interest expense during the appropriate period, will be applied to the customers&#146; future bills. As of June 30, 2006, we had reserved $1,023,000 of the total received under temporary rates in anticipation of a refund.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Operating Expenses</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and income taxes, increased $0.3 million, or 4.6%, to $7.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006, compared to $6.9 million for the same period in 2005. The components of the increase in operating expenses included an increase in utility operating expenses of $736,000 and an increase in property taxes of $49,000. Non-utility operating expenses decreased $467,000 in the first quarter of 2006, or 52.6%, compared to the same period last year. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The increase in utility operating expense of $736,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, or 13.6%, over the same period in 2005, is comprised of increases in payroll and employee benefits, administration expense, and purchased power costs.   </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Payroll and employee benefit expense increased $569,000, or 21.0%, compared to the same period in 2005, primarily due to stock bonus awards and to a decrease in the capitalization of payroll and benefits associated with our internal staffing efforts in 2005 to convert our customer information system, which was placed into service on January 2, 2006.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Administration expense increased $79,000, or 9.3%, compared to the same period in 2005, due to PSC&#146;s assessment of costs associated with a generic water utility docket (Docket 15), consulting costs associated with the implementation of GIS (Geographic Information System) software implementation, which is used by our engineering, field operations and planning departments, and additional postage for distributing the annual water quality report to our customers.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Utility operating expense also increased $79,000, or 26.0%, compared to the same period in 2005, due to an increase in electric rates of approximately 92% effective May 2006. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Non-utility expense decreased approximately $467,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2006, from the three months ended June 30, 2005, due to less project activity as compared to the same period in 2005. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Property taxes assessed on property, primarily held by Artesian Water, increased by $49,000, or 8.3%, compared to the same period in 2005, reflecting increases in tax rates charged for public schools in various areas where Artesian holds property and increases in the amount of plant owned by Artesian. Property taxes are assessed on land, buildings and certain utility plant, which includes the footage and size of pipe, hydrants and wells owned by Artesian Water.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The ratio of operating expense, excluding depreciation and income taxes, to total revenue was 60.2% for the three months ended June 30, 2006, compared to 60.1% for the three months ended June 30, 2005.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $59,000, or 5.5%, over the three months ended June 30, 2006, due to contra-depreciation recorded on contributions and advances received for utility plant. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Federal and State income tax expense increased $69,000 due to higher profitability for the three months ended June 30, 2006, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2005.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Other Income, Net</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, or AFUDC, increased $13,000, or 18.1%, compared to the same period in 2005, as a result of higher long-term construction activity subject to AFUDC for the second quarter of 2006 compared to the same period in 2005. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Interest Charges</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Interest charges increased $39,000, or 2.5%, for the three months ended June 30, 2006, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2005, primarily due to higher long-term debt outstanding.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Net Income</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our net income increased $156,000, or 13.0%, for the three months ended June 30, 2006, compared to the same period a year ago. The increase in net income for the three months was due to improved operating income margins from our non-utility subsidiaries in the second quarter compared to the same period a year ago. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Results of Operations &#150; Analysis of the Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 Compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Operating Revenues</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Revenues totaled $22.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006, $1.1 million, or 5.1% above revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2005, of $21.4 million. Water sales revenues increased 6.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2006, over the corresponding period in 2005. A portion of the increase in water sales revenue reflects a 2.77% increase in the number of customers served. In addition, since Artesian Water did not record as income in 2005 certain revenues received that we could not reasonably be certain we would retain, we reflected $154,000 for income received under rates approved in the remand in the first six months of 2006, further described below. The remaining increase in operating revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2006 is primarily due to additional revenues of approximately $258,000 generated by the increase in DSIC and slightly higher volumes of water delivered to customers.
The decrease in the non-utility revenues in the amount of $282,000 was due to a decrease in wastewater construction activity compared to the same period last year. We realized 93.4% of our total revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2006 from the sale of water, compared to 92.0% during the same period last year.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On April 11, 2006, the PSC approved a rate increase for Artesian Water in response to Artesian Water&#146;s February 5, 2004 rate request. For more details regarding this proceeding, see Results of Operations &#150; Analysis of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2006 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 above.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Operating Expenses</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and income taxes, increased $0.7 million, or 5.5%, to $13.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to $13.1 million for the same period in 2005. The components of the increase in operating expenses included an increase in utility operating expenses of $1.2 million and an increase in property taxes of $103,000. Non-utility operating expenses decreased $541,000 in the first six months of 2006, or 47.3%, compared to the same period last year primarily due to  less construction activity in 2006. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The increase in utility operating expense of $1.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006, or 10.7%, over the same period in 2005, is comprised of increases in payroll and employee benefits, administration expense, purchased power expense, purchased water costs and water treatment expense.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Payroll and employee benefit expense increased $662,000, or 12.0%, compared to the same period in 2005, primarily due to a decrease in the capitalization of payroll and benefits associated with our internal staff efforts in 2005 to convert our customer information system, which was placed into service on January 2, 2006. Additional staffing and wage increases also contributed to the increase.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Administration expense increased $266,000, or 17.0%, compared to the same period in 2005, due primarily to additional legal and consultant expenses related to the 2004 rate proceeding remand that were not expected nor included in the rate expenses approved in the proceeding. Regulatory expenses related to the millage assessed to public utilities in Delaware, which increased 50% in 2005, and Public Service Commission expenses related to our water self sufficiency and a generic water utility docket to address developer contributions also increased administrative expense by $48,000. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Purchased Power expense increased $107,000, or 17.1%, compared to the same period in 2005, due to an increase in electric rates of approximately 92% effective May 2006. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Utility operating expense also increased $48,000, or 3.1%, compared to the same period in 2005, due to the recognition of an increase in rates charged for water purchased from neighboring utilities under minimum take or pay agreements. Water treatment expense increased by $58,000, or 17.5%, compared to the same period in 2005, as a result of increases in the cost of chemicals used in the water treatment process.   </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Non-utility expense decreased approximately $541,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2006, from the six months ended June 30, 2005, primarily due to the timing of implementation for certain contracted engineering design services for projects for Artesian Utility. The engineering fees, related to construction projects, are charged back to developers under contract and the associated revenues have been reflected in our operating revenues under non-utility revenue. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Property taxes assessed on property, primarily held by Artesian Water, increased by $103,000, or 8.8%, compared to the same period in 2005, reflecting increases in tax rates charged for public schools in various areas where Artesian holds property and increases in the amount of plant owned by Artesian. Property taxes are assessed on land, buildings and certain utility plant, which includes the footage and size of pipe, hydrants and wells owned by Artesian Water.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The ratio of operating expense, excluding depreciation and income taxes, to total revenue was 61.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to 61.3% for the six months ended June 30, 2005.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Depreciation and amortization expense increased $63,000, or 3.0%, over the six months ended June 30, 2005, due to increases in our utility plant in service providing supply, treatment, storage and distribution of water. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Federal and State income tax expense increased $83,000, or 5.7%, due to higher profitability for the six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2005.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Other Income, Net</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our AFUDC decreased $4,000, or 3.3%, compared to the same period in 2005, as a result of lower long-term construction activity subject to AFUDC for the first three months of 2006 compared to the same period in 2005. Miscellaneous Income increased $32,000 primarily due to recording dividends associated with our investment in CoBank. CoBank is a cooperative bank that distributes equity and cash income to its customer-owners. Our ownership interest in CoBank is the result of our issuance of $50 million in First Mortgage Bonds to CoBank as currently reflected on our Balance Sheet. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><u><i><font size=2>Interest Charges</font></i></u></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Interest charges increased $60,000, or 2.0%, for the six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2005, primarily due to higher long-term debt outstanding, partially offset by lower borrowings on our lines of credit in 2006 compared to 2005.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our net income increased $197,000, or 9.1%, for the six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to the same period a year ago. The increase in net income for the six months was due to improved operating income margins from our non-utility subsidiaries compared to the same period a year ago. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2>LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our primary sources of liquidity for the six months ended June 30, 2006 were $6.2 million provided by cash flow from operating activities and $8.3 million in net contributions and advances from developers. Cash flow from operating activities is primarily provided by our utility operations, and is impacted by the timeliness and adequacy of rate increases and changes in water consumption as a result of year-to-year variations in weather conditions particularly during the summer. A significant part of our ability to maintain and meet our financial objectives is to assure our investments in utility plant and equipment are recovered in the rates charged to customers. As such, from time to time we file rate increase requests to recover increases in operating expenses and investments in utility plant and equipment. </font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On May 9, 2006, Artesian Water Company filed a petition with the PSC to implement new rates to meet a requested increase in revenue of 23%, or approximately $9.9 million, on an annualized basis. This request is primarily due to the Company&#146;s significant investment in infrastructure, as well as an approximately 92% increase in purchased power expense due to the deregulation of the electric industry in Delaware. On July 10, 2006, Artesian Water filed a supplemental application reducing the requested increase to 20.5% or approximately $8.7 million on an annual basis. As permitted by law, on July 10, 2006 Artesian Water placed into effect temporary rates designed to generate an increase in annual operating revenue of approximately 5.9%, or $2.5 million on an annual basis, under bond until the level of permanent rates is decided by the Delaware Public Service Commission.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We invested $17.1 million in capital expenditures during the first six months of 2006 compared to $10.2 million invested during the same period in 2005. The primary focus of Artesian Water&#146;s investment was to continue to provide high quality reliable service to our growing service territory. We are constructing a new one million gallon elevated storage facility in southern New Castle County to serve customers in and around the town of Middletown and invested $2.1 million in the first six months of 2006. When completed, Artesian Water will have invested approximately $2.5 million in the facility. In addition, we are continuing our regional approach to building infrastructure through connecting existing supply infrastructure to new developments and at the same time providing redundancy to existing developments by connecting them to the regional system. These efforts resulted in an investment of $2.1 million
in the first six months of 2006. Artesian Wastewater invested $1.1 million in constructing two new wastewater treatment facilities in Sussex County. When completed, Artesian Wastewater will have invested approximately $3.0 million in these facilities, which will be capable of serving approximately 1,000 customers. In addition, Artesian Wastewater took ownership of a wastewater treatment plant in a Sussex County development known as the Reserves. The $1.4 million facility was contributed to Artesian Wastewater by the developer. The facility was constructed to serve 97 customers.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>At June 30, 2006, Artesian Water had lines of credit totaling $40.0 million to meet temporary cash requirements. These revolving credit facilities are unsecured. As of June 30, 2006, we had $34.7 million of available funds under these lines. The interest rate for borrowings under each of these lines is the London Interbank Offering Rate, or &#147;LIBOR,&#148; plus 1.0% or, at our discretion, the banks&#146; federal funds rate plus 1.0%. Each bank reviews all of their facilities annually for renewal. At June 30, 2006, Artesian Utility and Artesian Wastewater had lines of credit with a financial institution for $3.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively, to meet temporary cash requirements. These revolving credit facilities are unsecured. As of June 30, 2006, we had not borrowed funds under these lines. The interest rate for borrowings under each of these lines is the LIBOR plus 1.75%. The bank reviews its
facilities annually for renewal.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We believe that our available cash and cash equivalents, cash from operations and cash available under our lines of credit will be sufficient to finance our operations, planned capital expenditures and commitments for the next twelve months.</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td colspan="2" valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td colspan="2" valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td colspan="2" valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>First Mortgage Bonds</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,544</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>11,097</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>11,093</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>173,950</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td width="1%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td width="8%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>201,684</font></p> </td>

    <td width="2%" valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>State revolving fund loans</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>591</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,770</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,180</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>6,363</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>9,904</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Operating leases</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>140</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>170</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>83</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,833</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>2,226</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Unconditional purchase obligations </font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>3,082</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,547</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>5,540</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>30,490</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>44,659</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Tank painting contractual obligation</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>200</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>749</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>749</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>174</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,872</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td>

    <td valign=top >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
        <td valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-0.36pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2> Total contractual cash obligations</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>9,557</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>19,333</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

    <td valign=bottom >
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>18,645</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>212,810</font></p> </td>

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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>260,345</font></p> </td>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Long-term debt obligations reflect the maturities of certain series of our first mortgage bonds, which we intend to refinance when due. The state revolving fund loan obligation has an amortizing mortgage payment payable over a 20-year period, and will be refinanced as future securities are issued. Both the long-term debt and the state revolving fund loan have certain financial covenant provisions, the violation of which could result in default and require the obligation to be immediately repaid, including all interest. We have not experienced conditions that would result in our default under these agreements, and we do not anticipate any such occurrence. Payments for unconditional purchase obligations reflect minimum water purchase obligations based on rates that are subject to change under our interconnection agreements with the Chester Water Authority and the City of Wilmington. The Chester Water Authority
provided notice on February 15, 2006 regarding another rate increase effective July 1, 2006. We incorporated the increases in calculating the future obligations noted above.</font></p>


<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On June 20, 2006, Artesian Water provided the City of Wilmington (City) with notice of non-renewal of the interconnection agreement with the City upon its December 22, 2006 termination. Artesian Water will no longer be required to purchase 200 million gallons annually from the City after December 22, 2006. </font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt;'><font size=2>Lines of Credit</font></p> </td>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2>CAUTIONARY STATEMENT</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Statements
  in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q which express our &#147;belief,&#148;
  &#147;anticipation&#148; or &#147;expectation,&#148; as well as other statements
  which are not historical fact, including statements regarding our goals, the
  impact of weather on our operations and the execution of our strategic initiatives,
  our expectations regarding the resolution of our May 2006 rate request, exact
  amounts that may be collected under temporary rate increases and the potential
  impact of revenue in 2006,</font><font color="#FF0000"><font size=2> </font></font><font size=2>contract
  operations opportunities, our expectations regarding the sale of land to Commonwealth,
  appropriate investment in infrastructure regarding the filing of the certification
  of sufficient sources of self-supply, our expectations regarding recent accounting
  pronouncements, our liquidity needs, our belief that we have sufficient capital
  resources to finance our operations, planned capital expenditures and commitments
  for the next twelve months, and our expectations to be in compliance with the
  financial covenants in our debt instruments are forward-looking statements within
  the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve
  risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
  from those projected. Certain factors, such as changes in weather, changes in
  our contractual obligations, changes in government policies, the timing and
  results of our rate requests, changes in economic and market conditions generally,
  and other matters could cause results to differ materially from those in the
  forward-looking statements. While the Company may elect to update forward-looking
  statements, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so and you should
  not rely on any forward-looking statement as representation of the Company&#146;s
  views as of any date subsequent to the date of the filing of this Quarterly
  Report on Form 10-Q.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2><a name="p022a"></a>ITEM
  3 - QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We are subject to the risk of fluctuating interest rates in the normal course of business. Our policy is to manage interest rates through the use of fixed rate, long-term debt and, to a lesser extent, short-term debt. The Company&#146;s interest rate risk related to existing fixed rate, long-term debt is not material due to the terms of our First Mortgage Bonds, which have maturity dates ranging from 2018 to 2043.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Artesian Water had lines of credit totaling $40.0 million to meet temporary cash requirements. These revolving credit facilities are unsecured. As of June 30, 2006, we had $34.7 million of available funds under these lines. The interest rate for borrowings under each of these lines is the LIBOR plus 1.0% or, at our discretion, the banks&#146; federal funds rate plus 1.0%. As such these rates are subject to the risk of fluctuating in the normal of course of business. Consequently, our interest expense for short term debt could be materially affected should interest rates change materially and we have material outstanding balances due on our lines of credit.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2><a name="p022b"></a>ITEM
  4 &#150; CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES</font></b></p>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures</font></p> </td> </tr></table>



<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt; text-indent:0.36in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report.  Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report are functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC&#146;s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. A controls
system cannot provide absolute assurance, however, that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.</font></p>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting</font></p> </td> </tr></table>



<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt; text-indent:0.36in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the Company&#146;s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2>PART II - OTHER INFORMATION</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2><a name="p022c"></a>ITEM
  1 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>There are no material legal proceedings pending at this time to which we or any of our properties is the subject that are material or are expected to have a material effect on our financial position or operations.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2><a name="p022d"></a>ITEM
  1A &#150; RISK FACTORS</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, &#147;Item 1A. Risk Factors&#148; in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2><a name="p022e"></a>ITEM
  4 &#150; SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS</font></b></p>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>The Company held its 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May&nbsp;12, 2005</font></p> </td> </tr></table>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>At the annual meeting, Mr.&nbsp;Kenneth R. Biederman was elected to serve as director for a three year term and until his respective successor shall be elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal. Only holders of record of the Company&#146;s Class B Common Stock were entitled to vote in respect to the election of directors. Votes were cast as follows with respect to Mr.&nbsp;Biederman&#146;s election:  515,448 votes for, 2,727 votes against, no abstentions and no broker non-votes. The following directors continued to serve as directors of the Company immediately after the annual meeting:  Mr.&nbsp;Norman H. Taylor, Jr., Mr.&nbsp;William C. Wyer, Mr.&nbsp;John R. Eisenbrey, Jr. and Ms.&nbsp;Dian C. Taylor.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>



<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font SIZE=2><a name="p023a"></a>ITEM
  5 - EXHIBITS</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>31.1</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Certification of Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant required by Rule 13a &#150; 14 (a) under the Securities Act of 1934.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>31.2</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant required by Rule 13a &#150; 14 (a) under the Securities Act of 1934.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>32&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant required by Rule 13a &#150; 14 (b) under the Securities Act of 1934.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2><a name="p024a"></a>SIGNATURES</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font SIZE=2>ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><br> <font size=2>Date: August 8, 2006</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>By:&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><br> <font size=2>/s/ DIAN C. TAYLOR</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><hr noshade width="100%" color="Gray" size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Dian C. Taylor (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><br> <font size=2>Date:  August 8, 2006</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>By:&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><br> <font size=2>/s/&nbsp;DAVID B. SPACHT</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>David B. Spacht (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</font></b></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Certification
        of Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant required by Rule 13a &#150;
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Certification
        of Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant required by Rule 13a &#150;
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Certification
        of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant
        required by Rule 13a &#150; 14 (b) under the Securities Act of 1934.</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Artesian Resources Corporation </font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>required by Rule 13a &#150; 14 (a) under the Securities Act of 1934</font></b></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006 of Artesian Resources Corporation (this &#147;Report&#148;);</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Report;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Report;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being prepared;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Report based on such evaluation; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Disclosed in this Report any change in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant&#146;s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant&#146;s auditors and the audit committee of registrant&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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          <font size=2>Date: August 8, 2006</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Exhibit 31.2</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Artesian Resources Corporation </font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>required by Rule 13a &#150; 14 (a) under the Securities Act of 1934</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>I, David B. Spacht, certify that:</font></p>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006 of Artesian Resources Corporation (this &#147;Report&#148;);</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Report;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Report;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being prepared;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Designed
        such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
        control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
        to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
        reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
        in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Evaluated
        the effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures
        and presented in this Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
        the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
        by this Report based on such evaluation; and</font></p>
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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Disclosed
        in this Report any change in the registrant&#146;s internal control over
        financial reporting that occurred during the registrant&#146;s most recent
        fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
        materially affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial
        reporting; and</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant&#146;s auditors and the audit committee of registrant&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>All
        significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
        of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
        to adversely affect the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process,
        summarize and report financial information; and</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Exhibit 32</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Artesian Resources Corporation required by Rule 13a &#150; 14 (b) under the Securities Act of 1934</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>I, Dian C. Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, and David B. Spacht, Chief Financial Officer, of Artesian Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby certify, pursuant to 18 USC Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on our knowledge:</font></p>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>The Company&#146;s periodic report containing financial statements on Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006 (the &#147;Form 10-Q&#148;) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 USC Section 78m(a) or Section 78o(d)), as amended; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>






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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Date:  August 8, 2006</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:8.65pt;text-indent:-8.65pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font SIZE=2>CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER:</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><br> <font size=2>/s/&nbsp;DIAN C. TAYLOR</font></p> </td>
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