Artesian Resources Increases Quarterly Dividend 1.5% to $0.2057

NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Artesian Resources Corporation

announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a 1.5% increase in the company's Class A and Class B Common Stock dividend, raising the annual dividend to $0.8228 per share. The quarterly dividend of $0.2057 is payable May 22, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 10, 2013. This is the 82nd consecutive quarterly dividend paid to shareholders. Artesian has now increased its dividend each year for the past 16 years. “Our commitment remains to deliver value to our shareholders and to provide our customers with the same safe and reliable service that has been our promise to them for over 100 years,” said Dian C. Taylor,