Connecticut Water Service, Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend on Common Shares, Payable on March 15, 2017; Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend on Preferred Shares, Payable on April 14, 2017 and on May 2, 2017

Connecticut Water Service, Inc. announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.2825 per common share payable on March 15, 2017, for shareholders of record as of March 1, 2017. This quarterly dividend remains unchanged from the previous quarter and represents an annualized dividend of $1.13 per share. The company's annual dividend yield at the stock market closing price on January 20, 2017, was 2.1%.

The company's board of directors also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share on preferred A shares (CTWSO) payable on April 14, 2017, for shareholders of record as of March 31, 2017, and a quarterly cash dividend of $0.225 on preferred 90 shares (CTWSP) payable on May 2, 2017, for shareholders of record as of April 18, 2017.