Dear Shareholder and Plan Participant:
Your Company continually reviews the provisions of the Dividend Reinvestment
and Stock Purchase Plan and the benefits it provides to South Jersey
Industries. Because the Company does not have a need for additional
equity capital at this time, we have determined that the Plan will
purchase shares on the open market to satisfy Plan requirements. This
is a change from the Plan’s recent practice of purchasing newly
issued shares. A consequence of open market purchases, per the plan
documents, is the elimination of the 2% discount from the applicable
market price for shares acquired through the Plan. This change will
apply to the Plan’s next purchase of the Company’s common
stock, which is expected to be April 30, 2008, and will continue until
notice is provided otherwise.
We believe that the Plan will continue to be a convenient and economical
way for shareholders to increase their investment in the Company, since
there will be no brokerage fees charged to Plan Participants for stock
purchases and the Company will continue to bear the administrative
costs of the Plan. We are informing you of the anticipated changes
to the Plan so that, if you wish, you can take the necessary actions
to terminate your participation in the Plan before the changes are
implemented.
No action by you is necessary if you wish to continue your participation
in the Plan on your current basis.
Sincerely,
Edward J. Graham
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