On December 20, 2021, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation announced that Jeffrey S. Sylvester was appointed as Chief Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2022. With this appointment, Mr. Sylvester will oversee the operations of all the Company’s business units, both regulated and unregulated. Mr. Sylvester, age 51, was appointed Senior Vice President of the Company in 2019. He currently provides oversight of the Company’s regulated operations, including the interstate natural gas transmission pipeline and distribution businesses on the Delmarva Peninsula; the intrastate natural gas pipeline and natural gas and electric distribution businesses in Florida; the unregulated natural gas pipeline infrastructure operation in Ohio; and customer care operations. Mr. Sylvester has over 15 years of experience in the energy sector and recently served as Vice President of Nebraska Gas Operations for Black Hills Corporation. Prior to this position, Sylvester held a series of leadership positions in the information technology, gas marketing and customer care operations at the Company. Mr. Sylvester is a board member of the Southern Gas Association. In Mr. Sylvester’s role as Chief Operating Officer, he will assume additional oversight responsibilities with respect to the Company’s propane operations, the operations of Marlin Gas Services, LLC, and the operations of Eight Flags Energy, LLC.