Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. Announces Dividend

    Business Editors/Energy Editors

    WINCHESTER, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2005--The board of directors of Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. (Nasdaq:DGAS), at a meeting held Feb. 17, 2005, authorized a quarterly stock dividend of twenty-nine and one-half cents ($.295) per share to be paid March 15, 2005, to all common shareholders of record as of Feb. 28, 2005.

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CONTACT: Delta Natural Gas Company Inc., Winchester John F. Hall, 859-744-6171

KEYWORD: KENTUCKY INDUSTRY KEYWORD: OIL/GAS ENERGY DIVIDEND SOURCE: Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc.

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