Birmingham Utilities, Inc. Lists Common Stock On The American Stock Exchange.Business Editors ANSONIA, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2000 Birmingham Utilities, Inc. announced today that it would begin listing shares of its common stock on the American Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange (AMEX) Stock exchange in the U.S. Originally known as “the Curb,” it began as an outdoor marketplace in New York City c. 1850. It moved indoors to its present location in the Wall Street area in 1921. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange ), in a public offering beginning December 14, 2000 under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "BIW BIW Body in White (automotive design technique) BIW Business Information Warehouse biw Biweekly (medication dose) BIW Building Information Warehouse BIW Ben Ik Weer (Dutch: I'm Back) ." Chairwoman, Betsy Henley-Cohn noted that the Company is extremely pleased to become a member of the American Stock Exchange. "We believe that our Company's story will best be told to investors through the use of the Exchange's state of the art technology and its trading specialists." Ms. Henley-Cohn noted further that AMEX will assist the Company in building long-term shareholder value. Birmingham Utilities, Inc. is a specially chartered, Connecticut public service company in the business of collecting and distributing water for domestic, commercial and industrial uses as well as fire protection in Ansonia and Derby, Connecticut Derby is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 12,391, at the 2000 census. With 5 square miles (13 km) of land area, Derby is Connecticut's smallest municipality. , as well as in a small part of the Town of Seymour. |
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