[X] PLEASE MARK VOTES
AS IN THIS EXAMPLE
For All
For Withhold Except
Proposal No. 1 [ ] [ ] [ ]
To elect two (2) directors.
George R. Baldwin and John W. Bond
If you do not wish your shares voted "For" any
particular nominee, mark the "For All Except" box
and strike a line through that nominee's name.
Your shares shall be voted for the remaining
nominees.
For Against Abstain
Proposal No. 2 [ ] [ ] [ ]
To ratify the selection by the Board of Directors
of Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditors for the
Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996.
To act upon such other matters as may properly
come before the meeting.
RECORD DATE SHARES:
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Mark box at right if comments or address change [ ]
has been noted on the reverse side of this card.
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THE BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY
Common Stock Proxy
Dear Shareholder:
Please take note of the important information enclosed with this Proxy Card.
the Proposals require your immediate attention and approval and are
discussed in detail in the enclosed proxy materials.
Your vote counts, and you are strongly encouraged to exercise your right to
vote your shares.
Please mark the boxes on the proxy card to indicate how your shares shall be
voted. Then sign and date the card, detach it and return your proxy vote in
the enclosed postage paid envelope.
Your vote must be received prior to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders,
November 14, 1995.
Thank you in advance for your prompt consideration of these matters.
Sincerely
The Berkshire Gas Company
THE BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY
Common Stock Proxy
The undersigned, revoking any previous instructions, hereby acknowledges
receipt of the Notice and Proxy Statement dated October 10, 1995, in
connection with the Annual Meeting mentioned below and appoints Joseph T.
Kelley, Scott S. Robinson and John W. Bond as Proxies, each with power to
act alone and to appoint his substitute and authorizes them to represent and
to vote, as indicated on the reverse side hereof, all of the shares of
Common Stock of The Berkshire Gas Company held of record by the undersigned
on October 3, 1995, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on
November 14, 1995, and any adjournments or postponements thereof.
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors. When this Proxy
is properly executed, the shares represented hereby will be voted as
specified by the Shareholder on the reverse side hereof. If no specification
is made, such shares will be voted "FOR" the nominees named herein and "FOR"
each of the proposals.
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|PLEASE VOTE AND SIGN ON OTHER SIDE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.|
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| Please sign this proxy card exactly as your name or names appear hereon. |
| Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other fiduciaries |
| should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more than one |
| name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, this signature |
| should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her |
| title. |
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