The board of directors of Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: DGAS), at a meeting held August 29, 2017, authorized a stub period dividend of $.186978 per share of common stock to be paid on or before September 30, 2017 to all common shareholders of record as of September 19, 2017, subject to and contingent on the merger of a subsidiary of PNG Companies LLC with and into Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. becoming effective on September 20, 2017.