Company: MSEX
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001104659-25-047075
Chunk: 26

Company: MIDDLESEX WATER CO
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 26
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 Act of 1934)                     
 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities 
 offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.               |

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| (7) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, may be permitted to directors,                                
 officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, the By-laws of the Registrant,     
 any underwriting agreement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against 
 public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against   
 such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person      
 of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person 
 in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled  
 by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public  
 policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.                                    |

| (8) | That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from                                
 the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Securities Act and contained 
 in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act                  
 shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.                                   |

| (9) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment                            
 that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and 
 the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.                            |

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<div align='center'>SIGNATURES</div>

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe