We’re excited to share that SJI has agreed to be acquired by IIF, a trusted partner and long-term investor in utility and renewable energy companies. This is an important step forward for SJI. As a private company with
IIF’s support, we will have additional resources to accelerate our strategic initiatives to modernize our critical infrastructure, maintain our high standard of customer service at reasonable rates and further enhance the safety, reliability
and sustainability of our businesses. Learn more about this announcement here: sjindustries.com/investors/news-events/newsroom/south-jersey-industries/2022/south-jersey-industries,-inc-enters-into-agreement.
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Exciting news to share! #SJI has agreed to be acquired by IIF, a trusted partner and long-term investor in utility and renewable energy companies, in a transaction that will help us to continue supporting the communities we
serve. Learn more at sjindustries.com/investors/news-events/newsroom/south-jersey-industries/2022/south-jersey-industries,-inc-enters-into-agreement.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed transaction, SJI expects to file a proxy statement, as well as other relevant
materials, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). This communication is not intended to be, and is not, a substitute for the proxy statement or any
other document that SJI may file with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction. WE URGE INVESTORS TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND THESE OTHER MATERIALS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement (when available) and other documents that will be filed by SJI with
the SEC at http://www.sec.gov, the SEC’s website, or from SJI’s website (https://investors.sjindustries.com). In addition, the proxy statement and other documents filed by SJI with the SEC (when available) may be obtained from SJI free of
charge by directing a request to Investor Relations at investors.sjindustries.com.
Participants in the Solicitation
SJI, its directors and certain of its officers and employees, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies
from SJI shareholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about SJI’s directors and executive officers is set forth in its definitive proxy statement for its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders filed with the SEC on
March 18, 2021. To the extent the holdings of the SJI securities by the SJI directors and executive officers have changed since the amounts set forth in the proxy statement for its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, such changes have been
or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. These documents may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov and on the Investor Relations page of SJI’s website located at https://investors.sjindustries.com. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in
connection with the proposed transaction will be included in the proxy statement and other relevant materials SJI may file with the SEC.
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication includes statements that are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions
of the Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the proposed acquisition of the Company, shareholder and regulatory approvals,
the expected timetable for completing the proposed transaction and any other statements regarding the Company’s future expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, financial conditions, assumptions or future events or performance that are not
historical facts. This information may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: failure to
obtain the required vote of the Company’s shareholders; the timing to consummate the proposed transaction; satisfaction of the conditions to closing of the proposed transaction may not be satisfied; the risk that a regulatory approval that
may be required for the proposed transaction is not obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; the diversion of management’s time on transaction-related issues.
All statements, other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding guidance, industry prospects, future results of
operations or financial position, expected sources of incremental margin, strategy, financing needs, future capital expenditures and the outcome or effect of ongoing litigation, should be considered forward looking statements made in good
faith by the Company, as applicable, and are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this communication, or any other documents, words such as
“anticipate,” “believe,” "estimate," “expect,” “forecast,” “goal,” “intend,” “objective,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “strategy,” "target," "will" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. These forward
looking statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of management at the time that these statements were prepared and are inherently uncertain. Such forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, as well as other risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from
those expressed in the forward looking statements, are described in greater detail under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and in any other SEC filings made by the Company. The company cautions that these risks and factors are not exclusive. Management cautions against putting undue reliance on forward-looking statements or projecting any future results based on such statements or
present or prior earnings levels. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this communication, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements to reflect actual
results, new information, future events, changes in its expectations or other circumstances that exist after the date as of which the forward-looking statements were made.