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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On December 6, 2022, California Water Service Group (the “Company”) issued a press release (a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1) announcing that Thomas A. Scanlon, age 59, will serve as the Company’s next Controller and Principal Accounting Officer effective January 1, 2023. Mr. Scanlon, who has been the Company’s Director of Financial Reporting since he first joined the Company in 2010, will succeed David B. Healey, Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, who notified the Company on June 22, 2022 of his intention to retire at the end of the year. In connection with this appointment, Mr. Scanlon will become an officer of the Company and therefore be eligible to participate in the Company’s executive compensation program, including the Company’s short-term and long-term incentive programs, Executive Severance Plan and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2022. In addition, the Company also intends to enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Scanlon.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
We hereby furnish the following exhibits, which shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, with this report:
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release issued December 6, 2022 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP | ||
| Date: December 6, 2022 | By: | /s/ Martin A. Kropelnicki |
| Name: | Martin A. Kropelnicki | |
| Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |