8-K

Date: November 4, 2022

/s/ Andrew Walters

Andrew Walters, Chief Financial Officer

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 3, 2022

SJW Group

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

001-8966

77-0066628

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

110 W. Taylor Street

San Jose, California 95110

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(408) 279-7800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange

on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

SJW

New York Stock Exchange LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective as of November 3, 2022, James P. Lynch, who was the Chief Accounting Officer of SJW Group (the “Company”), is no longer employed by the Company nor of its subsidiaries.

Andrew F. Walters, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, will serve as the principal accounting officer. Mr. Walters has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, San Jose Water Company (“SJWC”), SJW Land Company, and SJWTX, Inc. since January 2022. Mr. Walters served as Chief Corporate Development Officer and Integration Executive of the Company from November 2019 until January 2022 and previously served as Chief Administrative Officer of SJWC since January 31, 2014. Mr. Walters is also currently the Vice President of Business Planning of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. and Connecticut Water Company as of November 7, 2019. Prior to joining SJWC in 2014, Mr. Walters was a managing director and a senior acquisitions officer in the Infrastructure Investments Group of JP Morgan Asset Management from January 2009 to June 2013. Prior to this, Mr. Walters served in the Investment Banking Division of Citigroup as managing director and head of infrastructure for the Americas and in other roles focused on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising for clients, since 1993.

SIGNATURE

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.

SJW Group filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update