0001104659-17-032312.txt : 20170512 0001104659-17-032312.hdr.sgml : 20170512 20170512161244 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-17-032312 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170512 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170512 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20170512 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001035201 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WATER SUPPLY [4941] IRS NUMBER: 770448994 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13883 FILM NUMBER: 17838769 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1720 N FIRST ST STREET 2: C/O CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95112 BUSINESS PHONE: 4083678200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1720 FIRST ST STREET 2: C/O CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95112 DEFA14A 1 a17-13063_1defa14a.htm DEFA14A

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

 

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.     )

 

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California Water Service Group

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The following material amends and supplements our definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2017 relating to the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of California Water Service Group (“Group”) to be held on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.

 

The purpose of this supplement is to correct information that appears on page 10 of the Proxy Statement, under the section “Independence of Directors,” where Mr. Peter C. Nelson, the Chairman of the Board, was inadvertently included in the list of the Group’s independent directors.  The following text replaces the second sentence of that section in its entirety: “Currently, the Group’s independent directors are Gregory E. Aliff, Terry P. Bayer, Edwin A. Guiles, Bonnie G. Hill (who will retire from the Board as of the Annual Meeting), Thomas M. Krummel, M.D., Richard P. Magnuson, Lester A. Snow, and George A. Vera.”

 

In addition, the chart on page 14 of the Proxy Statement is amended, in relevant part, to read as follows:

 

Name

 

Age

 

Position

 

Current
Term
Expires

 

Director
Since

 

Independent

 

Occupation

 

Other
Board
Experience

 

Public
Utilities
or Public
Health
Experience

* * * * * *

Peter C. Nelson

 

69

 

Chairman of the Board

 

2017

 

1996

 

No

 

Chairman of the Board of California Water Service Group

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

This supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement.