---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000108985-23-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YORW"
cik: "0000108985"
company_name: "YORK WATER CO"
filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T02:36:45.782927+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# York Water annual meeting elects four directors, ratifies auditor, approves say-on-pay

## Summary
- Shareholders elected Joseph T. Hand, Erin C. McGlaughlin, Laura T. Wand, and Ernest J. Waters to three-year terms.
- Baker Tilly US, LLP ratified as FY2023 auditor with ~11M votes for, 225k against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 8.03M for, 322k against, 199k abstain.
- Frequency vote favored one-year say-on-pay (5.75M votes); company will hold annual advisory votes.
- Broker non-votes of 2.86M shares on director elections and say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000108985-23-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YORW
- cik: 0000108985
- company_name: YORK WATER CO
- filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108985/000010898523000043/0000108985-23-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108985/000010898523000043/form8k-050123.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000108985-23-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  YORK WATER CO shareholders approved Election of four Directors to three-year terms at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: Joseph T. Hand 8,391,530 Votes 160,977 Votes 2,860,160 Erin C. McGlaughlin 8,213,528 Votes 338,979 Votes 2,860,160 Laura T. Wand 8,443,135 Votes 109,372 Votes 2,860,160 Ernest J. Waters 7,803,566 Votes 748,941 Votes 2,860,160
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108985/000010898523000043/0000108985-23-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  YORK WATER CO shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: For Approval 8,032,105 Shares Against Approval 321,705 Shares Abstaining From Voting 198,697 Shares Broker Non-vote 2,860,160 Shares
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108985/000010898523000043/0000108985-23-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  YORK WATER CO shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: Three Years 2,447,324 Shares Two Years 267,380 Shares One Year 5,746,177 Shares Abstaining From Voting 91,626 Shares
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108985/000010898523000043/0000108985-23-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  YORK WATER CO shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: For Approval 11,047,702 Shares Against Approval 225,289 Shares Abstaining From Voting 139,676 Shares Broker Non-vote - Shares
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108985/000010898523000043/0000108985-23-000043-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.