---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001056903-21-000102"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWR"
cik: "0001056903"
company_name: "AMERICAN STATES WATER CO"
filed_at: "2021-08-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T16:07:43.012823+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ASUS SVP Stuart G. Harrison departs; CEO Sprowls assumes his duties temporarily

## Summary
- Stuart G. Harrison, SVP of ASUS (wholly-owned AWR subsidiary), departed August 10, 2021.
- CEO Robert J. Sprowls has temporarily assumed Harrison's duties at ASUS.
- No reason for the departure was disclosed in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001056903-21-000102
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWR
- cik: 0001056903
- company_name: AMERICAN STATES WATER CO
- filed_at: 2021-08-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000105690321000102/0001056903-21-000102-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000105690321000102/awr-20210810.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001056903-21-000102
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001056903-21-000102.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001056903-21-000102.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stuart G. Harrison departed as Senior Vice President at AMERICAN STATES WATER CO.
  - Action: ended
  - Role: Senior Vice President
  source text: The employment relationship between American States Utility Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“ASUS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR), and Stuart G. Harrison, Senior Vice President of ASUS ended on August 10, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000105690321000102/0001056903-21-000102-index.htm

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