---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001056903-22-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWR"
cik: "0001056903"
company_name: "AMERICAN STATES WATER CO"
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T04:33:03.506420+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AWR subsidiary ASUS appoints Christopher Connor as SVP with $375K salary, $40K sign-on

## Summary
- Appointed SVP of ASUS effective Feb. 28, 2022; base salary $375,000; signing bonus $40,000 subject to repayment if employment ends within 1-2 years.
- Eligible for 2022 target bonus of 45% of base salary under Company's Short-Term Incentive Program, pro-rated.
- Granted time-vested and performance-based RSUs valued at $117,753, vesting over three years in equal installments.
- Mr. Connor previously served in senior management at Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. since 2016, focusing on business development and government contracts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001056903-22-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWR
- cik: 0001056903
- company_name: AMERICAN STATES WATER CO
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+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/1056903/000105690322000029/0001056903-22-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000105690322000029/awr-20220224.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001056903-22-000029
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001056903-22-000029.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001056903-22-000029.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher H. Connor was appointed as Senior Vice President at AMERICAN STATES WATER CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President
  source text: On February 24, 2022, American States Utility Services, Inc. (“ASUS”) announced to its employees the appointment of new hire Christopher H. Connor to the position of Senior Vice President of ASUS effective February 28, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000105690322000029/0001056903-22-000029-index.htm

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