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Issuer:     CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP (CWT)
CIK:        0001035201
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-105853
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

California Water Service Group appoints Kropelnicki as Chairman; Nelson to retire May 2023
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- Martin A. Kropelnicki, current President & CEO and director, to become Chairman after May 2023 annual meeting.
- Chairman Peter C. Nelson will retire in May 2023 under the company's age limit policy; he served 17 years as CEO, 9 as Chair.
- Terry P. Bayer appointed Lead Independent Director effective immediately; she has served on the Board for 8 years.
- Bayer is former COO of Molina Healthcare; holds JD from Stanford and MPH from UC Berkeley.
- After Nelson's retirement, Board will have nine independent directors with Bayer as Lead Independent Director.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035201/000110465922105853/0001104659-22-105853-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035201/000110465922105853/tm2227445d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-105853

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