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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-065135"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWT"
cik: "0001035201"
company_name: "CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP"
filed_at: "2026-05-21T20:04:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T22:29:08.057906+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CWT shareholders elect all 11 director nominees, approve say-on-pay and auditor at May 20, 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected, with votes for ranging from 47.5M to 49.5M; broker non-votes of 4.6M.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 46.97M for, 2.54M against, 0.20M abstentions.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2025 approved: 53.13M for, 1.08M against, 0.13M abstentions.
- Meeting held May 20, 2026; results reported by Chairman, President & CEO Martin A. Kropelnicki.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-065135
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWT
- cik: 0001035201
- company_name: CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T20:04:08+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1035201/000110465926065135/0001104659-26-065135-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035201/000110465926065135/tm2615262d2_8k.htm

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