---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-311771"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTO"
cik: "0000766829"
company_name: "H2O AMERICA"
filed_at: "2022-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T23:43:34.095283+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SJW Group enters separation agreement with former CAO James P. Lynch

## Summary
- Lump sum severance of $511,910 plus $18,725 for COBRA through July 2023.
- Transfer of title to company vehicle allocated to Lynch before Nov 3, 2022.
- Lynch releases all claims and agrees to non-disparagement.
- Payments made Dec 28, 2022; taxes withheld from cash severance.
- Unvested time-based RSUs forfeited; performance-based RSUs vest pro-rata.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-311771
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTO
- cik: 0000766829
- company_name: H2O AMERICA
- filed_at: 2022-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766829/000119312522311771/0001193125-22-311771-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766829/000119312522311771/d435260d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-311771
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-311771.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-311771.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James P. Lynch departed as Chief Accounting Officer at H2O AMERICA.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On December 20, 2022, SJW Group (the “Company”) entered into a Separation Agreement with James P. Lynch (the “Separation Agreement”), who was the former Chief Accounting Officer of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766829/000119312522311771/0001193125-22-311771-index.htm

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