---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-183883"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTO"
cik: "0000766829"
company_name: "H2O AMERICA"
filed_at: "2023-07-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T11:22:59.530097+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SJW subsidiary President Andrew Gere resigns effective July 20; receives $180K severance

## Summary
- Andrew R. Gere, President of San Jose Water Company, resigns effective July 20, 2023.
- Cash severance payment of $180,000 contingent on signing a supplemental release.
- Time-based RSUs forfeited; performance-based RSUs vest pro-rata based on months of service and actual performance.
- Gere retains company vehicle and mobile phone number; pension benefits fully vested.
- Agreement includes non-disparagement, cooperation obligations, and standard release of claims.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-183883
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTO
- cik: 0000766829
- company_name: H2O AMERICA
- filed_at: 2023-07-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766829/000119312523183883/0001193125-23-183883-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766829/000119312523183883/d518272d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-183883
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-183883.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-183883.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew R. Gere resigned as President of San Jose Water Company at H2O AMERICA.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President of San Jose Water Company
  source text: Andrew R. Gere will be resigning his position as President of San Jose Water Company (“SJWC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, effective July 20, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766829/000119312523183883/0001193125-23-183883-index.htm

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