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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-133173"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTL"
cik: "0000755001"
company_name: "UNITIL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T21:17:29.170891+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Unitil enters new CEO employment agreement; shareholders approve stock plan increase

## Summary
- CEO Thomas Meissner enters new employment agreement through April 24, 2027; base salary $712,025.
- Shareholders approved Third Amended 2003 Stock Plan, increasing authorized shares by 350,000 to 1,027,500.
- All three director nominees (Foster, Meissner, Vogel) elected; say-on-pay and auditor ratification passed.
- CEO severance includes 24 months salary, 2-year bonus, benefits continuation if terminated without cause.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-133173
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTL
- cik: 0000755001
- company_name: UNITIL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/755001/000119312524133173/0001193125-24-133173-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/755001/000119312524133173/d816815d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITIL CORP shareholders approved To approve the Company's Third Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: 2. To approve the Company’s Third Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/755001/000119312524133173/0001193125-24-133173-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITIL CORP shareholders approved Election of three directors of the Company in Class III at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: 1. To elect three directors of the Company in Class III, nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors, each to serve a three-year term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/755001/000119312524133173/0001193125-24-133173-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITIL CORP shareholders approved To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: 3. To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/755001/000119312524133173/0001193125-24-133173-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITIL CORP shareholders approved To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: 4. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/755001/000119312524133173/0001193125-24-133173-index.htm

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