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accession: "0001193125-26-033824"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTL"
cik: "0000755001"
company_name: "UNITIL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:49:06.281183+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Unitil Corp revises equity compensation, grants restricted shares to top executives

## Summary
- Compensation Committee approved Revised Equity Compensation Practices on Jan 27, 2026, primarily changing dividend treatment on restricted stock.
- Granted 8,090 Time Restricted Shares and 8,090 Performance Restricted Shares to CEO Thomas P. Meissner Jr.
- Other named executives received grants ranging from 1,080 to 3,740 shares each of both types.
- Also granted unrestricted shares to executives based on above-target performance for 2023-2025 period: CEO received 310 shares.
- Performance Restricted Shares vest based on three-year average ROE and book value growth goals through Dec 31, 2028.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-033824
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTL
- cik: 0000755001
- company_name: UNITIL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/755001/000119312526033824/0001193125-26-033824-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/755001/000119312526033824/d930901d8k.htm

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