---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001434728-23-000158"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWRS"
cik: "0001434728"
company_name: "Global Water Resources, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T21:34:00.960691+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Water Resources shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Seven directors elected with votes for ranging from 17.9M to 19.7M.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor with 20.97M votes for, 49k against.
- Say-on-pay approved with 19.0M votes for and 0.82M against.
- Annual meeting held on May 3, 2023.
- Broker non-votes of 1.2M on director elections and say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001434728-23-000158
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWRS
- cik: 0001434728
- company_name: Global Water Resources, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472823000158/0001434728-23-000158-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472823000158/gwrs-20230503.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001434728-23-000158.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Global Water Resources, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers ("Say-on-Pay") at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Proposal Three — Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers ("Say-on-Pay"). Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 18,997,149 819,350 25,401 1,199,948
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472823000158/0001434728-23-000158-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Global Water Resources, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Proposal One — Election of Directors. Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ron L. Fleming 19,655,117 186,783 1,199,948 Richard M. Alexander 18,362,196 1,479,704 1,199,948 Debra G. Coy 17,898,616 1,943,284 1,199,948 Brett Huckelbridge 19,526,372 315,528 1,199,948 David Rousseau 18,520,689 1,321,211 1,199,948 Jonathan L. Levine 19,466,824 375,076 1,199,948 Andrew M. Cohn 19,465,216 376,684 1,199,948
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472823000158/0001434728-23-000158-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Global Water Resources, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Proposal Two — Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 20,974,629 49,387 17,832 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472823000158/0001434728-23-000158-index.htm

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