---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001434728-24-000157"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWRS"
cik: "0001434728"
company_name: "Global Water Resources, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:32:29.226603+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stockholders approve all four proposals at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected; each received over 17.7M votes for (1.02M broker non-votes).
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor: 20,623,352 for, 41,712 against, 16,972 abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 19,397,303 for, 237,548 against, 24,335 abstain.
- First Amendment to 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan approved: 19,469,455 for, 165,291 against, 24,440 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001434728-24-000157
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWRS
- cik: 0001434728
- company_name: Global Water Resources, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1434728/000143472824000157/0001434728-24-000157-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472824000157/gwrs-20240509.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Global Water Resources, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal One — Election of Directors. Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ron L. Fleming 19,450,399 208,787 1,022,850 Richard M. Alexander 18,756,037 903,149 1,022,850 Andrew M. Cohn 19,334,741 324,445 1,022,850 Debra G. Coy 17,714,292 1,944,894 1,022,850 Brett Huckelbridge 19,321,525 337,661 1,022,850 Jonathan L. Levine 19,347,311 311,875 1,022,850 David Rousseau 18,807,278 851,908 1,022,850
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472824000157/0001434728-24-000157-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Global Water Resources, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal Two — Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 20,623,352 41,712 16,972 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472824000157/0001434728-24-000157-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Global Water Resources, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the First Amendment to the Global Water Resources, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal Four — Approval of the First Amendment to the Global Water Resources, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 19,469,455 165,291 24,440 1,022,850
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472824000157/0001434728-24-000157-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Global Water Resources, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal Three — Advisory Vote to Approve The Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 19,397,303 237,548 24,335 1,022,850
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472824000157/0001434728-24-000157-index.htm

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