Company: MSEX
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000561
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Company: MIDDLESEX WATER CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: DEF 14A
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Middlesex Water Company 6 2025 Proxy Statement NOMINEES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS We set forth information with respect to the business experience, qualifications and affiliations of our Director nominees below. No such director has any transactions, relationships or arrangements not disclosed under Item 404(a) (as required under Item 7(b) of Schedule 14A) that the Board considered under the applicable independence standard in determining that the director is independent. Class II – (Term expires in 2025) Steven M. Klein Independent Director since 2009 Board Committees: Audit, Chair | Audit Committee Financial Expert | Pension Age: 59 Experience and Qualifications: Steven M. Klein serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. and its subsidiary, Northfield Bank, with overall management responsibility for these entities. Mr. Klein is also designated as a financial expert on the Audit Committee. Mr. Klein was named to the Board of Directors of Northfield Bancorp Inc. and Northfield Bank in August 2013. Mr. Klein’s background includes serving as an audit partner with the international accounting and auditing firm KPMG LLP. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New Jersey and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is a board member of the New Jersey Bankers Association and a member of the American Bankers Association. Mr. Klein serves on the Board of Trustees of Richmond University Medical Center. Education: Mr. Klein earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Montclair State University. Class III – (Term expires in 2025) Walter G. Reinhard Independent Director since 2002 Board Committees: Lead Director | Ad Hoc Pricing Corporate Governance & Nominating, Chair | Pension | Age: 79 Experience and Qualifications: Walter G. Reinhard was named Lead Director in May 2020. He served as a partner of the law firm of Norris McLaughlin, P.A. prior to his retirement from the active practice of law and partnership in the firm on December 31, 2014. Mr. Reinhard had been with the firm since 1984 and practiced administrative, environmental and regulatory law involving public utilities. He brings over 40 years of legal experience to the Board including expertise in handling regulatory matters before the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. During his tenure at Norris McLaughlin, Mr. Reinhard’s professional affiliations included