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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 a relationship or arranging for the Company to enter into transactions with an immediate family member whereby the relationship could interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a Director or Officer. In 2024, the Company did not enter into any transaction where an immediate family member of a Director or Officer had a direct or indirect material interest in the transaction. Board Size The Board shall consist of not less than five nor more than twelve members in accordance with the Company By-laws . Board Meetings and Annual Meeting Attendance by Board Members The frequency and length of Board meetings, as well as agenda items, are determined by the Chairman and Committee Chairs with input from all other Directors. Meeting schedules are approved by the full Board. The Board holds regularly scheduled meetings and meets on other occasions when required. We expect our Directors to attend each meeting of the Board and of the committees on which they serve. We expect our Directors to attend our Annual Meeting. During 2024, the Board held seven meetings and the Board Committees held fourteen meetings. All Board and Committee meetings had, at a minimum, 99% Director attendance. All of the Directors serving at the time of the May 2024 Annual Meeting attended that meeting. Executive Sessions The Independent Directors periodically meet without management in Executive session. The Lead Director is designated to preside at these Executive sessions. Communications with the Board Any shareholder wishing to communicate with a Director may do so by contacting the Company’s Corporate Secretary at: Middlesex Water Company Office of the Corporate Secretary
485C Route 1 South, Suite 400
Iselin, New Jersey 08830 The Corporate Secretary will forward to the Director a written, email or phone communication. The Corporate Secretary has been authorized by the Board to screen frivolous or unlawful communications or commercial advertisements. Shareholder Proposals In order to be eligible for inclusion in our proxy materials for our 2025 Annual Meeting, any shareholder proposal must have been received by the Corporate Secretary of the Company, 485C Route 1 South, Suite 400, Iselin, New Jersey 08830 no later than December 14, 2024. No shareholder proposals were received by the Company for the 2025 Annual Meeting. Advance Notice of Business to be Conducted at the Annual Meeting Shareholders are entitled to submit proposals on matters appropriate for shareholder action consistent with regulations of the SEC. For business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a shareholder, the business must be an appropriate matter to be voted by the shareholders at an Annual Meeting and the shareholder must have given