Company: MSEX
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000561
Chunk: 5

Company: MIDDLESEX WATER CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 5
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 the Annual Meeting, and not revoked, will be voted in accordance with the terms thereof.

| 5. | How are other proxy materials being furnished? |

Under rules adopted by the SEC, we have chosen to furnish our proxy materials to our shareholders over the Internet and to provide a NOIA of Proxy Materials by U.S. mail, rather than mailing the printed proxy materials to all shareholders. As a result, the Company is able to reduce printing and postage costs, as well as minimize adverse impact on the environment. If you receive a NOIA, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail unless you request them by following the instructions provided in the NOIA. Instead, the NOIA instructs you how to access and review all of the information contained in the Proxy Statement and Annual Report to Shareholders online. The NOIA also explains how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions in the NOIA. The Company shall pay the costs of solicitation of proxies.

| 6. | Who is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting? |

Shareholders of record at the close of business on March 25, 2025, which we refer to as the Record Date, (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. On the Record Date, there were 17,894,479 shares of Company common stock issued and outstanding, each entitled to one vote. A complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for examination by any shareholder of record at our Principle Executive offices at 485C Route 1 South, Suite 400, Iselin, NJ 08830 for a period of 10 days prior to the Annual Meeting. The list will also be available for examination by any shareholder of record at the Annual Meeting.

| 7. | What is the difference between holding shares as a shareholder of record and as a beneficial owner holding shares in “street 
 name”?                                                                                                                       |

You are a “shareholder of record” if, at the close of business on the Record Date, your shares were registered directly in your name with Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), our transfer agent. You are a beneficial owner if, at the close of business on the Record Date, your shares were held by a brokerage firm or other nominee and not directly in your name. Being a beneficial owner means that,