# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001056903
**File Stem:** 0001628280-23-003233
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 9855
**Document Hash:** c6c5941bc710bebfa91aaa66000ba0e0
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001628280-23-003233.hdr.sgml**: 20230213

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-23-003233

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230207

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230213

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230213

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN STATES WATER CO
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001056903
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** WATER SUPPLY [4941]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 954676679
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** CA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-14431
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23615012

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 630 E FOOTHILL BLVD
- **CITY:** SAN DIMAS
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91773-9016
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 9093943600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 630 E FOOTHILL
- **CITY:** SAN DIMAS
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91773-9016
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Golden State Water CO
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000092116
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** WATER SUPPLY [4941]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 951243678
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** CA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-12008
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23615013

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 630 E FOOTHILL BLVD
- **CITY:** SAN DIMAS
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91773-9016
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 9093943600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 630 E FOOTHILL
- **CITY:** SAN DIMAS
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91773-9016

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K** 

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): February 7, 2023

**AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **California** | **001-14431** | **001-14431** | **95-4676679** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| **630 East Foothill Blvd.** | **San Dimas** | **CA** | **91773-1212** |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | | (Zip Code) |

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**(909) 394-3600** 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

**GOLDEN STATE WATER COMPANY**

 **(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **California** | **001-12008** | **001-12008** | **95-1243678** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| **630 East Foothill Blvd.** | **San Dimas** | **CA** | **91773-1212** |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | | (Zip Code) |

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Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **<u>Title of each class</u>** | **<u>Trading Symbol(s)</u>** | **<u>Name of each exchange on which registered</u>** |
| American States Water Company Common Shares | AWR | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management**

**Item 5.02(d). Election of Directors.**

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Eichelberger and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director of both companies. Mr. Eichelberger has not had any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction between the Company or any of its subsidiaries involving more than $120,000 since January 1, 2022 nor is there any such proposed transaction.

**Section 9- Financial Statements and Exhibits**

**Item 9.01.** &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Financial Statements and Exhibits**

A copy of the Company's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 99.1 | <u>[Press Release dated](pressreleaseex-teichelberg.htm)[February 13, 2023](pressreleaseex-teichelberg.htm)[.](pressreleaseex-teichelberg.htm)</u> |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| | **AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY:** |
| February 13, 2023 | /s/ Eva G. Tang |
| | Eva G. Tang<br>Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer |

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| | **GOLDEN STATE WATER COMPANY:** |
| February 13, 2023 | /s/ Eva G. Tang |
| | Eva G. Tang<br>Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |

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## Exhibit 99.1

![awrlogoa04a.jpg](awrlogoa04a.jpg)

**American States Water Company Announces Appointment of New Director**

Mr. Eichelberger had a distinguished 37-year career in public accounting, retiring in May 2022 as an Audit Partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He served complex companies, with a primary focus on serving large utility holding companies with rate-regulated subsidiaries in the electric, gas, and water industries. He also served large non-regulated utility affiliates with significant investments in wind and solar projects. He acquired deep regulatory skills, given the active rate case profile and frequent regulatory filings of his clients. Prior to 2002 when he began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, he was at Arthur Andersen LLP between 1985 and 2002 and as a partner starting in 1997.

"We are very pleased to welcome Tom to our board of directors of the company," stated Anne Holloway, chairman of the board of directors of American States Water Company. "His financial acumen, industry knowledge, and public reporting and audit experience will be an asset to our board. We look forward to working with him and leveraging his wealth of experience."

Mr. Eichelberger received a Master of Science in Management from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the states of Georgia and Florida, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is on the Board of Food for Thought Outreach, a local non-profit organization in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, and was active in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program in Atlanta for many years. He is a former United Way Campaign Leader and former member of the Board of Directors of the Ashford Dunwoody YMCA.

**About American States Water Company**

American States Water Company is the parent of Golden State Water Company, Bear Valley Electric Service, Inc. and American States Utility Services, Inc., serving over one million people in nine states. Through its water utility subsidiary, Golden State Water Company, the company provides water service to approximately 263,000 customer connections located within more than 80 communities in Northern, Coastal and Southern California. Through its electric utility subsidiary, Bear Valley Electric Service, Inc., the company distributes electricity to

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approximately 24,700 customer connections in the City of Big Bear Lake and surrounding areas in San Bernardino County, California. Through its contracted services subsidiary, American States Utility Services, Inc., the company provides operations, maintenance and construction management services for water distribution, wastewater collection, and treatment facilities located on 11 military bases throughout the country under 50-year privatization contracts with the U.S. government.

American States Water Company has paid dividends to shareholders every year since 1931, increasing the dividends received by shareholders each calendar year for 68 consecutive years, which places it in an exclusive group of companies on the New York Stock Exchange that have achieved that result.

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| CONTACT: | Eva G. Tang |
|  | Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer, |
|  | Corporate Secretary and Treasurer |
|  | Telephone: (909) 394-3600, ext. 707 |

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