On April 2, 2018, the Board of Directors of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. elected each of David C. Benoit and Kristen A. Johnson as a Class I director of the company effective April 2, 2018, each to hold office for a term that expires on the date of the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders of the company, which is scheduled to be held on May 10, 2018, or until such earlier date as his or her respective successor shall be elected and qualified in his or her place and stead. Mr. Benoit and Ms. Johnson have each been nominated by the Board for election as a Class I director of the company at the 2018 Annual Meeting. If elected as Class I directors at the 2018 Annual Meeting, Mr. Benoit and Ms. Johnson will each hold office for a term that expires on the date of the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders of the company, or until such earlier date as his or her respective successor shall be elected and qualified in his or her place and stead. Mr. Benoit is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since March 6, 2018. Mr. Benoit previously served as the Company’s Interim President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2017 and as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 1996. Ms. Johnson, age 52, is the Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Secretary of the Company. Ms. Johnson has served as the Vice President of Human Resources since joining the Company in 2007 and was named as the Company’s Corporate Secretary in August 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Johnson served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development Officer at Rockville Financial, Inc. from 1996 to 2007. She is a director of United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and its predecessor company since 2010, serving as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee since 2011 and also as a member of the Governance and Executive Committees.