Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On December 17, 2021 the Board of Directors (the "Board") of SJW Group (the
"Company"), upon the recommendation by the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee of the Board, appointed Rebecca A. Klein as a member of the Board,
effective immediately. The Board also appointed Ms. Klein to serve on the
Executive Compensation Committee and the Sustainability Committee. In addition,
Ms. Klein will be appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of SJWTX, Inc.
dba Canyon Lake Water Service Company and SJWTX Holdings, Inc., both wholly
owned subsidiaries of the Company.
Ms. Klein, age 56, has been a Principal of Klein Energy, LLC, an energy
consulting company based in Austin, Texas since October 2006. Over the last 25
years, she has worked in Washington, DC and in Texas in the energy,
telecommunications and national security arenas. Since May 2010, Ms. Klein has
been a member of the board of Avista Corporation, a publicly traded energy
company. From October 2007 to 2013, she served on the board of the Lower
Colorado River Authority, a public power utility owning generation, transmission
and water services across the central Texas area, serving as chair from 2008 to
2013. From 2004 to 2006, Ms. Klein was a partner at Loeffler Tuggey & Rosenthal
Law Firm. From 2001 to 2004, she served as a commissioner and chair of the Texas
Public Utilities Commission and led a major restructuring of the power and
telecommunications sectors in Texas. Ms. Klein was also the Policy Director at
the Office of the Governor of Texas from 1999 to 2001. Since 2012, Ms. Klein has
been a member of the advisory board of GroupNIRE, a company focused on
developing energy resources from early stage technologies to commercial
deployment. Since 2015, Ms. Klein has been a member of the board of Aiqueous,
LLC, a water software company. She is also the Founder and a director of the
Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute since 2015. Ms. Klein earned a Juris
Doctor from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. She also
holds a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University
and a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology from Stanford University. She is a
member of the State Bar of Texas. She is also a retired Lieutenant Colonel of
the Air Force Reserve.
Ms. Klein will participate in the SJW Group Formulaic Equity Award Program for
Non-Employee Board Members (as amended from time to time, the "Program").
Pursuant to the Program, Ms. Klein will be granted an award of restrict stock
units ("RSU") covering a number of shares of common stock to be determined,
based on the period of service to the next annual meeting of stockholders. The
award will vest upon completion of 1 year of service measured from the award
grant date. The terms of such award and the Program are more fully described
under the heading "Compensation of Directors" in the Company's definitive proxy
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2021 and
the Form 8-K filed on September 14, 2021. In addition, the Company will enter
into a director and officer indemnification agreement with Ms. Klein, in the
form filed as Exhibit 10.62 of the Company's Form 10-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2021.
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On December 17, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the
appointment of Rebecca A. Klein as a member of the Board. A copy of this press
release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by
reference.
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