Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): August 1, 2017

 

 

Aqua America, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   001-06659   23-1702594

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission File

Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

762 West Lancaster Avenue

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

   19010-3489
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 527-8000

 

(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:

 

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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.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At its regularly scheduled meeting on August 1, 2017, Nicholas DeBenedictis, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aqua America, Inc. (the “Company”) and who was elected by the Company’s shareholders for a term expiring at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, submitted his resignation from the Board of Directors as of his 72nd birthday in accordance with the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines. However, because of Mr. DeBenedictis’ long and valued service to the Company as an executive of the Company and a member of its Board of Directors, the Board of Directors requested, and Mr. DeBenedictis agreed, that Mr. DeBenedictis remain on the Board of Directors until at least the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

  AQUA AMERICA, INC.
By:   /s/ Christopher P. Luning
 

Christopher P. Luning

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: August 4, 2017

 

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