UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
(Amendment No. 5)*
SJW GROUP
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
784305104
(CUSIP Number)
c/o SJW
Group
110 West Taylor Street
San Jose, CA 95110
408-279-7800
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
March 14, 2018
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
1. | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS George E. Moss |
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2. | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨ |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY |
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4. | SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions) |
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5. | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ¨ |
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6. | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7. | SOLE VOTING POWER 1,093,883 (1)(2) | ||
8. | SHARED VOTING POWER None | |||
9. | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,093,883 (1)(2) | |||
10. | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER None |
11. | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,093,883 (1)(2) |
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12. | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (see instructions) ¨ |
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13. | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 5.3% (1)(2) |
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14. | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions) IN |
(1) Includes (i) 1,083,980 shares of Common Stock held by George E. Moss, as trustee of the George Edward Moss Revocable Trust dated August 18, 1982, (ii) 6,645 shares of Common Stock held by his spouse’s revocable trust, (iii) 800 shares of Common Stock held by his spouse’s IRA, and (iv) 1,303 shares of Common Stock held by his spouse’s Roth IRA.
(2) Includes 1,155 shares of Common Stock underlying restricted stock units, which vest in full upon continuation of board service through the day immediately preceding the date of the issuer’s 2018 annual stockholder meeting. The units will vest in full, and the underlying shares will become immediately issuable should the reporting person cease board service by reason of death or permanent disability prior to such vesting date.
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SCHEDULE 13D
This Amendment No. 5 (“Amendment No. 5”) further amends the Schedule 13D filed on November 9, 1999 (as amended, the “Initial 13D”). Except as amended herein, the Initial 13D is unchanged and remains in effect. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Initial 13D.
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This statement relates to the Common Stock (“Common Stock”), of SJW Group (“SJW”). The address of the principal executive office is:
SJW Group
110 W. Taylor Street
San Jose, CA 95110
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
On September 8, 2017, the reporting person resigned as trustee of the John Kimberly Moss Trust dated October 24, 1991 (the “JKM Trust”). As a result of the resignation, the reporting person no longer has power to vote or dispose of the 794,834 shares of Common Stock held by the JKM Trust.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
(a) The reporting person beneficially owns 1,093,883 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 5.3% of the outstanding shares of SJW based on the issuer’s most recently available filing with the Commission.
(b) The reporting person, as trustee of the George Edward Moss Revocable Trust dated August 18, 1982 (the “Trust”) has sole voting power and sole power to dispose of 1,083,980 shares of Common Stock. In addition, the reporting person has beneficial ownership of 1,155 shares of Common Stock underlying restricted stock units awarded for service on the Board of Directors of the issuer.
(c) See Item 4 above.
(d) Not Applicable.
(e) Not Applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
The reporting person is a director on the issuer’s board of directors.
On March 14, 2018, SJW and Connecticut Water Service, Inc., a Connecticut corporation, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which Connecticut Water Service, Inc. will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of SJW (the “Merger”).
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, the reporting person entered into a Voting and Support Agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) in his capacity as trustee of the Trust, with SJW pursuant to which the reporting person shall cause the shares of Common Stock held in the Trust to be voted (i) in favor of the Share Issuance (as defined in the Merger Agreement); (ii) in favor of the SJW Charter Amendment (as defined in the Merger Agreement); (iii) in favor of any proposal to adjourn or postpone the meeting to a later date, if there are not sufficient votes to approve the Share Issuance or the SJW Charter Amendment; (iv) in favor of any other matter considered at any such meeting of the SJW stockholders that SJW’s board of directors has (A) determined is necessary or desirable for the consummation of the Merger, (B) disclosed in the Joint Proxy Statement (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or other written materials distributed to all SJW stockholders and (C) recommended that the SJW stockholders approve or adopt; (v) against any action or agreement (including, without limitation, any amendment of any agreement) that would result in a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or other obligation of SJW in the Merger Agreement; (vi) against any SJW Takeover Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement); and (vii) against any agreement (including, without limitation, any amendment of any agreement), amendment of the SJW Charter (other than the SJW Charter Amendment) or SJW Bylaws (other than as contemplated by Exhibit A of the Merger Agreement) or other action that would delay, postpone or discourage the consummation of the Merger. Furthermore, any such vote shall be cast (or consent shall be given) by the reporting person in accordance with such procedures relating thereto so as to ensure that it is duly counted, including for purposes of determining that a quorum is present and for purposes of recording the results of such vote (or consent).
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The foregoing description of the Voting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Voting Agreement, which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit | Description | |
99.1 | Voting and Support Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2018, by and between SJW Group, a Delaware corporation, and George Edward Moss, solely as trustee of the George Edward Moss Revocable Trust dated August 18, 1982 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the issuer’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 15, 2018). |
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: March 16, 2018
/s/ George Edward Moss | ||||
George Edward Moss | ||||
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