California Water Service (CWT) Form 4 CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE / MARTIN A KROPELNICKI ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

OMB APPROVAL

OMB Number:	3235-0287
Estimated average burden
hours per response:	0.5

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

KROPELNICKI MARTIN A

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1720 NORTH FIRST STREET

(Street)

SAN JOSE CA 95112

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP [ CWT ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chairman, President & CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/03/2025

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/03/2025		A		127,066(1)	A	$0	139,509	D
Common Stock	03/03/2025		F		6,290(2)	D	$45.45	133,219	D
Common Stock	03/03/2025		F		264(3)	D	$45.45	132,955	D
Common Stock	03/04/2025		A		10,315(4)	A	$0	143,270(5)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. On 3/1/2022, the reporting person was granted a Performance Stock Unit (PSU) of 1619 shares of common stock. The PSU vested in full based on satisfaction of certain performance criteria approved by the Board of Directors. The performance criteria was met resulting in 112% payout of the original goal.

2. Represents the number of shares withheld by and surrendered to the issuer to satisfy the tax withholding obligations that arose in connection with the Performance Stock Unit (PSU) award 654.

3. Represents the number of shares withheld by and surrendered to the issuer to satisfy the tax withholding obligations that arose in connection with the Restricted Stock (RSA) Award 639.

4. Restricted stock granted on 3/4/2025 pursuant to the California Water Service Group equity incentive plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16-b-3. RSA vests one-third on March 4, 2026, with the remaining 2/3 vesting quarterly over the succeeding 24 months.

5. Includes share acquired through dividend reinvestment.

	/s/ Michelle R. Mortensen on behalf of Martin A. Kropelnicki	03/05/2025
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.