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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): December 4, 2007
SOUTHWEST WATER
COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE 0-8176 95-1840947
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number)
ONE WILSHIRE BUILDING
624 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 2900
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-3782
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)
(213) 929-1800
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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following provisions:
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
(c) The Company's Board of Directors elected David Stanton, 42, as its Chief
Operating Officer, effective December 1, 2007. Mr. Stanton has been
Southwest Water's executive vice president of strategic development since
November 2006. Previously, he served as executive vice president of Earth
Tech, a division of Tyco International, Inc., an international
environmental water and wastewater services provider. Earlier, Mr. Stanton
held senior management positions with a number of companies in the water
and wastewater industry, such as Waterlink, Inc., ITEQ, Inc. and
Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc. He earned a bachelor of science degree in
electrical engineering from Cornell University, New York.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Stanton and any other
person pursuant to which he was selected as an officer of the Company.
There is no family relationship between Mr. Stanton and any director or
executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the
Company to become a director or executive officer of the Company. Mr.
Stanton has held no directorships in any company with a class of securities
registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of such Act or any company
registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. There have been no transactions or series of similar
transactions since the beginning of the Company's last fiscal year, or any
currently proposed transaction or series of similar transactions, to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries was or is to be a party in which the
amount involved exceeds $60,000, and in which Mr. Stanton or any member of
his immediate family had, or will have, a direct or indirect material
interest. The press release announcing Mr. Stanton's employment is
furnished as Exhibit 99.1.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated December 4, 2007 announcing the appointment of
David Stanton to Chief Operating Officer.
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SIGNATURES
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.
SOUTHWEST WATER COMPANY
By: /s/ William K. Dix
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William K. Dix
Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
Dated: December 4, 2007
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