Unitil Corp DEFA14A, filed Apr 7, 2023
Unitil Corp (UTL)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
(Rule 14a-101)
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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UNITIL CORPORATION
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Explanatory Note
This proxy statement supplement (this “Supplement”) dated April 7, 2023 updates certain information in the definitive proxy statement of Unitil Corporation (the “Company”) dated March 27, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”) relating to the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”). The Proxy Statement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2023 and first mailed to shareholders of the Company on or about March 28, 2023. This Supplement should be read together with the Proxy Statement. Except as described herein, this Supplement does not amend, replace, supplement or otherwise affect the Proxy Statement or the information contained therein.
On April 7, 2023, Mark H. Collin stepped down from the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company. Also, on April 7, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company subsequently reconstituted the Audit Committee by appointing Edward F. Godfrey, Michael B. Green, and Justine Vogel as the sole members of the Audit Committee, effective as of April 7, 2023.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
On March 28, 2023, the Company filed the Proxy Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the 2023 Annual Meeting. On or about March 28, 2023, the Company began mailing to its shareholders the Proxy Statement, the accompanying proxy card, and the accompanying annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. The Company urges its shareholders to read the Proxy Statement and the accompanying annual report because those documents contain important information about the Company and the 2023 Annual Meeting.
The Company files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The Company’s filings are available to the public over the internet at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Shareholders and investors may request a copy of any of these documents at no cost (other than an exhibit to the filing unless the Company has specifically incorporated that exhibit by reference into the filing), by telephoning the Company at 1-800-999-6501 or by writing to the Company at the following address:
Unitil Corporation
6 Liberty Lane West
Hampton, NH 03842-1720
Attention: Sandra L. Whitney, Corporate Secretary
Certain Information Regarding Participants in the Solicitation
The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the 2023 Annual Meeting under the rules of the SEC. Security holders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations and direct and indirect interests (by security holdings or otherwise) of the Company’s directors and executive officers in (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which was filed with the SEC on
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February 14, 2023, and (ii) the Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on March 28, 2023. To the extent that the Company’s directors’ and executive officers’ holdings of the Company’s securities have changed from the amounts printed in the Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 and/or Form 5, respectively, filed with the SEC. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
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