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American States Water Executive Compensation (FY25)

AWR · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Robert Sprowls
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 19, 2026
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Data as of October 10, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 21, 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Robert Sprowls: $4,908,976 → $5,028,665 (2.4% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 93.6% → 92.1% (1.5 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is American States Water's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Robert Sprowls, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $5,028,665 in fiscal 2025. Sprowls' total was 2.4% higher than the $4,908,976 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was American States Water's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 92.1% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 19, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Robert Sprowls
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Eva Tang
Senior Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Paul Rowley
Senior Vice President – Regulated Water Utility of Golden State Water Company
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Gladys Farrow
Vice President – Finance, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of Golden State Water Company
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Christopher Connor
Senior Vice President of American States Utility Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Robert Sprowls
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Paul Rowley
Senior Vice President – Regulated Water Utility of Golden State Water Company
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Eva Tang
Senior Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Gladys Farrow
Vice President – Finance, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of Golden State Water Company
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Christopher Connor
Senior Vice President of American States Utility Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Robert Sprowls
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Paul Rowley
Senior Vice President – Regulated Water Utility of Golden State Water Company
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Eva Tang
Senior Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Gladys Farrow
Vice President – Finance, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of Golden State Water Company
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
Christopher Connor
Senior Vice President of American States Utility Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Christopher H. ConnorRSU◇——◇——◇
Christopher H. ConnorPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Eva G. TangRSU◇——◇——◇
Eva G. TangPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Gladys M. FarrowPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Gladys M. FarrowRSU◇——◇——◇
Paul J. RowleyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Paul J. RowleyRSU◇——◇——◇
Robert J. SprowlsRSU◇——◇——◇
Robert J. SprowlsPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2023 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Robert SprowlsPSU◇◇——
Eva TangPSU◇◇——
Christopher ConnorPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Paul RowleyPSU◇◇——
Gladys FarrowPSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 19, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 20, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 21, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 23, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 24, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 18, 2021=◇◇◇

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Citations

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189 figures on this page: 183 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
183 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001628280-26-037056
    Broker Non-Votes 30,410,130 776,555 155,716 3,889,205 The advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Company’s proxy statement received the votes presented below.
  2. 0001140361-26-013117
    What equity awards granted to these named executive officers were outstanding at the end of the year?
  3. 0001056903-25-000011
    Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001628280-24-024970
    Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001628280-23-019964
    Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001056903-22-000054
    Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001056903-21-000058
    Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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