{"url_path":"/sec/msex/8-k/2026-05-20/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66004/0001628280-26-036878-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-036878","cik":"0000066004","ticker":"MSEX","issuer_name":"MIDDLESEX WATER CO","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66004/0001628280-26-036878-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000066004","primary_entity_name":"MIDDLESEX WATER CO"},"word_count":303,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nThe 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Middlesex Water Company (the “Company”) was held on May 19, 2026, as a virtual meeting pursuant to the notice sent, on or about April 6, 2026, to all shareholders of record at the close of business on March 24, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting.\n\nAt the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved the following proposals as set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (\"2026 Proxy Statement\") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2026:\n\n1.Election of Directors\n\nTo elect one Class II director to serve for a period of two years and three Class III directors to serve for a period of three years to our Board of Directors (the “Board”) and until their successors are elected and qualified.\n\nForWithheldBroker Non-Votes\n\nClass II\n\nRobert Hoglund14,146,401150,8352,470,748\n\nClass III\n\nJoshua Bershad, M.D.13,598,978698,2582,470,748\n\nJames F. Cosgrove, Jr.13,630,988666,2482,470,748\n\nVaughn L. McKoy 11,393,6742,903,5622,470,748\n\nThe following directors continued to serve on the Board of the Company immediately after the Annual Meeting: Nadine Leslie, Amy B. Mansue, Kim C. Hanemann, Steven M. Klein, and Ann L. Noble.\n\n2.Approval, on a advisory basis, of the Company’s Named Executive Officers Compensation as disclosed in the 2026 Proxy Statement\n\nForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Votes\n\n13,250,940982,60763,6892,470,748\n\n3.Ratification of the Appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026\n\nForAgainstAbstain\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n16,632,84798,83936,2980\n\n2\n\nSIGNATURE\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf of the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\nMIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY\n\n(Registrant)\n\n/s/ Jay Kooper\n\nVice President, General Counsel and Secretary\n\nDated: May 20, 2026\n\n3"}