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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) August 11, 2020

SJW Group

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



110 West Taylor Street,	San Jose,	CA	95110
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)

(408) 279-7800

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	SJW	New York Stock Exchange LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter):

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐



Item 4.01:	Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On August 11, 2020, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of SJW Group (the “Company”) approved the engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, subject to execution of an engagement letter.

The Audit Committee engaged in a competitive auditor selection process that involved several qualified independent registered public accounting firms that the Audit Committee believed would be able to serve as auditor for the Company, including KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), which had been engaged as the auditor of the Company since 1933.

During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019 and in the subsequent interim period through August 11, 2020, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted Deloitte regarding either: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, in connection with which either a written report or oral advice was provided to the Company that Deloitte concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or reportable event (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

Previous Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On August 11, 2020, the Audit Committee approved the dismissal of KPMG as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.

The audit reports of KPMG on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

The audit reports of KPMG on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and in the subsequent interim period prior to August 11, 2020, (i) there were no disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) with KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG, would have caused KPMG to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreement in connection with its reports on the financial statements for such periods and (ii) there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

The Company provided KPMG with a copy of the disclosure contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to the time this Current Report on Form 8-K was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and requested that KPMG furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the above statements and, if not, stating the respects to which it does not agree. A copy of KPMG’s letter, dated August 14, 2020, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.



Item 9.01:		Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)	Exhibits



Exhibit Number	Description of Document

16.1	Letter from KPMG LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated August 14, 2020
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within Inline XBRL document

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 thereunto duly authorized.

SJW GROUP



Date: August 14, 2020	/s/ James P. Lynch
	James P. Lynch, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer