MIDDLESEX WATER CO

In May 2023, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dennis W. Doll announced a plan to retire upon turning age 65. On January 23, 2024, the Company named Nadine Leslie as its new President and Chief Executive Officer effective March 1, 2024. Ms. Leslie will also be appointed to the Board of Directors effective March 1, 2024. Mr. Doll will remain Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors through the expiration of his current term as a Director as of the May 21, 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

This table lists information concerning our executive management team in 2023:

Dennis W. Doll – Mr. Doll joined the Company as Executive Vice President in November 2004 and was named President and Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Middlesex, effective January 1, 2006. In May 2010, he was elected Chairman of the Board, also serving as Chairman of the Boards of the Company’s subsidiary companies. He is a Past President of the National Association of Water Companies and past Chairman of the Board

of the New Jersey Utilities Association, representing the state’s electric, gas, water and telecommunications industries. He is a past Chairman of the Board of The Water Research Foundation where he continues to serve as a non-Trustee member of the Audit Committee. He has also served as a Director and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Water Works Association. He presently serves as Treasurer and member of the Board of Trustees of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Middlesex County, NJ serving the needs of children living in foster care.

A. Bruce O’Connor – Mr. O’Connor, a Certified Public Accountant, joined the Company in 1990 and was named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1996 and Treasurer in 2014. On January 1, 2019, Mr. O’Connor was appointed Senior Vice President of Middlesex. Mr. O’Connor is also the principal financial officer and a Director of all Middlesex subsidiaries.

G. Christian Andreasen, Jr. – Mr. Andreasen, a licensed professional engineer, joined the Company in 1982, was named Assistant Vice President-Enterprise Engineering in January 2019 and promoted to Vice President-Enterprise Engineering in July 2019. He is President and a Director of Pinelands Water and Pinelands Wastewater. Mr. Andreasen serves as a Member and Vice Chair of the NJDEP’s Water Supply Advisory Council.

Robert K. Fullagar –** **Mr. Fullagar, a licensed professional engineer, joined the Company in 1997, was named Assistant Vice President-Operations in January 2019 and promoted to Vice President-Operations in July 2019. He is President and a Director of USA-PA, USA and Twin Lakes. Mr. Fullagar serves as Sector Chair of the New Jersey Infrastructure Advisory Committee and is a Member of the NJDEP’s Licensed Operator Advisory Committee.

Lorrie B. Ginegaw – Ms. Ginegaw joined Tidewater in 2004 and in 2007 was promoted to Director of Human Resources for Middlesex. In March 2012, Ms. Ginegaw was named Vice President-Human Resources. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Ginegaw worked in various human resources positions in the healthcare and transportation/logistics industries. Ms. Ginegaw serves as a volunteer director on the Board of the New Jersey Utilities Association.

Jay L. Kooper– Mr. Kooper joined the Company in 2014 as Vice President and General Counsel and serves as Secretary for the Company and all subsidiaries. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kooper held various positions in private and public entities as well as in private law practice, representing electric, gas, water, wastewater, telephone and cable companies as well as municipalities and private clients before 17 state public utility commissions and legislatures, federal agencies and federal and state appellate courts. Mr. Kooper serves as a volunteer director on selected non-profit utility industry-related Boards including the National Association of Water Companies (current Director and Chairman of the New Jersey Chapter) and the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Public Utility Law Section (current Consultor and Past Chairman) and on other non-profit boards based in New Jersey, including as President of Temple B’Nai Abraham in Livingston, New Jersey and as a Director of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s New Jersey Chapter.

Georgia M. Simpson – Ms. Simpson joined the Company in 2009, was named Assistant Vice President-Information Technology in January 2019 and promoted to Vice President- Information Technology in July 2019. In April 2022, Ms. Simpson was named Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Simpson held various Information Technology positions and has gained an extensive array of technical and business computer certifications. Ms. Simpson serves as a member of the Delaware Cyber Security Advisory Council, the Society for Information Management, New Jersey chapter and the Project Management Institute, New Jersey chapter.

*Bernadette M. Sohler –*Ms. Sohler joined the Company in 1994 after having served in several marketing and public relations management positions in the financial services industry. She was named Director of Communications in 2004 and promoted to Vice President-Corporate Affairs in March 2007 and also serves as Vice President of USA. Ms. Sohler is a volunteer director on area Chambers of Commerce and several other non-profit Boards supporting public safety and the arts. She is a past director of the National Association of Water Companies and former Chair of the New Jersey Utilities Association’s Communications Committee.

Bruce E. Patrick – Mr. Patrick, a licensed professional engineer, joined Tidewater in February 2002 as Vice President of Engineering. He was promoted to Vice President and General Manager in April 2012, Executive Vice President in April 2023, and President in December 2023. Mr. Patrick has extensive experience in regulatory compliance, permitting, planning and design. Prior to joining Tidewater, he served as Kent County, Delaware Public Works Director and County Engineer where he had overall responsibility for the County’s regional wastewater facilities. Mr. Patrick also held prior positions with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control as well as the Delaware Division of Public Health.

Robert J. Capko – Mr. Capko, a Certified Public Accountant, joined the Company in 2009 as Corporate Controller. On March 28, 2023, Mr. Capko was appointed Principal Accounting Officer of Middlesex. Mr. Capko is also a Director and Treasurer of Tidewater and White Marsh and Controller of USA, USA-PA, Pinelands Water and Pinelands Wastewater. Prior to joining Middlesex, Mr. Capko was an Audit Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP, with a focus on publicly traded regulated utilities including several regulated public utility clients subject to the jurisdiction of the NJBPU.