SJW Group and Connecticut Water Announce Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Merger of Equals

SAN JOSE, Calif. & CLINTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SJW Group (NYSE: SJW) and Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTWS) today announced that the Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, with respect to the companies’ merger of equals. The transaction, as previously announced on March 15, 2018, was unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors, and remains on track to close during the fourth quarter of 2018.