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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Unitil (UTL)

Unitil extends Aquarion acquisition termination date to February 23, 2026

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 m&a Written later

Unitil signed Amendment No. 1 to its Purchase and Sale Agreement with Aquarion Water Authority and South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority on January 23, 2026. The amendment moves the agreement's termination date from January 23, 2026 to February 23, 2026, and the filing says the rest of the agreement is unchanged. The filing does not state the purchase price, so shareholders can only see that the deadline for the pending acquisition has been extended by one month.

Key points

  • Amendment dated January 23, 2026 replaces January 23, 2026 with February 23, 2026 as the Termination Date in Section 8.1(d).
  • Original Purchase Agreement dated May 6, 2025 covers all issued and outstanding shares of Aquarion Water Company of Massachusetts, Aquarion Water Company of New Hampshire and Abenaki Water Co., Inc.
  • Except for the termination date change, the Purchase Agreement remains unchanged, according to the filing.
  • The full Amendment is filed as Exhibit 2.1.

The filing

CompanyUnitil (UTL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 29, 2026, 4:30 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-029469

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 6:59 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 29, 2026.

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