AMERICAN STATES WATER CO

This annual report on Form 10-K is a combined report being filed by two separate Registrants, American States Water Company ( AWR ) and Golden State Water Company ( GSWC ). References in this report to Registrant are to AWR and GSWC, collectively, unless otherwise specified. GSWC makes no representations as to the information contained in this report relating to AWR and its subsidiaries, other than GSWC. AWR makes its annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, available free of charge through its website, www.aswater.com, as soon as those reports are electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ). Such reports are also available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. AWR also makes available free of charge its code of conduct, its guidelines on significant governance issues, its recoupment policy, its insider trading policy and the charters of its Nominating and Governance Committee, Compensation Committee and Audit and Finance Committee through its website or by calling (877) 463-6297. Overview AWR is the parent company of GSWC, Bear Valley Electric Service, Inc. ( BVES ) and American States Utility Services, Inc. ( ASUS ) (and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: Fort Bliss Water Services Company ( FBWS ), Old Dominion Utility Services, Inc. ( ODUS ), Terrapin Utility Services, Inc. ( TUS ), Palmetto State Utility Services, Inc. ( PSUS ), Old North Utility Services, Inc. ( ONUS ), Emerald Coast Utility Services, Inc.