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PENNICGHUCK®*

PENNICHUCK CORPORATION
25 Manchester Street
Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054

PROXY STATEMENT

2020 Annual Meeting of Sole Shareholder
To be Held on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

This Proxy Statement is furnished to the City of Nashua, New Hampshire (the “City”), in its
capacity as the Sole Shareholder of Pennichuck Corporation (“Pennichuck Corporation” or the
“Company”), by the Board of Directors of Pennichuck Corporation, in connection with the
solicitation of a proxy to be voted at the Annual Meeting of Sole Shareholder for the purpose set
forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Sole Shareholder.

The Annual Meeting will be held at Pennichuck’s Distribution Facility, 16 Daniel Webster
Highway, Merrimack, New Hampshire, on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

Matter to be Voted Upon at the Annual Meeting

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At the Annual Meeting, the City, in its capacity as the Sole Shareholder of Pennichuck Corporation
is being asked to consider and vote upon the following:

(1) To elect James P. Dore, Elizabeth A. Dunn, H. Scott Flegal and Deborah Novotny

to the Pennichuck Corporation Board of Directors, as Class B directors, each for a
three-year term, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

Voting at the Annual Meeting

Background. Pennichuck Corporation was acquired by the City on January 25, 2012. This
acquisition was accomplished pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger reached between the
City and Pennichuck Corporation dated November 11, 2010 (the “Merger Agreement”). The
transaction, in which the City issued $150.6 million of general obligation bonds to acquire the
outstanding stock of Pennichuck Corporation and pay ali transaction costs, was authorized by
special legislation enacted by the State Legislature in 2007 and 2010. The Mayor and the Board
of Aldermen unanimously approved the acquisition pursuant to this special legislation on
January 11,2011. The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission approved the Merger
Agreement on November 23, 2011, concluding that “the transaction is in the public interest and
will not have an adverse effect on rates, terms, service, or operation of the utilities.”

Corporate Structure. As part of the acquisition, the corporate structure of Pennichuck
Corporation and its utility subsidiaries was retained. Under this structure, the City is the sole
shareholder of Pennichuck Corporation. Pennichuck Corporation continues to own five
corporate subsidiaries, including three regulated public utilities (Pennichuck Water Works, Inc.,
Pennichuck East Utility, Inc., and Pittsfield Aqueduct Company, Inc.), an unregulated service
company (Pennichuck Water Service Corporation), and a former real estate holding company
(The Southwood Corporation).

Election of the Board of Directors. Under this corporate governance system, the City exercises
its control over Pennichuck Corporation in its capacity as the Company’s Sole Shareholder in
accordance with the Articles of Incorporation, the By-Laws and the New Hampshire laws
governing business corporations. In accordance with these rules, Pennichuck Corporation’s
business affairs are managed and overseen by a Board of Directors. One of the most important
responsibilities of the City, in its capacity as Sole Shareholder, is to elect members of the Board
of Directors from individuals nominated by the Pennichuck Corporation Board of Directors at
the Company’s Annual Meeting.

Voting at the Annual Meeting. It is important to remember that the City itself is the Sole
Shareholder, not any individual person who may hold an office with the City. The City must
exercise its responsibilities as Sole Shareholder through public meetings of the City’s Board of
Aldermen and Mayor, acting in accordance with applicable New Hampshire laws and the
provisions of the City Charter. As a municipal entity, the City is not typically in a position to
“attend” an annual meeting, or any other meeting of the Sole Shareholder, “in person.”

Traditional corporate law principles provide a ready solution for this type of “institutional”
voting of shares. As the Sole Shareholder, the City may review the proposed vote and take
action at appropriate City meetings determined by the City. The City may then either designate
an individual person to attend the Annual Meeting in person with the authority to vote the City’s
shares in accordance with the City’s determination, or the City may vote its shares by proxy.

To facilitate these options, the Pennichuck Corporation Board of Directors has prepared this
Proxy Statement which contains details of the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting.
If the City determines to vote its shares by proxy, it should cause the enclosed proxy card to be
completed and returned to Pennichuck Corporation prior to the Annual Meeting. By executing
the enclosed proxy card, the City will be designating the actions it has determined to take with
respect to the matters to be heard at the Annual Meeting and will be authorizing the officers of
the Company named on the proxy card to act as the City’s proxy to vote on the City’s behalf at
the Annual Meeting in accordance with the instructions set forth on the proxy card.

Corporate Governance Matters

Current Board of Directors. The Pennichuck Corporation Board of Directors is divided into
three classes, each class serving for three years following their election and until their successors
have been elected and qualified.

The number of Directors is currently fixed at eleven. There is a vacancy on the Board in Class B
due to the resignation of a Board member in November 2019. The Board of Directors is
nominating H. Scott Flegal for election as a Class B director to fill the vacancy in Class B.

The Board currently has ten “seated” directors. Of the ten directors, three have terms ending in
2020 (Class B), three have terms ending in 2021 (Class C), and four have terms ending in 2022
(Class A).

The current members of the Company’s Board of Directors are as follows:

Term Expiring 2020 Term Expiring 2021 Ferm Expiring 2022
Class B Class C Class A
James P. Dore David P. Bernier C. George Bower
Elizabeth A. Dunn Stephen D. Genest Jay N. Lustig
Deborah Novotny Thomas J. Leonard John D. McGrath
[Vacancy] Preston J. Stanley, Jr.

Board Meetings, Committee Meetings and Attendance. In 2019, the Company’s Board of
Directors held 11 regular Board meetings, 1 Annual Board meeting, and 14 Committee meetings.
Each current member of the Board attended 75% or more of the total number of meetings of the
Board of Directors and the number of meetings of all committees of the Board on which they
served. All but one member of the Board of Directors attended the 2019 Annual Meeting of Sole
Shareholder.

Board Compensation. In 2019, each director, with the exception of John Murphy and Deborah
Novotny, received an annual retainer of $12,000. Mr. Murphy, who resigned from the Board
on November 20, 2019, received $11,000 in compensation for his services as a director.

Ms. Novotny, who joined the Board on May 4, 2019, received $8,000 in compensation for her
services as a director.

Annual Performance Evaluation. The Board of Directors conducts an annual self-evaluation
of the Board and its Committees to determine whether they are functioning effectively. Each
Committee is also required to evaluate their performance.

Corporate Code of Conduct. The Company has adopted a written Corporate Code of Conduct
that applies to its directors, officers and employees. A current copy of the Corporate Code of
Conduct can be found on the Company’s website at www.pennichuck.com, under the “Board of
Directors — Meetings, Minutes and Corporate Governance” caption.

Board Committees. The Board of Directors has established four standing committees: the
Audit, Finance and Risk Committee, the Communications Committee, the Compensation and

Benefits Committee, and the Nominating and Governance Committee.

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Each Committee has adopted a written Charter which sets forth its purpose, membership,
duties and responsibilities. A copy of each Charter can be found on the Company’s website at
www.pennichuck.com, under the “Board of Directors - Meetings, Minutes and Corporate
Governance” caption.

The current members of the Board Committees are as follows:

Audit, Finance and Risk Committee Communications Committee
James P. Dore, Chairman Jay N. Lustig, Chairman
C. George Bower James P. Dore
Thomas J. Leonard Thomas J. Leonard
Deborah Novotny Deborah Novotny

Preston J. Stanley, Jr.

Compensation and Benefits Committee Nominating and Governance Commiitee

Stephen D. Genest, Chairman Elizabeth A. Dunn, Chairman
David P. Bernier Stephen D. Genest

C, George Bower Thornas J. Leonard

Elizabeth A. Dunn Jay N. Lustig

Thomas J. Leonard Preston J. Stanley, Jr.

John D, McGrath

Audit, Finance and Risk Committee. The Audit, Finance and Risk Committee is responsible for
the appointment, compensation and retention of the independent auditors; preapproval of all
audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors; review and approval of
all related party transactions; review and evaluation of the qualifications, performance and
independence of the lead partner of the independent auditors; oversight of the integrity of the
Company’s financial statements and internal controls; oversight of Company financing activities;
oversight of the policies and procedures established to assess, monitor and control operational
and financial risk; and oversight of the Company’s insurance programs. The Audit, Finance and
Risk Committee held 3 meetings in 2019.

Communications Committee. The Communications Committee develops and assists with the
policies and strategies of external communications between the Board, the Company and the
Sole Shareholder, other stakeholders, and the public, as needed. The Communications
Committee held | meeting in 2019.

Compensation and Benefits Committee. The Compensation and Benefits Committee is
responsible for annually reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to
Chief Executive Officer compensation; evaluating the Chief Executive Officer’s performance in
light of those goals and objectives, and determining and recommending to the Board of Directors
ihe Chief Executive Officer’s compensation based on evaluation of performance; reviewing and
approving executive salaries; reviewing and approving any employment agreements, special
compensation and benefits, or severance arrangements as they pertain to executive officers other
than the Chief Executive Officer; overseeing the Company’s compensation and benefit policies.
and recommending to the Board of Directors the establishment, termination or amendment of

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existing Compensation and employee benefit plans. The Compensation and Benefits Committee
held 5 meetings in 2019,

Nominating and Governance Committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee is
responsible for identifying individuals qualified to become Board members; recommending to
the Board the persons to be nominated by the Board for election as directors at the Annual
Meeting of Sole Shareholder; developing and recommending to the Board of Directors a set of
corporate governance principles; overseeing an annual self-evaluation of the Board; and annually
reviewing the Corporate Code of Conduct. The Nominating and Governance Committee is
authorized to retain advisors and consultants and to compensate them for their services. The
Nominating and Governance Committee did not retain such advisors or consultants during 2019.
The Nominating and Governance Committee held 5 meetings in 2019.

As part of the nomination process, the Nominating and Governance Committee reviewed the
current composition of the Board as a whole, reviewed the qualifications and performance of the
incumbent directors who are up for re-election to the Board in 2020, discussed recommendations
from Board members to identify and evaluate director candidates to fill the vacancy on the
Board, and conducted non-public and public interviews of a director candidate.

The Nominating and Governance Committee considers whether to nominate any candidate for
director in accordance with the criteria set forth in its Charter, subject to the restrictions set forth
in the Company’s By-Laws. These criteria include the candidate’s integrity, business acumen,
knowledge of the Company’s business and industry, experience, diligence, conflicts of interest,
and the ability to act in the interests of the Sole Shareholder. The Committee does not assign
specific weights to particular criteria and no particular criterion is a prerequisite for each
prospective nominee. The backgrounds and qualifications of the Company’s directors,
considered as a group, should provide a composite mix of experience, knowledge and abilities
that will allow the Board of Directors to fulfill its responsibilities.

Senior Management. The members of the Company’s Senior Management team are as follows:
Larry D. Goodhue, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Mr. Goodhue has been the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
of Pennichuck Corporation and its subsidiaries since November 6, 2015, and the Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller from March 2012 through November 2015. He
was Controller from December 2006 to March 2012. Mr. Goodhue served as a financial
consultant to Metrobility Optical Systems, Inc. from July 2006 to October 2006 and to
Pennichuck Corporation from October 2006 to November 2006. From October 2005 to
June 2006, he was the Vice President of Finance and Administration for Metrobility
Optical Systems, Inc. and the Corporate Controller from September 2000 to September
2005. From May 2000 to August 2000, he served as Acting Chief Operating Officer for
Annalee Mobilitee Dolls, Inc. and was the Controller from January 1998 to April 2000.
Mr. Goodhue holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from
Merrimack College, and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New Hampshire
(for which his certification is currently in an inactive status). Mr. Goodhue’s base annual
salary beginning as of April 1, 2019 was $211,816.80.

Donald L. Ware, Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Ware has been the Chief Operating Officer of Pennichuck Corporation since

January 27, 2012. He was the Senior Vice President of Operations and Engineering of
Pennichuck Corporation from 2004 to January 2012, and Chief Engineer and Vice
President from 1995 to 2004. Mr. Ware is also the Chief Operating Officer of Pennichuck
Water Works, Inc. and the Company’s other water utilities. From 1986 to 1995, Mr. Ware
was General Manager for the Augusta Water District in Augusta, Maine. Mr. Ware holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University and a Master of
Business Administration degree from the Whittemore Business School at the University of
New Hampshire. Mr. Ware’s base annual salary beginning as of April I, 2019 was
$206,618.88.

Summary of Proposal to be Voted Upon at the Annual Meeting

PROPOSAL 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

On March 3, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors took action to recommend that the Sole
Shareholder elect James P. Dore, Elizabeth A. Dunn, H. Scott Flegal and Deborah Novotny as
Class B directors, each for a three-year term and until their successors are elected and qualified.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THESE
FOUR NOMINEES.

Information regarding the professional backgrounds for each nominee follows:
Nominees for Director:

James P, Dore
(Director Since: May 2014)

Mr. Dore has been the Chief Executive Officer of Pageflex, Inc. (a software developer and
marketer of publishing and browsing software products and technologies) since July 2017
and Chief Financial Officer since March 2012. He was the Chief Financial Officer of
Bitstream Inc. from March 2003 to March 2012, and Corporate Controller from June 1999
to March 2003. He was the Chief Financial Officer of Celerity Solutions, Inc. from April
1999 to June 1999, and Corporate Controller from January 1997 to March 1999. Mr. Dore
has experience in both publicly traded and privately held companies. Mr. Dore is a
Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Dore holds a Bachelor of Science degree, with
distinction, from Clarkson University.

Nashua Signs — page 4
9 November 2021

Scope Of Work
Preservation Company will work with the designers to make sure that the final interpretation is
logical and accurate. Preservation Company efforts will include:
e Research, writing and provision of illustrations and text for the sign and permission to
use selected images.
e Consultation/meetings with NHDHR and the City of Nashua as necessary to finalize the
narrative and resources to be used for the sign.
e Sign manufacturing services to provide outdoor interpretive signs and installation
hardware according to the attached specification.

Estimate

Labor

Category Rate* Hours Total
Principal $109.00 50.0 $5,450.00
Project Manager $98.00 30.0 $2,940.00
Architectural Historian II $87.00 65.0 $5,655.00

145.00
Total Labor $14,045.00
*Includes direct rate plus overhead (98%) and profit (10%)

Costs
Direct expenses will be billed at cost; mileage to be rermbursed at 56 cents/mile

Sign Design and Fabrication** $20,000.00

+Admunistration of sub-contract, 8% $1,600.00
Mileage 100 miles $56.00
Postage $30.00

Total Costs $21,686.00

Total Project Estimate $35,731.00

**BaileyDonovan — see separate proposal

Elizabeth A. Dunn
(Director Since: January 2012)

Ms. Dunn was an Assistant Attorney General with the State of New Hampshire,
Department of Justice, from December 2001 to September 2007. She was a Commissioner
of the New Hampshire Crime Victim’s Assistance Commission from May 2002 to 2011.
She was an Assistant County Attorney with the Office of the Rockingham County Attorney
in Brentwood, NH, from May 1999 to December 2001, and an Associate Attorney with the
law firm of Boutin & Associates from February 1998 to May 1999. Ms. Dunn previously
served as a member of the Board of Selectmen and the Zoning Board of Adjustment for the
Town of Windham, NH. She has been the Windham NH School District Moderator since
1993, Ms. Dunn holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of New Hampshire Law
School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Framingham State College.

H. Scott Flegal
(Director Since: N/A)

Attorney Flegal has practiced law in Nashua since 1985. He began his career at the law
firm of Sullivan & Gregg, P.A. He opened his own Jaw firm in 1994. By appointment of
the New Hampshire Supreme Court, Attorney Flegal served from 1991-2001 on the New
Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners, and served in 2007 as a member of the New
Hampshire Judicial Branch Dispute Resolution Committee. He is a past President of the
Nashua Bar Association. In the Nashua community, Attorney Flegal served as past
President of the Board of Directors of the Greater Nashua Mental Health Center, past
Board Chair of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce, and was a founding director
and past president of Great American Downtown. He currently serves on the Board of
Directors of the Nashua Education Foundation and is Chair-elect at Home Health &
Hospice Care. Attorney Flegal earned a B.A. from Amherst College and a J.D. from

DePaul University College of Law in Chicago.

Deborah Novotny
(Director Since: May 2019)

Ms. Novotny has been a Commercial Lender and Senior Vice President of Enterprise Bank
in Nashua, NH, since June 2013. From April 2007 to June 2013, Ms. Novotny was a
Business Banker and Vice President for Peoples United Bank in Nashua, NH, and from
May 1995 to April 2007, Ms. Novotny was a Business Development and Sales Manager
and Vice President for TD Bank in Nashua, NH. Ms. Novotny has held many positions
with non-profit organizations over the years, including past President of the Nashua Rotary
Club, Board member and past President of the Nashua Boys & Girls Club, Board member
of the Nashua Education Foundation, member of the Allocation Committee of the United
Way of Greater Nashua, Board Member of Marguerite’s Place, member of the City of
Nashua Business & Industrial Development Authority, and past president of the Nashua
Adult Learning Center.

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PROXY CARD
PENNICHUCK CORPORATION

PROXY for Annual Meeting of Sole Shareholder - May 2, 2020

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE 0 OF DIRECTORS

The Sole Shareholder, the City of Nashua, New Hampshire, hereby appoints LARRY D. GOODHUE or
DONALD L. WARE, as proxies to represent and vote as designated hereon, all shares of common stock of
Pennichuck Corporation (the “Company”) which the Sole Shareholder would be entitled to vote if personally
present at the Annual Meeting of Sole Shareholder of the Compa e held at the ‘Company’s Distribution
Facility, 16 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, NH, on Saturday, May. 02 ):00 a.m. The shares
represented by this proxy will be voted as directed byt the Sole Shareholder. "2 2.

The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FC

Proposal 1:

To elect James P. Dore, Elizabe
Pennichuck Corporation’
term, and until their

H. Scott Fleg

Deborah Novotny

Authorized Signatu

CITY OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE (Sole Shareholder)

By: Date:

Name:

Title:

This Proxy Card is Valid Only When Signed and Dated

R-20-027

RESOLUTION

RELATIVE TO THE TRANSFER OF $200,000 FROM DEPARTMENT 192 “DEBT
SERVICE”, ACCOUNT 75200 “INTEREST EXPENSE” INTO FUND 6500 “PROPERTY
AND CASUALTY FUND”, ACCOUNT 68360 “LOSS PREVENTION”

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that $200,000 be
transferred from Department 192 “Debt Service”, Account 75200 “Interest Expense” into Fund

6500 “Property and Casualty Fund”, Account 68360 “Loss Prevention”.