# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000078128
**File Stem:** 0001552781-26-000288
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 6620
**Document Hash:** 73a0ae73b5db35748d523ee7b4038edb
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001552781-26-000288.hdr.sgml**: 20260430

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001552781-26-000288

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260429

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260430

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260430

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Essential Utilities, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000078128
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** WATER SUPPLY [4941]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 231702594
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** PA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-06659
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26925068

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 762 W. LANCASTER AVE
- **CITY:** BRYN MAWR
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 19010-3489
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 610-527-8000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 762 W. LANCASTER AVE
- **CITY:** BRYN MAWR
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 19010-3489

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AQUA AMERICA INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20040120

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** PHILADELPHIA SUBURBAN CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

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**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 _____________**

**FORM 8-K**

**CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): <u>April 29, 2026</u>

Essential Utilities, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

Pennsylvania 001-06659 23-1702594 <br> (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

762 West Lancaster Avenue <br> Bryn Mawr<u>, Pennsylvania</u> 19010-3489 <br> (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: <u>(610) 527-8000</u>

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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common stock, $.50 par value | WTRG | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| **Item 5.07** | **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.** |

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The 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Essential Utilities, Inc. (the "Company") was held on April 29, 2026 as a virtual meeting pursuant to the notice sent, on or about March 17, 2026, to all shareholders of record at the close of business on March 2, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting:

1. The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified. The votes received are set forth adjacent to the names below:

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>Name of Nominee</u>** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>For</u>** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>Withheld</u>** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Elizabeth B. Amato | &nbsp;&nbsp;201371233 | &nbsp;&nbsp;4532152 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Christopher L. Bruner | &nbsp;&nbsp;202590287 | &nbsp;&nbsp;3313098 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;David A. Ciesinski | &nbsp;&nbsp;203063096 | &nbsp;&nbsp;2840289 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Christopher H. Franklin | &nbsp;&nbsp;190969552 | &nbsp;&nbsp;14933833 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Daniel J. Hilferty | &nbsp;&nbsp;185710239 | &nbsp;&nbsp;20193146 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;W. Bryan Lewis | &nbsp;&nbsp;189059560 | &nbsp;&nbsp;16843825 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Tamara L. Linde | &nbsp;&nbsp;203501982 | &nbsp;&nbsp;2401403 |

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There were 34,169,760 broker non-votes recorded for each nominee.

2. The advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers for 2025 as disclosed in the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting was approved by the following vote of shareholders:

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>For</u>** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>Against</u>** | &nbsp;&nbsp; **<u>Abstain</u>** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;184,594,406 | &nbsp;&nbsp;20,085,147 | &nbsp;&nbsp;1,223,832 |

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There were 34,169,760 broker non-votes for this proposal.

The results of this annual advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers was discussed at the Board meeting held immediately following the Annual Meeting.

3. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the 2026 fiscal year was ratified by the following vote of shareholders:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>For</u>** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>Against</u>** | &nbsp;&nbsp; **<u>Abstain</u>** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;215,561,365 | &nbsp;&nbsp;24,045,886 | &nbsp;&nbsp;465,894 |

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There were no broker non-votes for the ratification of the independent registered public accounting firm.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, INC.** | **ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, INC.** |
| Date: April 30, 2026 | By: | /s/ Christopher P. Luning |
|  | Name:  | Christopher P. Luning |
|  | Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel |

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