Current Report Filing (8-k)
09 December 2021 - 8:06AM
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM
8-K
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CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported): December
6, 2021
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Essential Utilities, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
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Pennsylvania
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001-06659
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23-1702594
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(State or Other
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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762
West Lancaster Avenue
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Bryn
Mawr, Pennsylvania
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19010-3489
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(Address of Principal
Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (610) 527-8000
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last
Report)
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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:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o 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:
Title
of each class
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Trading
Symbol(s)
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Name
of each exchange on which registered
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Common stock, $.50
par value
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WTRG
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New York Stock Exchange
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6.00% Tangible Equity
Units
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WTRU
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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 o
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. o
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Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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On December 6, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Essential Utilities, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the
recommendation of the Executive Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee, approved an increase in the annual cash
retainer for all non-employee directors of $5,000 per year, an increase in the annual equity award of $10,000 per year, an increase in
the retainer for the Audit Committee Chair of $7,500, an increase in the retainer for the Executive Compensation Chair of $2,500, an increase
in the retainer for the Corporate Governance and Risk Mitigation and Investment Policy Chairs of $5,000, and an increase in the retainer
for the Lead Independent Director of $5,000. The increases are effective as of January 1, 2022, when the annual cash retainer will be
$105,000 and the annual equity award will be $110,000 per year. The updated schedule of non-employee directors’ compensation is
attached to this Form 8-K as an exhibit and incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURE
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.
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December 8, 2021
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By:
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/s/
Christopher P. Luning
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Name:
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Christopher
P. Luning
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Title:
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Executive
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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