Form 8-K

8-K — Essential Utilities, Inc.

Accession: 0001552781-26-000288

Filed: 2026-04-30

Period: 2026-04-29

CIK: 0000078128

SIC: 4941 (WATER SUPPLY)

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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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): April

29, 2026

Essential

Utilities, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

Pennsylvania

001-06659

23-1702594

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

762

West Lancaster Avenue

Bryn

Mawr, Pennsylvania

19010-3489

(Address of Principal Executive

Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code: (610) 527-8000

_______________________________________________

(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:

Title

of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name

of each exchange on which registered

Common

stock, $.50 par value

WTRG

New

York Stock Exchange

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. ☐

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

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:

Name of Nominee

For

Withheld

Elizabeth B. Amato

201,371,233

4,532,152

Christopher L. Bruner

202,590,287

3,313,098

David A. Ciesinski

203,063,096

2,840,289

Christopher H. Franklin

190,969,552

14,933,833

Daniel J. Hilferty

185,710,239

20,193,146

W. Bryan Lewis

189,059,560

16,843,825

Tamara L. Linde

203,501,982

2,401,403

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:

For

Against

Abstain

184,594,406

20,085,147

1,223,832

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:

For

Against

Abstain

215,561,365

24,045,886

465,894

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.

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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