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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): February 15, 2025

 

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

 

Not Applicable

(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 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

  

On February 15, 2025, Roderick K. West, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Essential Utilities, Inc. (the “Company”) since 2023, informed the Company of his resignation as a director and as a member on all Board committees on which he served, effective immediately.

 

Mr. West was a member of the Board’s Corporate Governance Committee and its Executive Compensation Committee.

 

Mr. West’s decision to resign as a director was not due to any disagreements with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices but rather due to anticipated time commitments as a result of Mr. West recently becoming chief executive officer of Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp. (TSX/NYSE: AQN).

 

 

 

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.

     
February 18, 2025    By:    /s/ Christopher P. Luning
 

Name:  

 Christopher P. Luning
  Title: 

 

 Executive Vice President, General Counsel

 

 

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