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    Essential Utilities Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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    WTRG 8-K
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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): July 31, 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

     

    _______________________________________________

    (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 2.02    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     

    On July 31, 2025, Essential Utilities, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended and six months ended June 30, 2025. The full text of such press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

     

    Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     

    (d)Exhibits.

     

    99.1Press Release issued by Essential Utilities, Inc., July 31, 2025

     

    104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL)

     

     

     

    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.

     

     

    ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, INC.

         
        By:    /s/ Christopher P. Luning
     

       

    Christopher P. Luning
        Executive Vice President, General Counsel

     

    Dated: August 1, 2025

     

     

     

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