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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report
(Date of earliest event reported): August 27, 2025
Essential Utilities,
Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
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| Pennsylvania |
001-06659 |
23-1702594 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) |
(Commission
File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
| 762 West Lancaster
Avenue |
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| Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
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19010-3489 |
| (Address of Principal
Executive Offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (610) 527-8000
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 |
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Trading
Symbol(s) |
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Name
of each exchange on which registered |
| Common stock, $.50
par value |
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WTRG |
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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. ☐
Explanatory Note
This Form 8-K/A amends the Form
8-K filed by Essential Utilities, Inc. (the “Company”) on August 27, 2025 (the “Original 8-K”) in connection
with its announcement of an agreement with IEP Hummingbird Energy, LLC and International Electric Power III, LLC. The Company
is furnishing this Form 8-K/A for the sole purpose of providing a correction to the Press Release, which is furnished with this
report on amended Exhibit 99.2. No other changes to the Original 8-K have been made.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
Exhibit 99.2 is amended by correcting the heading
of the Press Release and other minor corrections. The corrected version of Exhibit 99.2 is attached hereto and supersedes Exhibit
99.1 to the Original 8-K in its entirety.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and
Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. |
|
Description of Exhibit |
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| 99.2 |
|
Press Release of the Company, dated August 27, 2025. |
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| 104 |
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Cover
Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document). |
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. |
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| Date: August 27, 2025 |
By: |
/s/ Christopher
P. Luning |
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Name: |
Christopher P. Luning |
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Title: |
Executive Vice President, General Counsel |
