secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
CIK:        0000078128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-22-000596
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Essential Utilities elects W. Bryan Lewis to Board of Directors, effective immediately
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- Lewis is Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Steel (NYSE: X), responsible for global investments.
- Board determined Lewis is independent and qualifies as a financial expert per NYSE rules.
- Appointed to Audit Committee and Risk Mitigation and Investment Policy Committee.
- Compensation follows standard non-employee director program as disclosed in March 2022 proxy.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278122000596/0001552781-22-000596-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278122000596/e22470_wtrg-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000596

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