secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
CIK:        0000078128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-22-000647
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Essential Utilities increases non-employee director annual equity award to $120,000
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- Board approved a $10,000 increase in annual equity award for all non-employee directors to $120,000, effective Jan 1, 2023.
- Annual cash retainer unchanged at $105,000; additional retainers for committee chairs ($15,000-$30,000) and Lead Independent Director ($30,000).
- Change based on advice from compensation consultant Pay Governance and Board deliberation on December 7, 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278122000647/0001552781-22-000647-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278122000647/e22511_wtrg-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000647

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