11K_A

0001562762-22-000280.txt : 20220624 0001562762-22-000280.hdr.sgml : 20220624 20220624162142 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001562762-22-000280 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 11-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20211231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220624 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220624 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Essential Utilities, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000078128 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WATER SUPPLY [4941] IRS NUMBER: 231702594 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06659 FILM NUMBER: 221040385 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 762 W. LANCASTER AVE CITY: BRYN MAWR STATE: PA ZIP: 19010-3489 BUSINESS PHONE: 610-527-8000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 762 W. LANCASTER AVE CITY: BRYN MAWR STATE: PA ZIP: 19010-3489 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AQUA AMERICA INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040120 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PHILADELPHIA SUBURBAN CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 11-K/A 1 wtrg-20211231x11ka.htm 11-K/A 11K_A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 11-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

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[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____ to _____

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Commission file number 1-6659

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, INC.

401(k) PLAN

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Essential Utilities, Inc.

762 W. Lancaster Avenue

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Essential Utilities, Inc. is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on June 22, 2022 (the “Original Filing”), to correct the consent of Schneider Downs & Co., Inc. attached as Exhibit 23.1 in the Original Filing. The incorrect consent was attached to the Original Filing, the correct consent of Schneider Downs & Co., Inc. is attached to this Amendment No. 1. Other than as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not, and does not purport to, amend, update, or restate the information in any item of the Original Filing or reflect any events that have occurred after the Original Filing was filed.

The following document attached as exhibit hereto is incorporated by reference herein:

	Description
Exhibit Number	Description

23.1	Consent of Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



	Essential Utilities, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Date: June 24, 2022

	/s/ Christopher P. Luning
	Christopher P. Luning Secretary
	Essential Utilities, Inc. Retirement and Employee Benefits Committee

EX-23.1 2 wtrg-20211231xex23_1.htm EX-23.1 Exhibit 231 11K_A

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No. 333-148206) on Form S-8 of Essential Utilities, Inc. of our report dated June 22, 2022, with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of Essential Utilities, Inc. 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, and the related supplemental schedule as of December 31, 2021, which report appears in the December 31, 2021 annual report on Form 11-K of the Essential Utilities, Inc. 401(k) Plan.

/s/ Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

June 22, 2022