ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: To elect nine nominees as Directors: Elizabeth B. Amato

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Elizabeth B. Amato”): 201,170,659 for, 8,030,548 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 98 asset managers below reported 85,321,669 for, 39,460 against, 481,423 withheld, 11,384 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect nine nominees as Directors: Christopher L. Bruner

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Christopher L. Bruner”): 194,836,513 for, 14,364,694 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 97 asset managers below reported 83,315,627 for, 1,845,471 withheld, 670,138 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect nine nominees as Directors: David A. Ciesinski

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: David A. Ciesinski”): 204,999,829 for, 4,201,378 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 97 asset managers below reported 85,609,084 for, 211,755 withheld, 10,397 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect nine nominees as Directors: Christopher H. Franklin

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Christopher H. Franklin”): 198,017,989 for, 11,183,218 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 97 asset managers below reported 85,631,596 for, 188,256 withheld, 11,384 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect nine nominees as Directors: Daniel J. Hilferty

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Daniel J. Hilferty”): 202,888,796 for, 6,312,411 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 97 asset managers below reported 85,750,485 for, 69,367 withheld, 11,384 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect nine nominees as Directors: Edwina Kelly

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Edwina Kelly”): 207,397,198 for, 1,804,009 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.”
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 97 asset managers below reported 85,752,368 for, 68,471 withheld, 10,397 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect nine nominees as Directors: W. Bryan Lewis

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: W. Bryan Lewis”): 207,525,561 for, 1,675,646 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.”
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 97 asset managers below reported 85,751,382 for, 68,470 withheld, 11,384 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect nine nominees as Directors: Tamara L. Linde

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Tamara L. Linde”): 207,705,590 for, 1,495,617 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.”
Support: 99.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 97 asset managers below reported 85,753,850 for, 66,989 withheld, 10,397 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect nine nominees as Directors: Roderick K. West

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Roderick K West”): 206,461,226 for, 2,739,981 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 97 asset managers below reported 85,747,259 for, 73,580 withheld, 10,397 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To ratify the Amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws to implement the universal proxy rules governing contested elections of directors.

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“4. The ratification of an Amendment to the Company's Bylaws to implement universal proxy rules governing contested elections of directors”): 206,649,736 for, 1,584,454 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 102 asset managers below reported 86,449,617 for, 2 against, 1 withheld, 70,306 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve an advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers for 2023.

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers for 2023 as disclosed in the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting”): 194,712,551 for, 13,046,186 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers for 2023 as disclosed in the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting was approved by the following vote of shareholders:”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 98 managers: 85,726,965 for, 464,406 against, 2 withheld, 66,987 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 529 managers: 106,269,617 for, 7,422,426 against, 193 withheld, 77,827 abstained, 9,103 not voted, 53 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the 2024 fiscal year.

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the 2024 fiscal year”): 227,635,364 for, 11,112,905 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the 2024 fiscal year was ratified by the following vote of shareholders: The results of this annual advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's named executive …”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 103 asset managers below reported 86,367,927 for, 94,649 against, 1 withheld, 70,306 abstained.

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