Essential Utilities (WTRG)

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Our philosophy is that we should structure executive pay to be consistent with our peers and to align the long-term interests of our executives, shareholders, and customers so the pay appropriately reflects performance in achieving financial and non-financial operating objectives. To support our philosophy, we believe that a significant portion of an executive's pay should be at risk as either performance-based incentive awards that are only paid if the individual and Company performance targets are met or time-based equity grants.

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “oting Options Vote Required for Approval Impact of Abstentions Impact of Broker Non-Votes PROPOSAL 1 Election of directors For, Against, or Withhold for each nominee Plurality of the votes cast* No effect on this proposal No effect on this proposal PROPOSAL 2 Advisory vote on executive compensation For, Against, or Abstain Affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by those shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting No effect on this proposal No effect on this proposal PROPOSAL 3 Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP For, Against, or Abstain Affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by those shareholders this procedure, multiple shareholders who share the same last name and address and do not participate in electronic delivery will receive only one copy of the Proxy Materials or the Notice.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “oting Options Vote Required for Approval Impact of Abstentions Impact of Broker Non-Votes PROPOSAL 1 Election of directors For, Against, or Withhold for each nominee Plurality of the votes cast* No effect on this proposal No effect on this proposal PROPOSAL 2 Advisory vote on executive compensation For, Against, or Abstain Affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by those shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting No effect on this proposal No effect on this proposal PROPOSAL 3 Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP For, Against, or Abstain Affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by those shareholders tement and the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2023, including financial statements and other information about the Company and its subsidiaries (the Annual Report), are first being made available to shareholders of record as of March 4, 2024, on or about March 19, 2024.”.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.