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Essential Utilities acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Essential Utilities bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
regulated natural gas utility assets in West Virginia Word for word“The sale closed on October 1, 2023, and the Company received net cash proceeds of $39,965,000, subject to working capital and other adjustments.” 10-K for 2023	divestiture	The sale closed on October 1, 2023	$39,965,000
interest in three non-utility local microgrid and distributed energy projects Word for word“In January 2024, the Company completed the sale of its interest in three non-utility local microgrid and distributed energy projects for $165,000,000.” 10-K for 2024	divestiture	January 2024	$165,000,000
Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) Word for word“This includes the Company ’ s agreement to acquire the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) for $276,000.” 10-K for 2024	agreed acquisition	—	$276,000
Greenville Sanitary Authority’s wastewater utility assets Word for word“On January 31, 2025, the Company closed on the acquisition of Greenville Sanitary Authority’s wastewater utility assets, which serves approximately 2,300 customers in Greenville, Pennsylvania for $18,000.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	January 31, 2025	$18,000
water and wastewater systems (two acquisitions) Word for word“During 2024, we completed two acquisitions of water and wastewater systems, which along with the organic growth in our existing systems, represent 9,391 new customers.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	During 2024	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31	—	$10.4 million
2017-12-31	—	$72,000
2018-12-31	—	$10.8 million
2019-12-31	—	$11.1 million
2020-12-31	—	$2.26 billion
2023-12-31	$81 million	—
2024-12-31	$417 million	$1 million
2025-12-31	$71 million	$12 million

Deal filings since 2016

2026-03-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-10-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-08-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-08-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-08-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-01-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-10-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-05-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-04-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-08-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-03-18 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2020-03-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-03-16 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2019-04-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-04-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-03-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-12-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-10-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Essential Utilities’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.