Essential Utilities, Inc. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2012

Mar 30, 2012

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AQUA AMERICA, INC. AQUA AMERICA, INC. 762 WEST LANCASTER AVENUE BRYN MAWR, PA 19010

Meeting Information
Meeting
Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as
of: March 12, 2012
Date: May 10,
2012 Time: 8:30
a.m., EDT
Location:	Drexelbrook Banquet & Corporate Events
Center
	4700 Drexelbrook Drive
	Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026

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| Voting
Items | | | |
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| The
Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR ALL of the following
nominees for director: | | | |
| 1. | Election
of Directors | | |
| | Nominees: | | |
| | 01) Nick DeBenedictis 02)
Richard Glanton 03) Lon
Greenberg 04) Wendell Holland | The Board of
Directors recommends you vote FOR the following
proposal: | |
| The Board of Directors recommends
you vote FOR the following
proposal: | | 4. | To consider and take
action on the Company's 2012 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan. |
| 2. | To consider and take
action on the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company
for the 2012 fiscal year. | The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the
following proposal: | |
| | | 5. | To consider and take
action on an advisory vote on the Company's executive compensation
programs as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. |
| The Board of Directors
recommends you vote FOR the following
proposal: | | The Board of
Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following
proposal: | |
| 3. | To consider and take action on an Amendment to the
Company's Articles of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors
and to provide for the transition to the annual election of
directors. | 6. | To consider and take
action on a shareholder proposal requesting that the Board of Directors
create a comprehensive policy articulating the Company's respect for and
commitment to the human right to water, if properly presented at the
meeting. |

In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.