Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-332292
Chunk: 232

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 232
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’s Corporate Secretary in accordance with provisions of Essential’s articles of incorporation and bylaws. Section 4.14 of Essential’s bylaws requires the nomination notice to be received by Essential’s Corporate Secretary not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to any meeting of the shareholders called for the election of directors, with certain exceptions. The nomination notice must contain or be accompanied by the following information:

| 1. | Residence of the shareholder who intends to make the nomination; |

| 2. | A representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of voting stock and intends to appear in person or 
 by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the nomination notice;                  |

| 3. | Such information regarding each nominee as would have been required to be included in a proxy statement filed           
 pursuant to the SEC’s proxy rules had each nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Essential board; |

| 4. | A description of all arrangements or understandings among the shareholder and each nominee and any other person                   
 or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder; and |

| 5. | The consent of each nominee to serve as a director of Essential if so elected. |

In addition to satisfying the foregoing advance notice requirements under Essential’s bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules under the Exchange Act, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than Essential’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19under the Exchange Act. What is the deadline for submitting a nomination notice for Essential’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders? The date of Essential’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders has not been set. The deadline for a nomination notice for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be disclosed in Essential’s definitive proxy materials relating to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. What is the process for using the proxy access bylaw for Essential’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders? Essential’s bylaws, at Section 4.15, set forth the process to be followed if you want to have a director nominee included in Essential’s proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The bylaws can be found on Essential’s website at essential.co/corporate-governance/documentsor obtained by submitting a written request to Essential’s Corporate Secretary at the address above. The window