Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001193125-25-176567
Chunk: 3

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 1.01
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 underwriters named therein (the “ Equity Underwriters”), Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J. P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mizuho Securities USA LLC, as the forward sellers (each, a “ Forward Seller”), and each of the Forward Purchasers, related to the public offering and sale of an aggregate of 7,042,254 shares of Common Stock.

Under the terms of the Equity Underwriting Agreement, American Water granted the Equity Underwriters a30-dayoption (the “ Equity Option”) to purchase the Borrowed Optional Shares. On August 7, 2025, the Equity Underwriters exercised the Equity Option in full with respect to the Borrowed Optional Shares, and in connection therewith, on August 7, 2025, American Water entered into the Additional Forward Sale Agreements, each as described in Item 1.01 above, relating to the Borrowed Optional Shares. On August 8, 2025, American Water closed the offering and sale of the Borrowed Optional Shares.

The Borrowed Optional Shares were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on FormS-3(File No. 333-277166).

This Current Report on Form8-Kis being filed, in part, to report the closing of the offering of the Borrowed Optional Shares and the sale of the Borrowed Optional Shares, and to include, as exhibits, certain documents executed in connection with such registered public offering and sale.

Closing of Offering of American Water Capital Corp. Senior Notes

On August 6, 2025, American Water Capital Corp. (“ AWCC”), a wholly owned finance subsidiary of American Water, agreed to sell $900 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.700% Senior Notes due 2055 (the “ Notes”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated August 6, 2025, by and among AWCC and American Water, and U. S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., J. P. Morgan Securities LLC and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. The Notes have the benefit of a support agreement, dated June 22, 2000 and amended as of July 26, 2000, from American Water (the “ Support Agreement”).