Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-332292
Chunk: 196

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 196
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 |     | materially change financial accounting policies or procedures or any of its methods of reporting income,                                
 deductions or other material items for financial accounting purposes, except as required by GAAP, SEC rule or policy or applicable Law; |

| • |     | (i) settle or compromise any material liability for taxes or any tax examination, audit, governmental claim,                                                                                                                                  
 litigation or other proceeding relating to a material amount of taxes, (ii) change or revoke any material tax election, except in the ordinary course of business, (iii) change any tax accounting period or any material methods of tax      
 accounting, except as required by GAAP, (iv) file any material amended tax return, other than any amended tax return that is not expected to result in any additional material tax liability, (v) enter into any “closing                     
 agreement” within the meaning of Section 7121 of the Code (or any analogous or similar state, local, or non-U.S. law), (vi) agree to an extension or waiver of any statute of limitations regarding                                           
 the assessment or collection of any material amount of tax, except in the ordinary course of business, (vii) surrender any right to claim a material refund of taxes, or (viii) request any material ruling from any governmental entity with 
 respect to taxes;                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

| • |     | pay or settle material legal proceedings, other than payments or settlements (i) that do not exceed                                                                                    
 $50 million individually or $100 million in the aggregate over a 12-month period, (ii) that were due and payable prior to the date of the merger agreement or (iii) in connection with 
 regulatory proceedings before any government entities; or                                                                                                                              |

| • |     | agree or commit, in writing or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions. |

American Water Shareholders Meeting As required by the merger agreement, American Water has set a record date for, and has duly called and given notice of, and will convene and hold, the American Water special meeting following the mailing of this joint proxy statement/prospectus for the purpose of obtaining the approval by American Water shareholders of the share issuance proposal. Unless the American Water board has made an adverse recommendation change in compliance with the provisions of the merger agreement, American Water will include its recommendation for the American Water shareholders to vote to approve the share issuance proposal in this joint proxy statement/prospectus and will solicit in favor of the approval of the share issuance proposal. 132

Except with Essential’s