Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-332292
Chunk: 347

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 347
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all such further action as may be necessary to resolve such objections, if any, the FTC, the DOJ or the Applicable PSCs may assert under Regulatory Law with respect to the Transactions so as to enable the Closing to occur as soon as reasonably
practicable (and in any event no later than the End Date), including (1) proposing, negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate order or otherwise, the sale, divestiture or disposition of such assets or businesses
of Parent or the Parent Subsidiaries or Parent’s Affiliates or of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries or the Company’s Affiliates and (2) otherwise taking or committing to take actions that after the Closing Date would limit
Parent’s or any Parent Subsidiary’s (including the Surviving Corporation’s) or Parent’s Affiliates’ freedom of action with respect to, or its or their ability to retain, one or more of Parent’s or any Parent
Subsidiary’s (including the Surviving Corporation’s) businesses, product lines or assets, in each case, as may be required in order to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or
other order in any suit or proceeding which would otherwise have the effect of preventing or materially delaying the Closing, and (B) subject to applicable legal limitations and the instructions of any Governmental Entity, keep each other
apprised of the status of matters relating to the completion of the transactions contemplated thereby, including promptly furnishing the other Party with copies of notices or other communications received by the Company or Parent, as the case may
be, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, from any third party or any Governmental Entity with respect to such transactions. The Company and Parent shall permit counsel for the other Party reasonable opportunity to review in advance, and consider
in good faith the views of the other Party in connection with any proposed written communication to any Governmental Entity. Each of the Company and Parent agrees not to participate in any substantive meeting or discussion, either in person, by
telephone or other telecommunication, with any Governmental Entity in connection with the proposed transactions unless it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent not prohibited by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Party
the opportunity to attend and participate.

(c) Parent and the Company shall jointly be responsible for, and Parent shall take the lead
in, scheduling