Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-321389
Chunk: 35

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form: S-4
Chunk 35
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 provide similar services in seven additional states. Essential’s Peoples subsidiaries provide

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natural gas services to approximately 745,000 customers in western Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Approximately 95% of the total number of natural gas utility customers Essential serves are in
western Pennsylvania. Essential also operates market-based activities, conducted through its non-regulated subsidiaries, that provide utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households
and gas marketing and production activities. Essential seeks to acquire businesses in the U.S. regulated sector, focusing on water and wastewater utilities and to opportunistically pursue growth ventures in select market-based activities, such as
infrastructure opportunities that are supplementary and complementary to its regulated water utility businesses.

Essential is a corporation incorporated
under the laws of Pennsylvania. Its principal executive offices are located at 762 W. Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, and its telephone number is (610) 527-8000. Essential common stock is
listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “WTRG.” Essential’s website address is essential.co. The inclusion of Essential’s website address in this joint proxy statement/prospectus is intended as an inactive textual
reference only, and the information contained on or accessible from Essential’s website does not constitute a part of this joint proxy statement/prospectus and is not incorporated by reference herein.

Merger Sub

Merger Sub is a corporation
incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on October 23, 2025, solely for the purpose of effecting the merger. Merger Sub has not conducted any activities to date, except for activities incidental to its formation and activities undertaken in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. Its principal executive offices are located at 1 Water Street, Camden, New Jersey 08102-1658 and its telephone number is (856) 955-4001.

The Meetings of Shareholders

American Water Special Meeting

American
Water’s shareholders are receiving this joint proxy statement/prospectus in connection with the calling by the American Water board of the American Water special meeting. The special meeting is to be held virtually on [ ], 2026, at
[ ], Eastern time. At the American Water special meeting, American Water’s shareholders will be asked to consider and vote upon (i) the share issuance proposal and (ii) the American Water adjournment proposal.

The record date for the American Water special meeting is [ ], 202[ ]. American Water’s shareholders of record as of the close of business