Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001410636-25-000086
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Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEFA14A
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 Proxy Statement and is being filed with the SEC and is first made available to shareholders on or about April 30, 2025. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Proxy Statement.

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#### Approval of Board Chair and Committees
On April 30, 2025, upon the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, the Board appointed Karl F. Kurz to continue to serve as Board Chair and the following directors to serve as members of the Board’s four standing committees, each effective as of the conclusion of the Annual Meeting, to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or until the director’s earlier death, resignation or removal:

| Board Committee                       |     | Members                                                                                  |
| Audit, Finance and Risk               |     | Jeffrey N. Edwards (Chair), Patricia L. Kampling and Michael L. Marberry                 |
| Compensation                          |     | Patricia L. Kampling (Chair), Julia L. Johnson, Laurie P. Havanec and Stuart M. McGuigan |
| Nominating                            |     | Julia L. Johnson (Chair), Jeffrey N. Edwards and Michael L. Marberry                     |
| Safety, Environmental, Technology and 
 Operations                            |     | Michael L. Marberry (Chair), Laurie P. Havanec and Stuart M. McGuigan                    |

#### Approval of CEO Compensation to John C. Griffith
John C. Griffith, the Company’s President, has been designated to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as its principal executive officer, effective as of the conclusion of the Annual Meeting (the “ Effective Time ”). To provide for Mr. Griffith’s 2025 compensation in his new role, the independent members of the Board, upon the unanimous recommendation of the Compensation Committee, approved on April 30, 2025 and effective as of the Effective Time:

• an annual base salary for 2025 of approximately $1,050,000, prorated as of the Effective Time;

• a 2025 target award under the Company’s Annual Performance Plan, prorated as of the Effective Time, equal to 120% of his then annual base salary; and

• additional 2025 LTPP restricted stock unit and performance stock unit awards granted under the Omnibus Plan, which:

◦ shall serve to bring Mr. Griffith’s total 2025 LTPP award opportunity to 430% of his annual base salary (