Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-250649
Chunk: 4

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
Chunk 4
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 Merger. Upon the consummation of the Merger, John C. Griffith will continue to serve as a director and President and Chief Executive Officer of American Water, and Christopher H. Franklin, Essential’s current Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, will serve as Executive Vice Chair of American Water’s Board of Directors for a period of two years following the Effective Time. The foregoing reflects expected changes to the Company’s directors and officers as reflected in terms of the Merger Agreement, which changes are proposed to occur upon the Effective Time; however, these provisions do not constitute the removal, resignation, appointment or election of a director or any officer, and no approval of these expected changes has occurred. The Merger Agreement provides that American Water will retain its current name, maintain its headquarters and principal corporate office in Camden, New Jersey, and maintain substantial operations in Pennsylvania. The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |

On October 27, 2025, American Water and Essential issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement. A copy of the joint release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. On October 27, 2025, American Water and Essential also released a joint investor presentation relating to the Merger. A copy of the investor presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.2. The information furnished in response to this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. 3

| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |

| (d) | Exhibits. |

The following exhibits to this Current Report have been filed herewith (except as noted below):

| Exhibit 
 No.     
 2.1*    
 99.1**  |     | Description                                                                                                                                                        
 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as