Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-250649
Chunk: 6

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
Chunk 6
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, warranties and covenants may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in American Water’s public disclosures. The Merger Agreement should not be read alone, but should instead be read in conjunction with the other information regarding American Water that is or will be contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the reports and other documents that are or to be filed by American Water with the SEC. Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements included in this Current Report on Form 8-K(or the exhibits thereto) are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by words with prospective meanings such as “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “predict,” “project,” “propose,” “assume,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “future,” “pending,” “goal,” “objective,” “potential,” “continue,” “seek to,” “may,” “can,” “will,” “should” and “could,” or the negative of such terms or other variations or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements may relate to, among other things: statements about the benefits of the proposed merger, including future financial and operating results; the parties’ respective plans, objectives, expectations and intentions; the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the merger and related transactions; the results of any strategic review; expected synergies of the proposed merger; the timing and result of various regulatory proceedings related to the proposed merger, and other general rate cases, filings for infrastructure surcharges and other governmental agency authorizations and proceedings, and filings to address regulatory lag; the combined company’s ability to execute its current and long-term business, operational, capital expenditures and growth plans and strategies; the amount, allocation and timing of projected capital expenditures and related funding requirements; the future impacts of increased or increasing transaction and financing costs associated with the proposed merger or otherwise, as well as inflation and interest rates; each party’s ability to finance current and projected operations, capital expenditure needs and 4

growth initiatives by accessing the debt and equity capital markets and sources of short-term liquidity; impacts of the proposed merger on the future settlement or settlements of a party’s
forward sale agreements, including potential adjustments to the forward sale price or other economic terms thereunder