Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-332292
Chunk: 10

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 10
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orum is present), or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Whether or not you expect to participate in the

Essential special meeting, Essential urges you to submit a proxy or voting instruction form to have your shares voted as promptly as possible, either: (i) via the Internet (see proxy card or voting instruction form for instructions); (ii) by telephone (see proxy card or voting instruction form for instructions); or (iii) by completing, signing, dating, and returning the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form in the postage-paid envelope provided, so that your shares may be represented and voted at the special meeting. If your shares are held in “street name” (through a brokerage firm, trustee, bank, or other record holder, nominee, or financial intermediary, each of which is referred to as an intermediary), please follow the instructions provided to you by such intermediary.

The Essential board of directors has unanimously approved, adopted, and declared advisable the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger, and unanimously recommends that Essential shareholders vote “FOR” the merger agreement proposal, “FOR” the merger-related compensation proposal, and “FOR” the Essential adjournment proposal.

The accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus provides a detailed description of the merger agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby, including
the merger, and the other matters to be considered at the Essential special meeting. A summary of the merger agreement is included in the joint proxy statement/prospectus in the sections entitled “The Merger” and “The Merger Agreement,” and a copy of the merger agreement is attached as Annex A to the joint/proxy statement prospectus. We encourage you to carefully read the accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus (including the annexes thereto) and
any other documents incorporated by reference therein in their entirety.

PLEASE VOTE YOUR SHARES PROMPTLY. YOU CAN FIND INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD OR VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MERGER, THE MERGER AGREEMENT PROPOSAL, THE ESSENTIAL ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL, OR VOTING YOUR SHARES, PLEASE CONTACT:

MacKenzie Partners, Inc.

7 Penn Plaza

New York, New York
10001

Shareholders may call toll free: (800) 322-2885

Banks and Brokers may call collect: (212) 929-5500

Email: proxy@MacKenziePartners.com