Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-321389
Chunk: 330

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form: S-4
Chunk 330
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 proceedings arising out of or related to this Agreement or the Transactions; and

(xvii) agree or commit, in writing or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Parent may, and may cause any Parent Subsidiary to, take reasonable good faith actions in
compliance with applicable Law with respect to any operational emergencies (including any emergency restoration measures in response to any hurricane, snow storm or blizzard, strong winds, ice event, fire, tornado, tsunami, flood, earthquake or
other natural or manmade disaster or severe weather-related event, circumstance or development), equipment failures, outages, or an immediate and material threat to the health or safety of natural Persons; that Parent shall
reasonably consult with the Company with respect to any such actions (prior to taking such actions, to the extent reasonably practicable) and shall consider in good faith feedback from the Company with respect to such actions.

Section 5.3 .

(a) Subject to applicable Law, Parent and the Company shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, afford to the other
Party and its Representatives reasonable access (at such Party’s sole cost and expense), during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice, during the Interim Period, to the material properties, books, contracts, commitments,
personnel and records of such Party, and during such period, Parent and the Company shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, make available promptly to the other Party (i) to the extent not publicly available, a copy of each
material Filing made by it during such period pursuant to the requirements of securities Laws or filed with or sent to the SEC and (ii) consistent with its

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obligations under applicable Law, all other information concerning its business, properties and personnel as such other Party may reasonably request, in each case, to the extent reasonably
necessary to perform, and prepare for the consummation of the Transactions in accordance with its terms; , , that none of Parent or the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Representatives shall be required
to provide access to or disclose information where such information or access would, in the reasonable judgment of such Party, (A) breach any agreement with any third party ( that, to the extent any document or information is
subject to the terms of confidentiality restrictions pursuant to an agreement with a third party, Parent and the Company, as applicable, shall use