Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-321389
Chunk: 370

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form: S-4
Chunk 370
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B) prior to any such termination, any Person shall have made a Parent Competing Proposal which shall have been publicly announced or disclosed and not
publicly withdrawn, and (C) within twelve (12) months after such termination of this Agreement, Parent shall have entered into a Parent Competing Agreement,

then Parent shall pay to the Company the Parent Termination Fee. Any Parent Termination Fee shall be paid to the Company by Parent in
immediately available funds (x) upon termination of this Agreement in the case of a termination pursuant to , (y) within five (5) Business Days after termination in the case of a termination
pursuant to and (z) upon the execution of or entry into a Parent Competing Agreement in the case of a termination pursuant to .

(c) Solely for purposes of this , “Company Competing Proposal” and “Parent Competing
Proposal” shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in and , respectively, except that all references to twenty percent (20%) shall be changed to fifty
percent (50%).

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if this Agreement is terminated under circumstances in
which the Company Termination Fee or the Parent Termination Fee, as applicable, is required to be paid pursuant to this , and the Company Termination Fee or the Parent Termination Fee, as applicable, is paid,
then payment of such fee, together with any costs, expenses and interest payable pursuant to , shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the other Party and its shareholders or stockholders, as applicable, and
the paying Party shall have no further liability to the other Party or any of its respective Affiliates or Representatives or such Party’s shareholders or stockholders, as applicable, with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions;
that, in all circumstances in which this Agreement is terminated and the Company Termination Fee or the Parent Termination Fee, as applicable, is not required to be paid pursuant to this , nothing
herein shall release any Party from liability or damages incurred or suffered as a result of a Willful Breach by such Party of its covenants or other agreements set forth in this Agreement. The Parties acknowledge and agree that in no event shall a
Party be required to pay the Company Termination Fee or the Parent Termination Fee on more than one occasion.

(e) Each Party acknowledges
and agrees that the agreements contained in this are integral parts of the Transactions and that, without these agreements, such Party would not enter into this Agreement. Each