Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-321389
Chunk: 78

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form: S-4
Chunk 78
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 on each of the share issuance proposal and the American Water adjournment proposal and any other proposals that may properly come before the American
Water special meeting. To determine the presence of a quorum at the American Water special meeting, American Water will also count as present at the meeting the shares of American Water common stock present by in person or by remote communication
but not voting, and the shares of American Water common stock for which American Water has received proxies but with respect to which the holders of such shares have abstained or signed without providing instructions as described in
“—Voting Rights; Proxies; Revocation” below.

Required Vote

The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of American Water common stock present in person, by remote communication, or represented by proxy at the
American Water special meeting and entitled to vote on the share

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issuance proposal (assuming a quorum has been obtained) is required to approve the share issuance proposal. Only holders of American Water common stock at the close of business on the American
Water record date will be entitled to vote on the share issuance proposal. Abstentions will be counted as a vote “AGAINST” the share issuance proposal; broker non-votes will not be taken
into account in determining the outcome of the share issuance proposal.

Whether or not a quorum is present, approval of the American Water adjournment
proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of American Water common stock present in person, by remote communication, or represented by proxy at the American Water special meeting and entitled to vote on the American Water
adjournment proposal. Only holders of American Water common stock at the close of business on the American Water record date will be entitled to vote on the American Water adjournment proposal. Abstentions will be counted as a vote
“AGAINST” the American Water adjournment proposal; broker non-votes will not be taken into account in determining the outcome of the American Water adjournment proposal.

Voting Rights; Proxies; Revocation

Attending and Voting at the American Water Special Meeting

The American Water special meeting will be held solely via remote communication, also known as a “virtual meeting,” rather than at a physical
location. Shareholders of American Water will not be able to attend the American Water special meeting in person. However, the virtual meeting format will provide shareholders with an opportunity to participate in the American Water special meeting
as they would at an in-person meeting. Instructions on how to attend and