Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-250649
Chunk: 95

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
Chunk 95
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 the sole provision of this
governing Tax matters);

(xvi) . Pay or settle any
material legal proceedings, other than payments or settlements (A) that do not exceed $50,000,000 individually or $100,000,000 in the aggregate in any consecutive twelve (12)-month period, (B) that have become due and payable prior to the
date hereof or (C) in connection with regulatory proceedings before any Governmental Entities; that the exceptions set forth in this shall not apply to any 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

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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 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 consumm