Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-250649
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Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
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 at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The information included on, or accessible through, American Water’s or Essential’s
respective websites is not incorporated by reference into, and does not form a part of, this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Participants in the Solicitation

American Water, Essential and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation
of proxies from American Water’s and Essential’s respective shareholders in connection with the proposed merger. Information about the directors and executive officers of American Water, including a description of their direct or
indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in American Water’s definitive proxy statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 27, 2025, including under
the headings “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Director Compensation,” “Equity Compensation Plan Information,” and “Certain Beneficial Ownership Matters.” To the extent holdings of American
Water’s common stock by the directors and executive officers of American Water have changed or do change from the amounts of American Water’s common stock held by such persons as reflected therein, such changes have been or will be
reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3 (“Form 3”), Statements of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 (“Form 4”) or Annual Statements of Changes in Beneficial
Ownership of Securities on Form 5 (“Form 5”), in each case filed with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of Essential, including a description of their direct or indirect interests, by
security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in Essential’s definitive proxy statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 25, 2025, including under the headings
“Director Compensation” and “Compensation Discussion and Analysis.” To the extent holdings of Essential’s common stock by the directors and executive officers of Essential have changed or do change from the amounts of
Essential’s common stock held by such persons as reflected therein, such changes have been or will be reflected on Forms 3, Forms 4 or Forms 5, in each case filed with the SEC. Additionally, information regarding the
respective directors and executive officers of American Water and Essential and other participants in each respective proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests in the proposed merger, by security holdings or
otherwise, will be contained in the