Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-250649
Chunk: 139

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
Chunk 139
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 of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution, performance or subject matter hereof,
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflict of laws; that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Merger and matters related to the fiduciary
obligations of the Company Board shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Section 8.5 . The Parties acknowledge and
agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that, in addition to any other remedy
that may be available to it, including monetary damages, each of the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement exclusively
in the Delaware Court of Chancery (or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, any federal or state court in the State of Delaware, to whose jurisdiction and venue the Parties unconditionally consent and submit). The Parties further
agree that no Party to this Agreement shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this and each Party
waives any objection to the imposition of such relief or any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument. In addition, each of the Parties irrevocably agrees that any legal action or
proceeding with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by the other Party
or its successors or assigns, shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery (or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, any federal or state court in the State of Delaware, to whose jurisdiction and
venue the Parties unconditionally consent and submit). Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction
of the aforesaid court and agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the Transactions in any court other than the aforesaid court. Each of the Parties