Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-250649
Chunk: 60

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
Chunk 60
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) Except for (i) such Consents or Filings as may be required under
(A) the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, (B) the Exchange Act, (C) the Securities Act, (D) the rules and regulations of the NYSE, (E) the HSR Act and (F) the rules and regulations of the Applicable
PSCs (such Consents or Filings referred to in clause (F), collectively, the “”), and (ii) pre-approvals of license transfers by the FCC, and, subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company in , no Consent of or Filing made to or with any Governmental Entity is necessary or required to be obtained or made under applicable Law in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub, the performance by Parent and Merger Sub of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions by Parent and Merger Sub, except for
such Consents or Filings that, if not obtained or made, would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

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(c) Except as set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of
, the execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the Transactions and compliance with the provisions hereof will not, (i) conflict with, result in
any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation, payment or acceleration of any obligation or to the loss of a benefit under any loan, guarantee of
indebtedness or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, agreement, contract, instrument, permit, concession, franchise, right or license binding upon Parent or any Parent Subsidiary or result in the creation of any Lien, other than
any such Lien (A) for Taxes or governmental assessments, the charges or claims of payment for which are not yet due or payable, or that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate accruals or reserves have been established,
(B) which is a carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other similar lien arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (C) which is disclosed on the
most recent consolidated balance sheet of