Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-332292
Chunk: 20

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 20
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ed shares for which the intermediary is unable to vote are called “broker non-votes.”It is expected that all proposals to be voted on at the American Water special meeting will be non-routinematters on which intermediaries are not allowed to vote unless they have received voting instructions from their customers. Please note that you may not vote shares held in “street name” by returning a proxy card, or by returning a voting instruction form directly to American Water. Your intermediary is obligated to provide you with a voting instruction form for you to instruct the record holder on how to vote your shares.

| Q: | How can I revoke or change my vote at the American Water special meeting? |

| A: | If you are a record holder (which includes ownership of shares you may hold through American Water Stock                                                                                                                                       
 Direct), you may revoke or change any prior proxy, regardless of how your proxy was originally submitted, by (i) sending a written statement or email to that effect to American Water’s Secretary, which must be received before the American 
 Water special meeting, (ii) submitting a properly signed proxy card dated a later date, which must be received before the American Water special meeting, (iii) submitting a later dated proxy via the Internet or by telephone, which must be 
 received by 11:59 p.m., Eastern time on February 9, 2026, or (iv) attending the American Water special meeting virtually as an authenticated shareholder and voting your shares online during the meeting. For this purpose, communications to 
 the Secretary of American Water should be addressed to American Water Works Company, Inc., 1 Water Street, Camden, NJ 08102-1658, or via email at svc_corpsecoffice@amwater.com.                                                               |

If you hold shares in “street name,” you should follow the instructions provided on the voting instruction form you received from the intermediary or contact the intermediary for instructions on how to change or revoke your vote. 9

| Q: | Will a proxy solicitor be used by American Water in connection with the American Water special meeting? |

| A: | Yes. American Water has engaged D.F. King & Co, Inc. to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the                                                                                                   
 American Water special meeting, and American Water has agreed to pay them a non-refundable fee of $35,000, plus the cost of any additional services provided at reasonable and customary rates, and the 
 reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of D.F. King & Co