Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-250649
Chunk: 41

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
Chunk 41
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 is party to or bound by any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any analogous or similar
provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax Law) or any private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreement or rulings by or with any taxing authority.

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(h) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has taken or agreed to take any action,
intends to take any action, or has Knowledge of any fact or circumstance, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as, or to cause the Merger to fail to qualify as, a
“reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code.

(i) It is agreed and understood that no
representation or warranty is made by the Company in respect of Tax matters in any Section of this Agreement other than , this and .

Section 3.10 .

(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all material Company Benefit Plans.
With respect to each material Company Benefit Plan, the Company has made available to Parent copies of such Company Benefit Plan and all amendments thereto and, if applicable, (i) any related trust, funding agreements or insurance policies,
(ii) summary plan description and summaries of material modifications, (iii) the most recent IRS determination letter or foreign equivalent issued by a Governmental Entity, as may be applicable, (iv) actuarial reports and financial
statements for the most recently completed fiscal year, (v) the most recent annual report (Form 5500) and all applicable schedules thereto or foreign equivalent and (vi) all material, non-routine
documents and correspondence relating thereto received from or provided to any Governmental Entity during the past year.

(b) Each Company
Benefit Plan has been operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Company Benefit Plan intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of
Section 401(a) of the Code is the subject of a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service as to its qualification and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred that could reasonably be expected to result in
the disqualification of such Company Benefit Plan. Since January 1, 2023, there have not been any actions pending against or involving or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or threatened to involve any Company Benefit