Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-321389
Chunk: 386

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form: S-4
Chunk 386
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 results of operations, liabilities, assets or operations of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the ability of Parent to consummate the
Transactions, but shall not be deemed to include any Change resulting from or arising out of: (a)(i) Changes generally affecting the economy, legislative or political conditions; (ii) Changes generally affecting any financial, securities,
commodities or other capital markets; or (iii) Changes in prevailing interest rates, in each case of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), whether in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world, (b) Changes generally affecting the industry or
industries in which Parent or the Parent Subsidiaries operate, (c) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the public announcement, pendency or performance of the Merger or any of the other Transactions, including (x) any action
taken by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary that is expressly required pursuant to this Agreement, or the failure to take any action specifically prohibited by this Agreement (in each case, excluding any such actions required to be taken or not taken
pursuant to ) or (y) any adverse change in customer, supplier, employee, regulatory, partner or similar relationships resulting therefrom, (d) any taking of any action at the written request or with the
written consent of the Company, (e) any Claim brought or threatened by shareholders of the Company or stockholders of Parent asserting allegations of breach of fiduciary duty or other violation of applicable Law relating to this Agreement or
the Transactions, (f) any change or proposed change after the date hereof in applicable Law, (g) any change or proposed change after the date hereof in GAAP or accounting standards or interpretations thereof, (h) geopolitical
conditions, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, any act of war, sabotage or terrorism, any civil unrest, or any escalation or worsening of any of the foregoing, (i) any public health emergency (including any epidemic or pandemic), (j)
any hurricane, snow storm or blizzard, strong winds, ice event, fire, tornado, tsunami, flood, earthquake or other natural or manmade disaster or severe weather-related event, circumstance or development, (k) any reduction in the credit rating
or outlook of Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries (other than a change to a rating, or an outlook contemplating a change to a rating, below investment grade