Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-064607
Chunk: 26

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 26
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, among other things:

| · |     | honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest in personal and professional relationships, and deter wrongdoing or even perceptions of wrongdoing; |

| · |     | full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosures in periodic reports we are required to file; |

| · |     | accountability for adhering to the Code of Ethics; and |

| · |     | compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations. |

Our Code of Ethics provides for the prompt internal reporting of violations to an array of appropriate persons and confidential treatment of the reporting person, to the extent possible, during a compliance investigation. We intend to satisfy the disclosure requirements regarding any amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of the Code of Ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, or principal accounting officer or controller (or persons performing similar functions) by making disclosures concerning such matters available on the Investor Relations page of our website.

We have also adopted an Anti-Corruption & Anti-Bribery Policy that reinforces our commitment to working ethically and maintaining the highest level of integrity when conducting business on behalf of the Company. This policy promotes truthful and transparent conduct in our interactions with our business partners, governmental agencies and government officials. We have a long-standing commitment to compliance with all applicable anti-corruption laws, and bribes, kickbacks, and other similar payments to or from third-parties are prohibited. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines set out principles by which the Board will operate and execute its responsibilities in accordance with our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, our Amended and Restated Bylaws, the listing standards of the NYSE, and applicable laws. Current copies of our Code of Ethics, Anti-Corruption & Anti-Bribery Policy and Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on our Investor Relations website at ir.amwater.comand can also be obtained by sending us a written request. See “Communications, Shareholder Proposals and Company Information—Contacting Us or Our Transfer Agent” on page 73 of this proxy statement. PROXY ACCESS Our Amended and Restated Bylaws include a proxy access provision pursuant to which any eligible shareholder, or eligible group of up to 20 shareholders, owning three percent or more of our common stock continuously for a three-year period and through the date of the next annual meeting of shareholders may, subject to certain limitations and conditions, nominate and include in our proxy materials for that annual meeting of shareholders, a number of director nominees not to exceed the