Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-064607
Chunk: 95

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 95
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 shareholder will give discretionary authority to the proxy holders to vote on any matters introduced pursuant to these procedures, subject to applicable SEC rules. SOLICITATION OF PROXIES We will bear the costs of solicitation of proxies, including the reimbursement of banks and brokers for certain costs incurred in forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners. We have retained D.F. King & Co. in connection with this solicitation, at an anticipated cost to us of approximately $15,000, plus expenses. In addition to the use of the mails, our officers, directors and employees may solicit proxies personally, by telephone, facsimile or other electronic communication, or via the Internet. These individuals will not receive any additional compensation for these activities. STATUS OF INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT Our 2024 Form 10-Kincludes our consolidated balance sheets for each of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and our consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity for each of the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022. In accordance with the rules of the SEC, the 2024 Annual Report, which includes a portion of the information included in the 2024 Form 10-K,accompanies this proxy statement. However, neither the 2024 Annual Report nor the 2024 Form 10-Kforms any part of this proxy statement or the material being used for the solicitation of proxies at the meeting. We are permitted under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act to “incorporate by reference” information in whole or in part from certain future filings, including this proxy statement. Information that is “incorporated by reference” into a filing means that it is deemed to be a part of that filing even though the information does not actually appear within it.

However, the following information that is part of or accompanies this proxy statement shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of our filings under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, unless we have otherwise specifically provided for it in such filing:

| · |     | the Compensation Committee Report; |

| · |     | the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee Report; |

| · |     | the information contained in “Executive Compensation—Pay Versus Performance”; |

| · |     | the 2024 Annual Report that accompanies this proxy statement; and |

| · |     | the performance graph and related text contained in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive