Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-250649
Chunk: 22

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
Chunk 22
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which any portion of such property would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of Parent free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person
previously entitled thereto.

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(h) . If any certificate representing a share of Company Common
Stock shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such reasonable
amount as Parent may require as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such certificate, the Exchange Agent will deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate (i) the applicable Merger
Consideration with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented thereby, (ii) any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Company Common Stock to which such holders are entitled pursuant to
and (iii) any unpaid dividends and distributions to which such holders are entitled pursuant to as the case may be, deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to
this Agreement.

(i) . The Exchange Agent shall invest any cash in the Exchange Fund, as directed by
Parent, on a daily basis; that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the other provisions of this , and such investment shall be in
obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations of issuers organized under the Law of a state of the United States of America, rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, respectively, or in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or bankers’ acceptances of
commercial banks with capital exceeding $10,000,000,000, or in mutual funds investing in such assets. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to, and be the property of, Parent. To the extent that there are any
losses with respect to any investments of the funds deposited with the Exchange Agent, or the funds shall for any other reason not be sufficient for the Exchange Agent to make prompt payment of any amounts contemplated to be paid pursuant to this
, Parent shall promptly reimburse any such loss or otherwise provide additional funds so as to ensure that the funds are at all times maintained at a level sufficient for the Exchange