Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-321389
Chunk: 76

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form: S-4
Chunk 76
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 or wastewater utility subsidiaries provide similar services in seven
additional states. Essential’s Peoples subsidiaries provide natural gas services to approximately 745,000 customers in western Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Approximately 95% of the total number of natural gas utility customers Essential serves
are in western Pennsylvania. Essential also operates market-based activities, conducted through its non-regulated subsidiaries, that provide utility service line protection solutions and repair services to
households and gas marketing and production activities. Essential seeks to acquire businesses in the U.S. regulated sector, focusing on water and wastewater utilities and to opportunistically pursue growth ventures in select market-based activities,
such as infrastructure opportunities that are supplementary and complementary to its regulated water utility businesses.

Essential is a corporation
incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania. Its principal executive offices are located at 762 W. Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, and its telephone number is (610) 527-8000. Essential common
stock is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “WTRG.” Essential’s website address is essential.co. The inclusion of Essential’s website address in this joint proxy statement/prospectus is intended as an inactive
textual reference only, and the information contained on or accessible from Essential’s website does not constitute a part of this joint proxy statement/prospectus and is not incorporated by reference herein.

Merger Sub

Merger Sub is a
corporation incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on October 23, 2025, solely for the purpose of effecting the merger. Merger Sub has not conducted any activities to date, except for activities

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incidental to its formation and activities undertaken in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. Its principal executive offices are located at 1 Water Street,
Camden, New Jersey 08102-1658, and its telephone number is (856) 955-4001.

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INFORMATION REGARDING THE AMERICAN WATER SPECIAL MEETING

Date, Time, Place, and Purpose of the American Water Special Meeting

American Water’s shareholders have received this joint proxy statement/prospectus in connection with the calling by the American Water board of the
American Water special meeting. The American Water special meeting is to be held virtually (and not at a physical location) on [ ], 2026, at [ ] Eastern time (unless it is adjourned or postponed to a later date) via remote communication
at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AWK2026SM.