Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-332292
Chunk: 34

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 34
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 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 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.

The Meetings of Shareholders

American Water Special Meeting

American
Water’s shareholders are receiving this joint proxy statement/prospectus in connection with the calling by the American Water board of the American Water special meeting. The special meeting is to be held virtually on February 10, 2026, at
10:00 a.m., Eastern time. At the American Water special meeting, American Water’s shareholders will be asked to consider and vote upon (i) the share issuance proposal and (ii) the American Water adjournment proposal.

The record date for the American Water special meeting is December 29, 2025. American Water’s shareholders of record as of the close of business on the
record date will receive notice of and will be entitled to vote at the American Water special meeting. As of December 29, 2025, there were [ ] shares of American Water common stock issued and outstanding and
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the American Water special meeting, and such shares were held by approximately [ ] holders of record.

The presence in person, by remote communication, or by proxy duly authorized of a majority of the outstanding shares of American Water common stock entitled
to vote on the share issuance proposal is necessary to constitute a quorum at