Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-332292
Chunk: 17

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 17
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 by remote communication, or represented by proxy at the American Water special meeting and entitled to vote on the American Water adjournment proposal. 
 Only holders of American Water common stock at the close of business on the American Water record date will be entitled to vote on the American Water adjournment proposal. Abstentions will be counted as a vote “AGAINST” the                        
 American Water adjournment proposal; broker non-votes, if any, will not be taken into account in determining the outcome of the American Water adjournment proposal.                                                                                   |

The vote on the American Water adjournment proposal is separate and apart from the vote to approve the share issuance proposal and is not a condition to the completion of the merger.

| Q: | Is my vote at the American Water special meeting important, and how are votes counted at the American Water 
 special meeting?                                                                                            |

| A: | Yes, your vote is very important. If you do not submit a proxy or vote virtually at the meeting, it will be  
 more difficult for American Water to obtain the necessary quorum to hold the American Water special meeting. |

With respect to shares of American Water common stock held of record, properly executed proxy cards with no instructions indicated on the proxy card will be voted “ FOR” the share issuance proposal and “ FOR” the American Water adjournment proposal. 7

| Q: | What happens if I sell my American Water common stock before the American Water special meeting? |

| A: | The record date for the American Water special meeting is earlier than the date of the American Water special                                                                                                                            
 meeting. If you sell your shares of American Water common stock after the American Water record date but before the date of the American Water special meeting, you will retain the right to vote at the American Water special meeting. |

| Q: | How do I submit a proxy or vote my shares at the American Water special meeting? |

| A: | How you vote your shares at the American Water special meeting depends on how you hold your shares. If you hold                                                                                                                                  
 shares of American Water common stock directly in your name with Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, American Water’s transfer agent and registrar with respect to the American Water common stock, including through American Water Stock Direct,      
 American Water’s dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan, you are a holder of record. If you hold your shares of American Water common stock through a brokerage firm, trustee, bank, or other record holder, nominee, or financial 
 intermediary,