Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-332292
Chunk: 244

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 244
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 Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and in the applicable
provisions of the Pennsylvania Entity Laws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, licenses and authority of the Company and
Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions and duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions and duties of the Surviving
Corporation, all as provided under the Pennsylvania Entity Laws.

Section 1.5 .

(a) . As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action by any
Party or any other Person, the articles of incorporation of the Company in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be amended and restated in their entirety in the form set forth on (with, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Law, such changes as Parent and the Company may agree in writing prior to the Effective Time), and as so amended and restated, shall be the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended as
provided therein or by applicable Law.

(b) . The Parties shall take all necessary action such that, as of the Effective
Time, the bylaws of the Company in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be amended and restated in their entirety in the form set forth on (with, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, such changes as
Parent and the Company may agree in writing prior to the Effective Time), and as so amended and restated, shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.

Section 1.6 .

(a) . The Parties shall take all necessary action such that, as of the Effective Time, the directors of Merger Sub as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving

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Corporation, until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case may be.

(b) . The Parties shall take all necessary action such that, as of the Effective Time, the officers of Merger Sub as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected or qualified or appointed, as the case may be