Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-332292
Chunk: 239

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 239
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adjournment proposal and broker non-votes will have no effect in determining the outcome of the Essential adjournment proposal.

The vote on the Essential adjournment proposal is separate and apart from the votes to approve the other proposals being presented at the Essential special
meeting and is not a condition to the completion of the merger.

Recommendation

The Essential board unanimously recommends that Essential shareholders vote “FOR” the Essential adjournment proposal.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION American Water and Essential each file annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC. These SEC filings are available to the public via the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. American Water’s SEC filings are available to the public via the Internet at its website at ir.amwater.com, and Essential’s SEC filings are publicly available at its website at essential.co. Each company’s filings are made publicly available via those respective websites as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are filed with or furnished to the SEC. The inclusion of the SEC’s website address in this joint proxy statement/prospectus is intended as an inactive textual reference only and the information contained on the SEC’s website is expressly not incorporated by reference into this joint proxy statement/prospectus other than as expressly set forth below. American Water has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4,of which this joint proxy statement/prospectus forms a part. The registration statement registers the shares of American Water common stock to be issued to Essential shareholders in connection with the merger. The registration statement, including the exhibits and annexes attached hereto, contains additional relevant information about American Water and Essential. The rules and regulations of the SEC allow American Water and Essential to omit certain information included in the registration statement from this joint proxy statement/prospectus. In addition, the SEC allows American Water and Essential to disclose important information to you by referring you to other documents filed separately with the SEC. This information, which is referred to as being “incorporated by reference” into this joint proxy statement/prospectus from these other documents, is considered to be a part of this joint proxy statement/prospectus, except for any information that is superseded by information included directly in this joint proxy statement/prospectus or incorporated by reference subsequent to the date of this joint proxy statement/prospectus as described below. This joint proxy statement/prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below that American Water and Essential have previously filed with the SEC (excluding any portions of such