Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001410636-25-000150
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Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part II, Item 1A
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, readers should carefully consider the factors discussed in Item 1A—Risk Factors in the Form 10-K, and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC, which could materially affect the Company’s business, financial condition, cash flows or future results. There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A—Risk Factors in the Form 10-K.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuance of Shares in Connection with Acquisition of Audubon Water Company

Effective May 28, 2025, the Company issued 48,381 shares of its common stock (the “Shares”), net of an indemnity escrow claim, as consideration for the merger (the “Audubon Merger”) of a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with and into Audubon, with Audubon being the surviving entity immediately following such merger, in a transaction not involving a public offering of securities in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Promptly following the closing of the Audubon Merger, Audubon was merged with and into the Company’s Pennsylvania subsidiary. The Shares were issued out of the Company’s existing treasury stock, with restrictive legends thereupon, to or for the benefit of an irrevocable trust that was, immediately prior to the closing of the Audubon Merger, the sole shareholder of Audubon.

Anti-dilutive Stock Repurchase Program

In February 2015, the Board of Directors authorized an anti-dilutive stock repurchase program to mitigate the dilutive effect of shares issued through the Company’s dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan and employee stock purchase and executive compensation activities. The program allows the Company to purchase up to 10 million shares of its outstanding common stock over an unrestricted period of time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The program is conducted in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act, and, to facilitate these repurchases, the Company enters into Rule 10b5-1 stock repurchase plans with a third-party broker, which allow the Company to repurchase shares of its common stock at times when it otherwise might be prevented from doing so under insider trading laws or because of self-imposed trading blackout periods. Subject to applicable regulations, the Company may elect to amend or