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

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 4
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 10, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time (unless it is adjourned or postponed to a later date) via remote communication at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AWK2026SM. At the American Water
special meeting, American Water shareholders will be asked to consider and vote on the following matters: (i) a proposal to approve the issuance of American Water common stock in connection with the merger, which is referred to as the share
issuance proposal; and (ii) a proposal to adjourn or postpone the American Water special meeting from time to time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in the event there are not sufficient votes at the time of the
American Water special meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof) to approve the share issuance proposal, or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus is timely provided to American
Water shareholders, which is referred to as the American Water adjournment proposal. By unanimous vote of all directors then present, the American Water board of directors has authorized, adopted, and approved the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger and the share issuance, and determined that the merger agreement and such contemplated transactions, including the merger and the share issuance, are advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of American Water and its shareholders, and the American Water board unanimously recommends that American Water shareholders vote “FOR” the share issuance proposal and “FOR” the American Water adjournment proposal.

Essential’s special meeting of shareholders will be held virtually (and not at a physical location) on February 10, 2026
at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time (unless it is adjourned or postponed to a later date) via remote communication at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/WTRG2026SM. At the Essential special meeting, Essential shareholders will be asked to
consider and vote on the following matters: (i) a proposal to approve the merger agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger, which is referred to as the merger agreement proposal; (ii) a proposal to approve,
on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the named executive officers of Essential in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, which
is referred to as the merger-related compensation proposal; and (iii) a proposal to adjourn or postpone the Essential special meeting from time to time,