Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-321389
Chunk: 54

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form: S-4
Chunk 54
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seek to,” “may,” “can,” “will,” “should,” and “could,” or the negative of such terms or other variations or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements may relate to, among other things: statements about the benefits of the merger, including future financial and operating results; the parties’ respective plans, objectives, expectations, and intentions; the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the merger and related transactions; the results of any strategic review; expected synergies of the merger; the timing and result of various regulatory proceedings related to the merger, and other general rate cases, filings for infrastructure surcharges, and other governmental agency authorizations and proceedings, and filings to address regulatory lag; the combined company’s ability to execute its current and long-term business, operational, capital expenditures, and growth plans and strategies; the amount, allocation, and timing of projected capital expenditures and related funding requirements; the future impacts of increased or increasing transaction and financing costs associated with the merger or otherwise, as well as inflation and interest rates; each party’s ability to finance current and projected operations, capital expenditure needs, and growth initiatives by accessing the debt and equity capital markets and sources of short-term liquidity; impacts of the merger on the future settlement or settlements of a party’s forward sale agreements, including potential adjustments to the forward sale price or other economic terms thereunder, and the amount of and the intended use of net proceeds from any such future settlement or settlements; the outcome and impact on other governmental and regulatory investigations; the filing of class action lawsuits and other litigation and legal proceedings related to the merger; the ability to complete, and the timing and efficacy of, the design, development, implementation, and improvement of technology and other strategic initiatives; each party’s ability to comply with new and changing environmental regulations; regulatory, legislative, tax policy, or legal developments; and impacts that future significant tax legislation may have on each such party and on its business, results of operations, cash flows, and liquidity. These forward-looking statements are predictions based on currently available information, the parties’ current respective expectations, and assumptions regarding future events that American Water and/or Essential believe to be reasonable. They are not, however, guarantees or assurances of any outcomes, performance, or achievements, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon them. You should not regard any forward-looking statement as a representation or warranty by American Water, Essential, or any other person that the expectation, plan, or objective expressed in such forward-looking statement will be successfully achieved in any specified time frame,