Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-321389
Chunk: 299

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form: S-4
Chunk 299
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, any director or officer of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim,
whether written or oral, regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary or any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim from employees of
Parent or any Parent Subsidiary regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters with respect to Parent or any Parent Subsidiary and (ii) to the Knowledge of Parent, no attorney representing Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, whether or not
employed by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, has reported evidence of a violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Parent, any Parent Subsidiary or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents
to the Parent Board or any committee thereof, or to the Parent CEO or the general counsel of Parent.

(f) Except (i) as reflected or
reserved against in Parent’s most recent audited consolidated balance sheets (or stated in the notes thereto) included in the Parent SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof, (ii) for liabilities and obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice after the date of such balance sheet and (iii) liabilities incurred in connection with the Merger or any of the other Transactions or agreements contemplated by this Agreement, neither
Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has any liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise, that would be required by GAAP to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its consolidated
Subsidiaries (or in the notes thereto), other than those which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.5 .

(a) Since January 1, 2025 through the date of this Agreement, there has not been any Change that has had or would reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Since January 1, 2025 through the date of this
Agreement, each of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries has conducted its respective business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in all material respects, except for in connection with the Transactions.

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Section 4.6 . Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidi