Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-321389
Chunk: 37

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-17
Form: S-4
Chunk 37
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 broker non-votes will not be taken into account in determining the outcome of the American Water adjournment proposal.

As of December 10, 2025, American Water’s current directors and executive officers and their affiliates beneficially owned a total of
174,145 shares of American Water common stock entitled to vote at the American Water special meeting, which represents less than 1% of American Water’s issued and outstanding common stock entitled to vote at the American Water special
meeting. American Water anticipates that these individuals will vote in favor of the proposals described above, although none of them have entered into any agreements obligating them to do so.

For more information regarding the American Water special meeting, see “Information Regarding the American Water Special Meeting” beginning
on page 49.

Essential Special Meeting

Essential’s shareholders are receiving this joint proxy statement/prospectus in connection with the calling by the Essential board of the Essential
special meeting. The special meeting is to be held virtually on [ ], 2026, at [ ], Eastern time. At the Essential special meeting, Essential’s shareholders will be asked to consider and vote upon (i) the merger agreement
proposal, (ii) the merger-related compensation proposal, and (iii) the Essential adjournment proposal.

The record date for the Essential
special meeting is [ ], 202[ ]. Essential’s shareholders of record as of the close of business on the record date will receive notice of, and to vote at, the Essential special meeting. As of [ ], 202[ ], there were
[ ] shares of Essential common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Essential special meeting, and such shares were held by approximately [ ] holders of record.

The presence, in person or by proxy, of shareholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast at the Essential
special meeting shall constitute a quorum at the Essential special meeting. Each share of Essential common stock outstanding on the record date entitles its holder to cast one vote on each of the merger agreement proposal, the merger-related
compensation proposal, the Essential adjournment proposal, and any other proposals that may be brought before the meeting by the Essential board. Abstentions and broker non-votes are counted as present and
entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum at the Essential special meeting. Failure of a quorum at the Essential special meeting may result in an adjournment of the Essential special meeting and may subject Essential