Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-250649
Chunk: 21

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
Chunk 21
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 to this , such amounts as are required to be withheld or deducted under the Code or any applicable Tax Law with
respect to the making of such payment. To the extent that amounts are so withheld or deducted, such withheld or deducted amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person(s) to whom such amounts would
otherwise have been paid.

(e) . All shares of Parent
Common Stock issued upon the surrender or exchange of shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this and any cash paid pursuant to or
shall be deemed to have been issued (or paid) in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of Company Common Stock. After the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be
closed with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares
of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, shares of Company Common Stock are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be
canceled and exchanged as provided in this .

(f) . Any portion of
the Exchange Fund (including the proceeds of any investments thereof) that remains undistributed to the former holders of shares of Company Common Stock for one (1) year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, and any
holders of shares of Company Common Stock who have not theretofore complied with this shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of such holder’s claim for the Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu
of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to and any dividends or distributions pursuant to .

(g) . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Parties, the Surviving
Corporation, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any portion of the Merger Consideration (or any portion of the Common Shares Trust or any dividends or distributions to which
such holders are entitled pursuant to ) delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, any portion of the Merger Consideration (and any associated dividends or distributions to which such holders are entitled pursuant to ) that remains unclaimed as of immediately prior to the date on