Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-250649
Chunk: 56

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
Chunk 56
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 recognizes such concept) and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and assets, to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its
assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so organized, validly existing, qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or authority, would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Parent has made available to the Company true and complete copies
of the certificate of incorporation of Parent, as in effect as of the date of this Agreement (the “”), and the bylaws of Parent, as in effect as of the date of this Agreement (together with the Parent Charter, the
“”). Parent has provided to the Company true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of Merger Sub and made available to the Company true and complete copies of the Organizational
Documents of each “significant subsidiary” (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC) of Parent, in each case, as in
effect as of the date of this Agreement (other than those set forth in of the Parent Disclosure Schedule).

(d) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule lists each Parent Subsidiary and its jurisdiction of
organization or formation. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock, voting securities or other equity interests of each Parent Subsidiary have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, as applicable. All of the outstanding
shares of capital stock, voting securities and other equity interests of each Parent Subsidiary are owned by (i) Parent, (ii) one or more Parent Subsidiaries or (iii) Parent and one or more Parent Subsidiaries, in each case, free and
clear of all Liens. Except for the capital stock, voting securities and other equity interests of the Parent Subsidiaries, neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary owns, directly or indirectly, any capital stock, voting securities or other equity
interests in any other Person (including through participation in any joint venture or similar arrangement), other than the ownership of securities primarily for investment purposes as part of routine cash management or investments of two percent
(2%) or less in publicly traded companies,