Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-332292
Chunk: 374

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 374
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, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, all applicable
state, foreign or supranational Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of competition through merger or acquisition.

“” means collectively the state public utility commissions set forth in
of the Company Disclosure Schedule and of the Parent Disclosure Schedule.

“” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York
are authorized or required by Law to close.

“” means any fact, circumstance, effect, change, condition,
occurrence, event or development.

“” means any demand, claim, action, suit, proceeding, investigation, complaint
or indictment (whether at law or in equity, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) or any other arbitration, mediation or similar proceeding, in each case, by or before any Governmental Entity.

“” means the Essential Utilities, Inc. 401(k) Plan, as amended.

“” means each “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether
or not subject to ERISA, and each bonus, stock, stock purchase, stock option or other equity or equity-based compensation arrangement or plan, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, retirement or supplemental retirement, severance plan or
policy, termination pay, employment, consulting, change-in-control, retention, transaction bonus, profit sharing, pension, retirement, vacation, cafeteria, dependent
care, medical care, death and disability benefit, flexible benefits, supplemental unemployment benefit, employee assistance program, education or tuition assistance program, and each insurance and other fringe or employee benefit plan, program or
arrangement, in each case, (a) that is sponsored, maintained, entered into, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their ERISA Affiliates, (b) for the benefit of current or former
employees, directors, individual consultants or other individual service providers (or any dependent or beneficiary thereof) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their ERISA Affiliates or (c) with respect to which the Company, any
Company Subsidiary has or may have any obligation or liability (whether actual or contingent), other than any plan to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or has an obligation to contribute) pursuant to applicable Law and