UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August  6, 2018

 

 

American Water Works Company, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission File Number: 001-34028

 

Delaware   51-0063696

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1025 Laurel Oak Road

Voorhees, NJ 08043

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(856) 346-8200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On August 9, 2018, American Water Capital Corp. (“AWCC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water Works Company, Inc. (“American Water”), sold $625.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.750% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”) and $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.200% Senior Notes due 2048 (the “2048 Notes”, and, together with the 2028 Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 6, 2018, among AWCC, American Water, and Mizuho Securities USA LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. The Notes have the benefit of a support agreement from American Water (the “Support Agreement”).

The Notes and the obligations of American Water represented by the Support Agreement were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-224558-01 and 333-224558). At the closing of the offering, AWCC received, after deduction of underwriting discounts and before deduction of offering expenses, net proceeds of approximately $1.3 billion. AWCC intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to (1) lend funds to American Water and its regulated operating subsidiaries, (2) repay $191.1 million principal amount of AWCC’s 5.62% Senior Notes due 2018 upon maturity on December 21, 2018, (3) prepay $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of AWCC’s outstanding 5.62% Series E Senior Notes due March 29, 2019 (the “Series E Notes”) and $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of AWCC’s outstanding 5.77% Series F Senior Notes due March 29, 2022 (the “Series F Notes”, and, together with the Series E Notes, the “Series Notes”), and (4) repay AWCC’s commercial paper obligations, and for general corporate purposes. After such prepayments, no principal amount of the Series Notes will remain outstanding.

The Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated December 4, 2009, by and between AWCC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by officers’ certificates establishing the terms of the Notes.

AWCC intends to notify holders of the Series Notes that AWCC will prepay $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Series Notes on or about September 11, 2018 (the “Prepayment Date”) at a price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Series Notes plus (ii) a make-whole amount, which is currently estimated to be $10 million in the aggregate, together with interest on such principal amount accrued to the Prepayment Date. Substantially all of the debt extinguishment expenses associated with the prepayment of the Series Notes will be allocable to American Water’s utility subsidiaries and are expected to be recorded as regulatory assets that American Water believes will be probable of recovery in future rates.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to report the closing of the offering summarized herein and the notification by AWCC of the prepayment of the Series Notes described above, and to include, as exhibits, certain documents executed in connection with the sale of the Notes.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements included in this Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by words with prospective meanings such as “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “predict,” “project,” “propose,” “assume,” “forecast,” “likely,” “uncertain,” “outlook,” “future,” “pending,” “goal,” “objective,” “potential,” “continue,” “seek to,” “may,” “can,” “will,” “should,” “will” and “could,” or the negative of such terms or other variations or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the prepayment by AWCC of the Series Notes, the make-whole amount to be paid in connection therewith and the amount of debt extinguishment charges allocable to American Water’s utility subsidiaries and recorded as regulatory assets that American Water believes will be probable of recovery in future rates. These forward-looking statements are predictions based on American Water’s current expectations and assumptions regarding future events. They are not guarantees or assurances of any outcomes, performance or achievements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon them. The forward-looking statements are subject to a number of estimates and assumptions, and known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements included in this Current Report on Form 8-K as a result of the factors discussed in American Water’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 20, 2018, and other filings with the SEC, and additional risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, with respect to the prepayment of the Series Notes, the amount of the make-whole payment as of the Prepayment Date and the amount of debt extinguishment charges that may be allocable to American Water’s utility subsidiaries, as described herein.

These forward-looking statements are qualified by, and should be read together with, the risks and uncertainties set forth above and the risk factors included in American Water’s annual and quarterly reports as filed with the SEC, and readers should refer to such risks, uncertainties and risk factors in evaluating such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. American Water does not have any obligation or intention to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise, except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for American Water to


predict all such factors. Furthermore, it may not be possible to assess the impact of any such factor on American Water’s business, either viewed independently or together, or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. The foregoing factors should not be construed as exhaustive.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d)

Exhibits.

The following exhibits have been filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

  1.1*    Underwriting Agreement, dated August   6, 2018, by and among AWCC, American Water, and Mizuho Securities USA LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
  4.1*    Officers’ Certificate of AWCC, dated August  9, 2018, establishing the terms and authorizing the issuance of the 2028 Notes.
  4.2*    Officers’ Certificate of AWCC, dated August  9, 2018, establishing the terms and authorizing the issuance of the 2048 Notes.
  5.1*    Opinion of Morgan, Lewis  & Bockius LLP.
10.1*    Amended and Restated American Water Works Company, Inc. and its Designated Subsidiaries 2017 Nonqualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
23.1*    Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

*

Filed herewith.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

Dated: August 9, 2018

   

By:

 

/s/ LINDA G. SULLIVAN

     

Linda G. Sullivan

     

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

American Water Capital Corp.

1025 Laurel Oak Road

Voorhees, New Jersey 08043

$625,000,000 3.750% Senior Notes due 2028

$700,000,000 4.200% Senior Notes due 2048

Support Agreement from American Water Works Company, Inc.

 

 

Underwriting Agreement

August 6, 2018

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

RBC Capital Markets, LLC and

TD Securities (USA) LLC,

As representatives of the several Underwriters

named in Schedule I hereto

c/o Mizuho Securities USA LLC

320 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Ladies and Gentlemen:

1.    American Water Capital Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “ Underwriters ”), for whom you (the “ Representatives ”) are acting as representatives, (a) an aggregate of $625,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 3.750% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “ 2028 Notes ”), and (b) an aggregate of $700,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 4.200% Senior Notes due 2048 (the “ 2048 Notes ” and, together with the 2028 Notes, the “ Securities ”).

2.    The Company previously entered into a support agreement with American Water Works Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Parent ”), dated June 22, 2000 and amended as of July 26, 2000 (as such agreement may be hereinafter amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof, the “ Support Agreement ”). Pursuant to the Support Agreement, the Parent has agreed, among other things, to provide funds to the Company if it is unable to make timely payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Debt (as defined in the Support Agreement) issued by the Company.


3.    The Company and the Parent, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the Underwriters that:

(a)    An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-224558 and 333-224558-01) in respect of the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in a form heretofore delivered to the Representatives, became effective on filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and, to the Parent’s or the Company’s knowledge, no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Parent or the Company (the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “ Basic Prospectus ”; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called a “ Preliminary Prospectus ”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto but excluding the Form T-1 and including any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “ Registration Statement ”; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 3(c) hereof), is hereinafter called the “ Pricing Prospectus ”; the final prospectus relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 7(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “ Prospectus ”; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration

 

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Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Securities is hereinafter called an “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ”;

(b)    No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission. Each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives expressly for use therein (the “ Underwriter Information ”);

(c)    For the purposes of this Agreement, the “ Applicable Time ” is 4:00 P.M. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement. The Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 7(a) hereof, taken together (collectively, the “ Pricing Disclosure Package ”), as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and warranties in this clause (c) shall not apply to statements or omissions made in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information;

(d)    The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such

 

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documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information;

(e)    The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language filed as exhibits to the reports included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto;

(f)    (i) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information;

(g)    (i) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, (A) none of the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and which could reasonably be expected to, in each case, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, stockholders’ equity, properties or results of operations of the Parent, the Company and the Parent’s other subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”); and (B) no labor dispute with the employees of the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Parent, is imminent, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing

 

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Prospectus, there has not been (A) any material decrease in the number of shares of outstanding capital stock of the Parent or increase in consolidated long-term debt of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries, or (B) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs or management, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(h)    The Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries has good and sufficient title to all real property and personal property owned by them sufficient for the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pricing Prospectus or such as do not affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(i)    Each of the Parent and the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and each subsidiary of the Parent listed on Schedule IV hereto (each a “ Significant Subsidiary ”) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, except where the failure to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(j)    All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Parent and the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except (i) for directors’ qualifying shares, (ii) for 52,515 shares of redeemable preferred stock of Pennsylvania-American

 

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Water Company and (iii) as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Parent, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for liens, encumbrances, equities or claims that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(k)    This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Parent; the Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the indenture, dated as of December 4, 2009 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), under which they are to be issued; the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; the Support Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Parent and the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and the Securities, the Indenture and the Support Agreement will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and will be in substantially the form previously delivered to you;

(l)    None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;

(m)    The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Parent and the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, the Support Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated (i) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries is a party or by which the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries is subject, and (ii) will not result in any violation of (A) the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws, as amended, of the Company or the

 

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Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Parent or (B) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries or any of their properties, except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii)(B) for any conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or impair the ability of the Parent or the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Parent or the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture, or the Support Agreement, except (i) the registration under the Act of the Securities, (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications that have already been obtained or the failure of which to obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or impair the ability of the Parent or the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(n)    None of the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries is (A) in violation of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws, as amended, in the case of the Company, or the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated Bylaws, in the case of the Parent, or similar organizational documents, in the case of the Parent’s other subsidiaries, or (B) in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or to which it or any of its properties is subject, except in the case of clause (A) (with respect to subsidiaries of the Parent other than the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries) and clause (B), for violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(o)    The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Notes” and “Description of AWCC Debt Securities and American Water Support Agreement”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, under the caption “Underwriting”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the documents described therein, and under the caption “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects;

 

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(p)    Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries is the subject which would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best of the Company’s and the Parent’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

(q)    Neither the Parent nor the Company is or, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof, will be an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

(r)    (A) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (iii) at the time the Parent or the Company or any person acting on the Parent’s or the Company’s behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Act, the Parent and the Company were each a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and (B) at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Parent or the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Securities, neither the Parent nor the Company was an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;

(s)    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has certified certain financial statements of the Parent and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Parent and its subsidiaries as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;

(t)    Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, the Parent maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Parent’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, the Parent’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Parent is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;

 

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(u)    Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, there has been no change in the Parent’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Parent’s internal control over financial reporting;

(v)    The Parent maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries is made known to the Parent’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and, except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, such disclosure controls and procedures are effective;

(w)    The Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries possess all permits, licenses, franchises, authorizations, registrations, qualifications and approvals of governmental or regulatory authorities as required of them to own their properties and conduct their businesses in the manner described in the Pricing Prospectus (collectively, “ Permits ”), except where the failure to possess such Permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed all of their obligations with respect to such Permits required to have been performed, and no event has occurred which allows or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would allow revocation or termination thereof or result in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit, except, in each case, as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus or would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(x)    To the Parent’s and the Company’s knowledge, the Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries own, possess or have the right to employ sufficient patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, software, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names, inventions, computer programs, technical data and information (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”) reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as now conducted, except where the failure to own, possess or have the right would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the Intellectual Property Rights, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except for such infringements or conflicts that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Parent’s and the Company’s knowledge, the use of the Intellectual Property

 

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Rights in connection with the business and operations of the Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any person;

(y)    Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries (i) is in violation of any law, statute, or any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) owns or operates any real property which, to the Parent’s or the Company’s knowledge, is contaminated with any substance that is regulated under any Environmental Laws, (iii) is, to the Parent’s or the Company’s knowledge, liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or (iv) has received any written notice of any claim under any Environmental Laws, and the Parent and the Company are not aware of any pending investigation which could reasonably be expected to lead to such a claim;

(z)    The Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are, in management’s judgment, prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; within the past five years, none of the Parent, the Company or any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and none of the Parent, the Company or any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, except, in each case, as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;

(aa)    Neither the Parent nor the Company has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities;

(bb)    The Parent is in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective and applicable to the Parent as of the date hereof;

(cc)    The Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and foreign tax returns, or have filed for extensions of the due dates of such returns, required to be filed and have paid all taxes shown as due thereon except where the failure to so file such returns

 

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would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and other than tax deficiencies which the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries is contesting in good faith and for which the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries has provided adequate reserves, there is no tax deficiency that has been asserted in writing against the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the United States federal income tax returns of the Parent, the Company and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 have been settled and no assessment in connection therewith has been made against the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(dd)    None of the Company, the Parent, any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, the Parent, or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries is aware of or has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment;

(ee)    The operations of the Company, the Parent and each of the Parent’s other subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, the Parent, or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and

(ff)    None of the Company, the Parent, any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, the Parent, or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds, to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

 

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Any certificate signed by any authorized officer of the Parent or the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Parent or the Company, as the case may be, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

4.    Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, (a) at a purchase price of 99.331% of the principal amount thereof, including accrued interest, if any, from August 9, 2018 to the Time of Delivery, the principal amount of the 2028 Notes set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto, and (b) at a purchase price of 99.071% of the principal amount thereof, including accrued interest, if any, from August 9, 2018 to the Time of Delivery, the principal amount of the 2048 Notes set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.

5.    Upon the authorization by the Company of the release of the Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

6.    (a) Each series of Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global securities in book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Securities to the Representatives, for the account of the Underwriters, against payment by or on behalf of the Underwriters of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same day) funds, by causing DTC to credit the Securities to the account of the Representatives at DTC. The Company will cause forms of the certificates representing the Securities to be made available to the Representatives for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery hereunder at the office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004 (the “ Closing Location ”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., Eastern time, on August 9, 2018 or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date is herein called the “ Time of Delivery ”.

(b)    The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 10 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Securities and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 hereof, will be delivered at the Closing Location, and the Securities will be delivered through the facilities of DTC, all at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 2:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the New York Business Day next preceding the Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the

 

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parties hereto. For the purposes of this Agreement, “ New York Business Day ” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

7.    Each of the Parent and the Company, jointly and severally, agrees with each of the Underwriters:

(a)    To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement and to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery without the consent of the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; to prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Securities, in a form substantially consistent with Schedule III hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act within the time required by such Rule; to file promptly all other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Parent or the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Securities, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such steps including, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at its own expense, as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the Securities by the Underwriters (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement);

 

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(b)    If by the third anniversary (the “ Renewal Deadline ”) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Parent will file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives. If at the Renewal Deadline the Parent is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Parent will, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Parent will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Securities. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be;

(c)    Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such U.S. jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided that in connection therewith neither the Parent nor the Company shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities or to file a general consent to service of process or subject itself to taxation for doing business in any jurisdiction;

(d)    To use reasonable efforts to furnish to the Underwriters as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement but no later than 5:30 p.m., Eastern time, on the second New York Business Day immediately succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, with printed and electronic copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is, based on advice of counsel, required at any time during the period from the time of issue of the Prospectus until the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file

 

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under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives and upon the request of the Representatives to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many printed and electronic copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Securities at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon the request of the Representatives but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many printed and electronic copies as the Representatives may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;

(e)    To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Parent and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Parent, Rule 158);

(f)    During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing until the Time of Delivery, not to offer, sell, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities of the Parent or the Company that are substantially similar to the Securities without the Representatives’ prior written consent;

(g)    To take all reasonable action necessary to enable S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and Moody’s Investors Service Inc. to provide their respective credit ratings of the Securities;

(h)    During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to furnish to the holders of the Securities as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to the holders of the Securities consolidated summary financial information of the Parent and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail; provided, however , that the Parent and the Company may satisfy the requirements of this subsection by making any such reports, communications or information available on its website or by filing such information with the Commission via EDGAR or any successor filing system thereto;

 

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(i)    To use the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”;

(j)    To pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Act; and

(k)    Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Parent’s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Securities (the “ License ”); provided , however , that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred.

8.    (a) (i) Each of the Parent and the Company represents and agrees that, other than the final term sheet in a form substantially consistent with Schedule III hereto and filed pursuant to Section 7(a) hereof, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; (ii) each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Company, other than one or more term sheets relating to the Securities substantially consistent with Schedule III hereto, containing no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Act) that was not included in the Preliminary Prospectus or Pricing Prospectus, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus; and (iii) any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Representatives is listed on Schedule II hereto;

(b)    The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and the Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions under Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show; and

(c)    The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or, when taken together with the Pricing Prospectus, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives

 

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and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

9.    Each of the Parent and the Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Parent and the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Parent’s and the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Support Agreement, any Blue Sky survey, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 7(c) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with any Blue Sky survey; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Securities and the Support Agreement; and (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section; provided, however, that reimbursements to the Underwriters, if any, shall be limited to expenses actually incurred and provided further that in the case of clause (iii), the Parent and the Company shall not be requested to cover expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in excess of $5,000 in the aggregate.

10.    The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Parent and the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Parent and the Company shall have performed all of their obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

(a)    The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 7(a) hereof; the final term sheet contemplated by Section 7(a) hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company

 

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pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives;

(b)    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Representatives such written opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

(c)    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, each dated the Time of Delivery, in the form attached as Annexes IIA and IIB hereto;

(d)    Jeffrey M. Taylor, Secretary of the Company and Chief SEC & Corporate Governance Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Parent, shall have furnished to the Representatives his written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in the form attached as Annex III hereto;

(e)    (i) On the date of this Agreement, (ii) on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and (iii) at the Time of Delivery, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto;

(f)    (i) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, none of the Parent, the Company or any of the Parent’s other subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree and (ii) since the date as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there has not been (A) any material decrease in the number of shares of outstanding capital stock of the Parent or increase in consolidated long-term debt of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries, or (B) any change, or any development involving a

 

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prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Parent, the Company and the Parent’s other subsidiaries, otherwise, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

(g)    On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Parent’s or the Company’s debt securities by S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., each a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, and (ii) neither such organization shall have publicly announced (other than any announcement made prior to the Applicable Time) that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Parent’s or the Company’s debt securities;

(h)    On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Parent’s or the Company’s securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus; and

(i)    Each of the Parent and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Parent and the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Parent and the Company, respectively, herein at and as of the Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Parent and the Company of all their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a), (f) and (g) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

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11.    (a) The Parent and the Company will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that the Parent and the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

(b)    Each Underwriter will, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Parent and the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Parent or the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information; and will reimburse the Parent and the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Parent or the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

 

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(c)    Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ one separate counsel, and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate firm (in addition to one local counsel in each jurisdiction) if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) in an action where both the indemnifying and the indemnified party are actual or potential defendants, the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there are actual or potential conflicting interests between the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, including situations in which there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. No indemnified party shall, without the written consent of the indemnifying party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder.

 

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(d)    If the indemnification provided for in this Section 11 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Parent and the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Parent and the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Parent and the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Parent and the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Parent or the Company on the one hand or the Underwriter Information on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Parent, the Company, and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person

 

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guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e)    The obligations of the Parent and the Company under this Section 11 shall be in addition to any liability which the Parent and the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of any Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 11 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer, director and employee of the Parent or the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Parent or the Company within the meaning of the Act.

12.    (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for any of the Representatives or another party or other parties to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to prepare promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Securities.

(b)    If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to

 

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purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

(c)    If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 9 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 11 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

13.    The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Parent, the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, the Parent or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Parent or the Company and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

14.    If for any reason, other than a default by the Underwriters in their obligation to purchase the Securities, any Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all reasonable expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities not so delivered, but the Parent and the Company shall then be under no further liability to the Underwriters except as provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof.

15.    In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives jointly.

 

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16.    All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the Representatives in care of: Mizuho Securities USA LLC, 320 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, Fax: 212-205-7812; MUFG Securities Americas Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10020, Attention: Capital Markets Group, Fax: 646-434-3455; RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Brookfield Place, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10281, Attention: Transaction Management Group, Fax: 212-658-6137; or TD Securities (USA) LLC, 31 West 52nd Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Transaction Management Group; and if to the Parent or the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement or facsimile transmission to (856) 346-5899, Attention: Michael A. Sgro, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

17.    In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Parent and the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

18.    This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Parent and the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 11 and 13 hereof, the officers and directors of the Parent and the Company and each person who controls the Parent and the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

19.    Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “ business day ” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

20.    The Parent and the Company acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Parent and the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Parent or the Company, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Parent or the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Parent or the Company) or any other obligation to the Parent or the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this

 

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Agreement and (iv) the Parent and the Company have consulted their own legal and financial advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. The Parent and the Company agree that they will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Parent or the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

21.    This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Parent, the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

22.    This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

23.    The Parent, the Company and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

24.    This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

25.    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Parent and the Company are authorized to disclose to any persons the tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Parent and the Company relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax treatment” means U.S. Federal and State income tax treatment, and “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us five counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters, the Parent and the Company.

 

Very truly yours,
AMERICAN WATER CAPITAL CORP.
By:  

/s/ Charles Witherspoon

Name:   Charles Witherspoon
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.
By:  

/s/ Charles Witherspoon

Name:   Charles Witherspoon
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer


Accepted as of the date hereof:

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

TD Securities (USA) LLC

On behalf of each of the Underwriters

 

MIZUHO SECURITIES USA LLC
By:  

/s/ Okwudiri Onyedum

Name:   Okwudiri Onyedum
Title:   Managing Director
MUFG SECURITIES AMERICAS INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian Cogliandro

Name:   Brian Cogliandro
Title:   Managing Director
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Scott G. Primrose

Name:   Scott G. Primrose
Title:   Authorized Signatory
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC
By:  

/s/ Elsa Wang

Name:   Elsa Wang
Title:   Director


SCHEDULE I

 

     Principal Amount of
2028 Notes to be
Purchased
     Principal Amount
of 2048 Notes to
be Purchased
 

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

   $ 96,875,000      $ 108,500,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

   $ 96,875,000      $ 108,500,000  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

   $ 96,875,000      $ 108,500,000  

TD Securities (USA) LLC

   $ 96,875,000      $ 108,500,000  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                        Incorporated

   $ 50,000,000      $ 56,000,000  

PNC Capital Markets LLC

   $ 62,500,000      $ 70,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 18,750,000      $ 21,000,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

   $ 18,750,000      $ 21,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   $ 18,750,000      $ 21,000,000  

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC

   $ 12,500,000      $ 14,000,000  

Regions Securities LLC

   $ 12,500,000      $ 14,000,000  

Blaylock Van, LLC

   $ 4,375,000      $ 4,900,000  

C.L. King & Associates, Inc.

   $ 4,375,000      $ 4,900,000  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

   $ 4,375,000      $ 4,900,000  

MFR Securities, Inc.

   $ 4,375,000      $ 4,900,000  

Mischler Financial Group, Inc.

   $ 4,375,000      $ 4,900,000  

Multi-Bank Securities, Inc.

   $ 4,375,000      $ 4,900,000  

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

   $ 4,375,000      $ 4,900,000  


Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., L.L.C.

   $ 4,375,000      $ 4,900,000  

Telsey Advisory Group LLC

   $ 4,375,000      $ 4,900,000  

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

   $ 4,375,000      $ 4,900,000  

Total

   $ 625,000,000      $ 700,000,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     $1,325,000,000  


SCHEDULE II

 

  a)

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Pricing Disclosure Package: Final term sheet attached hereto as Schedule III.

 

  b)

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package: Fixed Income Investor NetRoadshow dated August 2, 2018 and NetRoadshow dated August 6, 2018.


SCHEDULE III

August 6, 2018

American Water Capital Corp.

American Water Works Company, Inc.

$625,000,000 3.750% Senior Notes due 2028

$700,000,000 4.200% Senior Notes due 2048

Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

   American Water Capital Corp.

Support Provider:

   American Water Works Company, Inc.

Security:

  

3.750% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”)

4.200% Senior Notes due 2048 (the “2048 Notes”)

Size:

  

$625,000,000 for the 2028 Notes

$700,000,000 for the 2048 Notes

Trade Date:

   August 6, 2018

Settlement Date:

   August 9, 2018 (T+3)*

Maturity Date:

  

September 1, 2028 for the 2028 Notes

September 1, 2048 for the 2048 Notes

Benchmark Treasury:

  

UST 2.875% due May 15, 2028 for the 2028 Notes

UST 3.000% due February 15, 2048 for the 2048 Notes

Benchmark Treasury Yield:

  

2.932% for the 2028 Notes

3.083% for the 2048 Notes

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

  

+82 bps for the 2028 Notes

+112 bps for the 2048 Notes

Yield to Maturity:

  

3.752% for the 2028 Notes

4.203% for the 2048 Notes

Coupon:

  

3.750% for the 2028 Notes

4.200% for the 2048 Notes

Price to Public:

  

99.981% for the 2028 Notes

99.946% for the 2048 Notes

Interest Payment Dates:

  

2028 Notes: March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on March 1, 2019

2048 Notes: March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on March 1, 2019

Redemption Provisions:

  

Make whole call:

  

Adjusted Treasury Rate +15 bps for the 2028 Notes

Adjusted Treasury Rate +20 bps for the 2048 Notes

Par call:

  

On or after June 1, 2028, for the 2028 Notes

On or after March 1, 2048, for the 2048 Notes

CUSIP:

  

2028 Notes: 03040W AS4

2048 Notes: 03040W AT2

ISIN:

  

2028 Notes: US03040WAS44

2048 Notes: US03040WAT27

Ratings (1):

   [Intentionally omitted]


Joint Book-Running Managers:

  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

TD Securities (USA) LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Co-Managers:

  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC

Regions Securities LLC

Blaylock Van, LLC

C.L. King & Associates, Inc.

Loop Capital Markets LLC

MFR Securities, Inc.

Mischler Financial Group, Inc.

Multi-Bank Securities, Inc.

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., L.L.C.

Telsey Advisory Group LLC

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

 

(1)

Neither of these ratings is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold these securities. Each rating may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time, and should be evaluated independently of any other rating.

The term “Adjusted Treasury Rate” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Issuer’s Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated August 6, 2018.

 

*

The underwriters expect to deliver the notes in book-entry form only through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company against payment in New York, New York on or about the third business day following the date of the prospectus supplement, or “T+3”. Trades of securities in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, referred to as T+2, unless the parties to a trade agree otherwise. Accordingly, by virtue of the fact that the initial delivery of the notes will not be made on a T+2 basis, investors who wish to trade the notes before a final settlement may be required to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement.

The Issuer and the Support Provider have filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer and the Support Provider have filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer, the Support Provider and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, any underwriter participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Mizuho Securities USA LLC toll free at 866-271-7403, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. toll free at 877-649-6848, RBC Capital Markets, LLC toll free at 866-375-6829, or TD Securities (USA) LLC toll free at 855-495-9846.

 

III-1


SCHEDULE IV

Significant Subsidiaries of the Parent

New Jersey-American Water Company, Inc.

Pennsylvania-American Water Company

Missouri-American Water Company

Illinois-American Water Company

American Water Enterprises, LLC

Exhibit 4.1

AMERICAN WATER CAPITAL CORP.

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

AUGUST 9, 2018

3.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028

PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 102 AND 301 OF THE INDENTURE IDENTIFIED BELOW

The undersigned officers of American Water Capital Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), acting pursuant to an authorization contained in the unanimous written consent, dated August 1, 2018, of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board Resolutions”), and Sections 102 and 301 of the Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2009 (the “Indenture”, and unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them therein), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, do hereby certify as follows:

 

  1)

There is hereby established under the Indenture the following series of debt securities of the Company, and the terms of such series (the “Series”) are as follows:

 

  a)

The Series shall be known and designated as the “3.750% Senior Notes due 2028” of the Company (the “Securities”);

 

  b)

The terms of the Securities are as set forth in Annex A hereto;

 

  c)

The Securities shall be redeemable at the option of the Company as specified and subject to the limitations set forth in Annex A hereto;

 

  d)

The Securities shall not be entitled to the benefits of any sinking fund or analogous provisions;

 

  e)

The Securities shall be subject to defeasance as specified and subject to the limitations set forth in Annex A hereto;

 

  f)

The Securities will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Securities which are exchangeable from time to time for fully registered certificated securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and

 

  g)

The Company will not pay additional amounts on the Securities held by a non-U.S. person in respect of taxes or similar charges withheld or deducted;

 

  2)

The undersigned have read the provisions of the Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of securities thereunder, including Sections 201, 301 and 303 thereof and the definitions relating thereto;


  3)

The undersigned have read the Board Resolutions authorizing the issuance of the Securities and the taking of any action by such officers of the Company in connection therewith, and have made such investigation or examination as is necessary, in the opinion of the undersigned, to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether the covenants and conditions precedent to the action to be taken by the Trustee in authenticating and delivering Securities under the Indenture have been complied with;

 

  4)

In the opinion of the undersigned, such covenants and conditions precedent have been complied with; and

 

  5)

The Securities are “Debt” under the Support Agreement, dated June 22, 2000 and amended as of July 26, 2000, between American Water Works Company, Inc. and the Company.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed our names as of the date first written above.

 

By:  

/s/ Charles Witherspoon

Name:
  Charles Witherspoon
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey M. Taylor

Name:   Jeffrey M. Taylor
Title:   Secretary

 

American Water Capital Corp. – Officers’ Certificate


ANNEX A

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

American Water Capital Corp.

3.750% Senior Notes due 2028

CUSIP No. 03040W AS4

ISIN No. US03040WAS44

No R.             

  $                    

American Water Capital Corp., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      Dollars on September 1, 2028, and to pay interest thereon from August 9, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or as duly provided for semi-annually on March 1 and September 1, in arrears, commencing March 1, 2019, and on any earlier date of redemption, at the rate of 3.750% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on this Security shall be computed assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record


Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts (i) with respect to any Global Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder of such Global Security or (ii) with respect to any certificated Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the respective accounts specified by the Holders of such certificated Security or, if no such account is specified, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.


Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

AMERICAN WATER CAPITAL CORP.

By

 

             

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATION OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
As Trustee

By

 

                                                                                           

  Authorized Signatory
Dated:


This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2009 (herein called the “ Indenture ”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue Additional Securities, so that each such further issue shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Outstanding Securities of this series.

All or a portion of the Securities of this series may be redeemed at the option of the Company at any time or from time to time. The Redemption Price for the Securities of this series to be redeemed on any Redemption Date prior to June 1, 2028 will be equal to the greater of the following amounts: (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed on that Redemption Date; or (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of this series being redeemed on that Redemption Date that would be payable if such Securities of this series matured on June 1, 2028 (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to that Redemption Date) discounted to that Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points, as determined by the Reference Treasury Dealer (as defined below), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to that Redemption Date. The Redemption Price for the Securities of this series to be redeemed on any Redemption Date on or after June 1, 2028 will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed on that Redemption Date plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to that Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Securities of this series as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date. The Redemption Price will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Calculation of the Redemption Price will be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by a person designated by the Company; provided that such calculation or the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

The Company shall mail notice of any redemption at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, and, if less than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities of this series to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or in such manner as the Trustee shall deem appropriate and fair in accordance with DTC procedures. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after that Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption.

Adjusted Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.


Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of the Securities of this series were June 1, 2028 (the “ Remaining Life ”), that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such Security of this series.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (C) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (A) each of Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC, or their respective affiliates which are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the United States (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), and a Primary Treasury Dealer selected by MUFG Securities Americas Inc., and its successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.


As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

In connection with any proposed transfer of this Security if this Security ceases to be a Global Security, the Company or DTC shall be required to provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee all information that is (i) available to the Company or the DTC, as applicable, (ii) necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Section 6045 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and (iii) specifically and timely requested in writing by the Trustee. Any transferor shall also provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee all information that is (i) available to such transferor, (ii) necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Code Section 6045, and (iii) specifically and timely requested by the Trustee. The Trustee may rely on information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.


All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

Exhibit 4.2

AMERICAN WATER CAPITAL CORP.

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

AUGUST 9, 2018

4.200% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2048

PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 102 AND 301 OF THE INDENTURE IDENTIFIED BELOW

The undersigned officers of American Water Capital Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), acting pursuant to an authorization contained in the unanimous written consent, dated August 1, 2018, of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board Resolutions”), and Sections 102 and 301 of the Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2009 (the “Indenture”, and unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them therein), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, do hereby certify as follows:

 

  1)

There is hereby established under the Indenture the following series of debt securities of the Company, and the terms of such series (the “Series”) are as follows:

 

  a)

The Series shall be known and designated as the “4.200% Senior Notes due 2048” of the Company (the “Securities”);

 

  b)

The terms of the Securities are as set forth in Annex A hereto;

 

  c)

The Securities shall be redeemable at the option of the Company as specified and subject to the limitations set forth in Annex A hereto;

 

  d)

The Securities shall not be entitled to the benefits of any sinking fund or analogous provisions;

 

  e)

The Securities shall be subject to defeasance as specified and subject to the limitations set forth in Annex A hereto;

 

  f)

The Securities will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Securities which are exchangeable from time to time for fully registered certificated securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and

 

  g)

The Company will not pay additional amounts on the Securities held by a non-U.S. person in respect of taxes or similar charges withheld or deducted;

 

  2)

The undersigned have read the provisions of the Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of securities thereunder, including Sections 201, 301 and 303 thereof and the definitions relating thereto;


  3)

The undersigned have read the Board Resolutions authorizing the issuance of the Securities and the taking of any action by such officers of the Company in connection therewith, and have made such investigation or examination as is necessary, in the opinion of the undersigned, to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether the covenants and conditions precedent to the action to be taken by the Trustee in authenticating and delivering Securities under the Indenture have been complied with;

 

  4)

In the opinion of the undersigned, such covenants and conditions precedent have been complied with; and

 

  5)

The Securities are “Debt” under the Support Agreement, dated June 22, 2000 and amended as of July 26, 2000, between American Water Works Company, Inc. and the Company.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed our names as of the date first written above.

 

By:  

/s/ Charles Witherspoon

Name:   Charles Witherspoon
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey M. Taylor

Name:   Jeffrey M. Taylor
Title:   Secretary

 

American Water Capital Corp. – Officers’ Certificate


ANNEX A

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

American Water Capital Corp.

4.200% Senior Notes due 2048

 

   CUSIP No. 03040W AT2
   ISIN No. US03040WAT27
No R.                $                    

American Water Capital Corp., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of              Dollars on September 1, 2048, and to pay interest thereon from August 9, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or as duly provided for semi-annually on March 1 and September 1, in arrears, commencing March 1, 2019, and on any earlier date of redemption, at the rate of 4.200% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on this Security shall be computed assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall


be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts (i) with respect to any Global Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder of such Global Security or (ii) with respect to any certificated Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the respective accounts specified by the Holders of such certificated Security or, if no such account is specified, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.


Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

AMERICAN WATER CAPITAL CORP.
By  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATION OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

As Trustee

 

By  

 

  Authorized Signatory
Dated:


This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2009 (herein called the “ Indenture ”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue Additional Securities, so that each such further issue shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Outstanding Securities of this series.

All or a portion of the Securities of this series may be redeemed at the option of the Company at any time or from time to time. The Redemption Price for the Securities of this series to be redeemed on any Redemption Date prior to March 1, 2048 will be equal to the greater of the following amounts: (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed on that Redemption Date; or (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of this series being redeemed on that Redemption Date that would be payable if such Securities of this series matured on March 1, 2048 (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to that Redemption Date) discounted to that Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 20 basis points, as determined by the Reference Treasury Dealer (as defined below), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to that Redemption Date. The Redemption Price for the Securities of this series to be redeemed on any Redemption Date on or after March 1, 2048 will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed on that Redemption Date plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to that Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Securities of this series as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date. The Redemption Price will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Calculation of the Redemption Price will be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by a person designated by the Company; provided that such calculation or the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

The Company shall mail notice of any redemption at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, and, if less than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities of this series to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or in such manner as the Trustee shall deem appropriate and fair in accordance with DTC procedures. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after that Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption.

Adjusted Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.


Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of the Securities of this series were March 1, 2048 (the “ Remaining Life ”), that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such Security of this series.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (C) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (A) each of Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC, or their respective affiliates which are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the United States (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), and a Primary Treasury Dealer selected by MUFG Securities Americas Inc., and its successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.


As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

In connection with any proposed transfer of this Security if this Security ceases to be a Global Security, the Company or DTC shall be required to provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee all information that is (i) available to the Company or the DTC, as applicable, (ii) necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Section 6045 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and (iii) specifically and timely requested in writing by the Trustee. Any transferor shall also provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee all information that is (i) available to such transferor, (ii) necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Code Section 6045, and (iii) specifically and timely requested by the Trustee. The Trustee may rely on information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.


Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK , WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

Exhibit 5.1

 

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August 9, 2018

American Water Works Company, Inc.

American Water Capital Corp.

1025 Laurel Oak Road

Voorhees, New Jersey 08043

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to American Water Works Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ AWW ”), and American Water Capital Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the issuance by the Company of $625,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.750% Senior Notes due 2028 and $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.200% Senior Notes due 2048 (together, the “ Notes ”), issued under the Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2009 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), which Notes have the benefit of the Support Agreement, dated June 22, 2000, as amended as of July 26, 2000, between the Company and AWW (the “ Support Agreement ”).

We have participated in the preparation of or reviewed (1) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-224558 and 333-224558-01) (the “ Registration Statement ”), which Registration Statement was filed jointly by the Company and AWW with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”); (2) the prospectus dated May 1, 2018 (the “ Base Prospectus ”), forming a part of the Registration Statement, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated August 6, 2018 (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) relating to the Notes, both such prospectus and prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; (3) the Indenture; (4) the Support Agreement; (5) the certificate of incorporation of the Company; (6) the by-laws, as amended, of the Company; (7) the restated certificate of incorporation of AWW; (8) the amended and restated bylaws of AWW; and (9) such other corporate records, certificates and other documents (including a receipt executed on behalf of the Company acknowledging receipt of the purchase price for the Notes) and such questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

 

  

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Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Notes and the Support Agreement, as it relates to the Notes, are valid and binding obligations of the Company and AWW, respectively, except as may be limited or affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and general principles of equity.

In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the certificates representing the Notes conform to specimens examined by us and that the Notes have been duly authenticated, in accordance with the Indenture, by the Trustee under the Indenture and that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, assumptions which we have not independently verified.

We hereby consent to the reference to us under the heading “Legal Matters” in each of the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, to the references to us in the Registration Statement, including under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Base Prospectus, and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to AWW’s Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed on or about the date hereof, which will be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States insofar as they bear on matters covered hereby.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Exhibit 10.1

AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES

2017 NONQUALIFIED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(as amended and restated as of August 5, 2018)

The purpose of this American Water Works Company, Inc. and its Designated Subsidiaries 2017 Nonqualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan is to provide Eligible Employees of AWW and its Subsidiaries an opportunity to purchase shares of Stock of AWW. The Board of Directors of AWW believes that employee stock ownership will benefit both Eligible Employees and AWW’s stockholders. The Plan is not intended to qualify as an “Employee Stock Purchase Plan,” as set forth in section 423 of the Code. All capitalized terms shall have the meaning set forth for such term under Article I below.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 “Applicable Holding Period” means, subject to Section 5.05 below, the six (6) month period following the Purchase Date during which a Participant is required to hold any shares of Stock purchased on his or her behalf pursuant to the Plan; provided, however, in the event of a Participant’s death, the Applicable Holding Period shall be deemed satisfied as of the Participant’s date of death.

Section 1.02 “AWW” means American Water Works Company, Inc.

Section 1.03 “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of AWW.

Section 1.04 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Section 1.05 “Committee” means the committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan, as provided in Section 5.04 below.

Section 1.06 “Compensation” means a Participant’s base wages, exclusive of overtime pay, commissions, bonuses, premium pay, shift differential pay, any compensation reductions made in connection with plans described in sections 401(k), 125 or 132(f)(4) of the Code, and any other extraordinary remuneration, as determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion.

Section 1.07 “Effective Date” shall mean August 5, 2018, the effective date of the amendment and restatement of the Plan. The “ Original Effective Date ” is August 5, 2017.

Section 1.08 “Election Date” means the first day of the month of each calendar quarter or such other dates as the Committee shall specify. The first Election Date for the Plan shall be the Original Effective Date.

Section 1.09 “ Eligible Employee

(a) Subject to Section 1.09(b) and Section 1.09(c) below, the term “Eligible Employee” includes each employee, including a part-time employee, of the Employer.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 1.09(a) above, the term “Eligible Employee” shall not include:

(i) an employee who is classified by the Committee, or its delegate, as a temporary employee or leased employee;

(ii) with respect to any Purchase Period, an employee who terminates employment, dies or is determined to be disabled prior to the applicable Purchase Date;

(iii) unless the Committee specifically designates otherwise as set forth in Section 1.21 below, an employee who is employed by a non-U.S. subsidiary;

(iv) an employee who has been determined by the Board of Directors to be an “officer,” as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as such rule may be in effect from time to time, with respect to AWW; or


(v) an employee who owns stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Employer, which shall be determined by applying rules consistent with those reflected in section 423(b)(3) of the Code, which would otherwise apply if the Plan were intended to be a qualified employee stock purchase plan.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an employee’s status changes during the Purchase Period, but such change in status is not otherwise discovered or brought to the attention of the Committee within a reasonable period prior to any Purchase Date, the Committee, or its delegate, may deem such individual to be an Eligible Employee despite the exclusions described in this Section 1.09.

Section 1.10 “Employer” means AWW and each Subsidiary.

Section 1.10A “ Fixed Contribution Amount ” means an amount of Compensation paid to, or on behalf of, a Participant during a payroll period in a Purchase Period, that is selected by the Participant (in whole dollars only) for deduction and contribution to the Plan with respect to a Purchase Period, up to the lesser of:

(a) the Participant’s Net Compensation for such payroll period; and

(b) $2,500, or such other amount as may be determined by the Committee;

provided, however, that no deduction of the Fixed Contribution Amount may result in a Participant exceeding the aggregate Maximum Deduction Amount as provided in Section 1.12(b) hereof.

Section 1.11 “Market Value” means the last price for the Stock as reported on New York Stock Exchange for the date of reference. If there was no such price reported for the date of reference, “Market Value” means the last reported price for the Stock on the day immediately preceding the date of reference for which such price was reported or, if there was no such reported price, the fair market value of a share of Stock as determined by the Committee.

Section 1.12 “Maximum Deduction Amount” means, unless otherwise adjusted by the Committee:

 

  (a)

with respect to a Purchase Period, the Percentage Contribution Amount or, if applicable, Fixed Contribution Amount, as selected by a Participant; and

 

  (b)

with respect to all deductions by a Participant under the Plan during a Plan Year, $25,000 in the aggregate.

Section 1.12A “ Net Compensation ” means, with respect to a payroll period in a Purchase Period, the amount of Compensation paid to, or on behalf of, a Participant during such payroll period, minus all applicable federal (including FICA), state and local tax withholding requirements, and any and all other payroll deductions and other withholdings (other than the Fixed Contribution Amount with respect to such Purchase Period) required or elected by the Participant to be made therefrom during such Purchase Period, rounded down to the next whole dollar.

Section 1.13 “Participant” means each Eligible Employee who:

(a) elects to participate in the Plan in accordance with Article II;

(b) acknowledges and agrees to abide by the Applicable Holding Period and

(c) has not otherwise voluntarily elected to cease his or her participation in the Plan and has not otherwise requested and received all funds held on account of the Participant in the Plan.

Section 1.13A “ Percentage Contribution Amount ” means a percentage, as selected by a Participant, from one percent (1%) to ten percent (10%) of each payment of Compensation paid to, or on behalf of, a Participant during a Purchase Period.

Section 1.14 “Plan” means the American Water Works Company, Inc. and its Designated Subsidiaries 2017 Nonqualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as set forth herein and as hereafter amended.

Section 1.15 “Plan Year” means each calendar year during which the Plan is in effect.

 

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Section 1.16 “Purchase Agreement” means the instrument or other method prescribed by the Committee or its delegate pursuant to which an Eligible Employee may enroll as a Participant and subscribe for the purchase of shares of Stock on the terms and conditions offered by AWW. The Purchase Agreement is intended to evidence AWW’s offer of an option to the Eligible Employee to purchase Stock on the terms and conditions set forth therein and herein; provided, however, in the event of a conflict between the Purchase Agreement and this Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control.

Section 1.17 “Purchase Date” means the last Trading Date of each Purchase Period.

Section 1.18 “Purchase Period” means each three (3) month period, or such other period specified by the Committee, beginning on or after the Original Effective Date, during which the Participant’s Stock purchase is funded through payroll deduction accumulations (and, if applicable, contributions made pursuant to Section 2.05(c) below). The first Purchase Period shall begin on the Original Effective Date and continue until the last Trading Date of the calendar quarter next following the Original Effective Date. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, each subsequent Purchase Period, after the first Purchase Period, shall begin on the first day of the calendar quarter next following the preceding Purchase Date and continue until the last Trading Date of the calendar quarter in which such Purchase Period began.

Section 1.19 “Purchase Price” means the purchase price for shares of Stock purchased under the Plan, determined as set forth in Section 3.01 below.

Section 1.20 “Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of AWW.

Section 1.21 “ Subsidiary

(a) The term “Subsidiary” means any present or future corporation, trust, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity, of which the Company or another Subsidiary owns greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate voting interests in such entity and that is designated as a participating entity in the Plan by the Committee or its delegate.

(b) Unless the Committee specifically designates otherwise, a non-U.S. subsidiary shall not be considered a Subsidiary for purposes of the Plan, and employees of such a subsidiary shall not be Eligible Employees.

Section 1.22 “Trading Date” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.

ARTICLE II

PARTICIPATION

Section 2.01 Initial Participation . An Eligible Employee may elect to participate in the Plan by properly executing a Purchase Agreement and filing such Purchase Agreement with the Committee or its delegate, at such time in advance of the Election Date as the Committee or its delegate shall prescribe.

Section 2.02 Continuation of Participation .

(a) The Purchase Agreement shall remain in effect until it is modified through discontinuance of participation under Section 2.03 below or otherwise changed under Section 2.05 below.

(b) A Participant who is on a leave of absence approved by an Employer may continue to participate in the Plan during the leave of absence to the extent such Participant continues to receive Compensation, which is sufficient to satisfy the payroll deductions and any other legally required deductions or withholding obligations, as the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion.

Section 2.03 Discontinuance of Participation .

(a) To the extent legally permissible, a Participant may voluntarily cease his or her participation in the Plan and stop payroll deductions at any time by filing a notice of cessation of participation on such form and at such time in advance of the Purchase Date as the Committee, or its delegate, shall prescribe. A Participant who ceases contributions during a Purchase Period may not make additional contributions to the Plan during the Purchase Period and may request payment of any funds held for the Participant under the Plan on such form and at such time in advance of the Purchase Date as the Committee, or its delegate, shall prescribe. Any funds remaining in the Participant’s account on the Purchase Date shall be used to purchase Stock pursuant to Section 3.04 below, if the Participant is then an Eligible Employee.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding subsection Section 2.03, if a Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee, his or her participation in the Plan shall automatically cease and no further purchase of Stock shall be made for the Participant. Any funds held for the Participant under the Plan shall be distributed to the Participant.

Section 2.04 Readmission to Participation .

(a) Any Eligible Employee who:

(i) was previously a Participant;

(ii) discontinued participation (whether by cessation of eligibility or otherwise); and

(iii) wishes to be reinstated as a Participant,

may again become a Participant by executing and filing with the Committee a new Purchase Agreement.

(b) Reinstatement as a Participant shall be effective as of the next Election Date, provided the Participant is an Eligible Employee and the Participant files a new Purchase Agreement with the Committee, or its delegate, at such time in advance of the Election Date as the Committee, or its delegate, shall prescribe.

Section 2.05 Payroll Deductions and Deposits .

(a) Each Participant shall authorize after-tax payroll deductions from his or her Compensation for the purpose of funding the purchase of Stock pursuant to his or her Purchase Agreement. In the Purchase Agreement, each Participant shall authorize the withholding of the Percentage Contribution Amount, or the Fixed Contribution Amount (but not both), if the Committee or its delegate has elected to provide for a Fixed Contribution Amount, from each payment of Compensation during the Purchase Period, which, together with his or her contributions toward the purchase of Stock pursuant to subsection (c) below, may not exceed, in the aggregate for such Plan Year, the Maximum Deduction Amount.

(b) To the extent permissible by law or under the Plan, if a Fixed Contribution Amount has been provided for pursuant to Section 2.05(a), a Participant may change his or her deduction from a Fixed Contribution Amount to a Percentage Contribution Amount (or vice versa), and may change the amount of the Participant’s deduction to any permissible amount or percentage, as the case may be, as permitted by the Committee or its delegate, as of any time prior to an Election Date. A change shall be made by filing with the Committee or its delegate a new Purchase Agreement, which shall become effective as soon as administratively practicable following receipt by the Committee or its delegate.

(c) The Committee may allow Participants to deposit funds with AWW to be used for the purpose of purchasing Stock pursuant to their Purchase Agreements, in addition to payroll deductions pursuant to Section 2.05(a) above; provided, however:

(i) the total amount that a Participant may contribute to the Plan during a Purchase Period (through payroll deductions and deposits) may not exceed the Maximum Deduction Amount, and

(ii) the deposit of funds by a Participant will only be permitted if the Participant designates the timing and amount to be deposited on an executed Purchase Agreement that is filed with the Committee, or its delegate, at such time in advance of the Election Date as the Committee shall prescribe.

Section 2.06 Participant Rights and Privileges . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all Participants shall have the same rights and privileges within the meaning of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code.

ARTICLE III

STOCK PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION

Section 3.01 Purchase Price of Shares . Unless the Committee determines otherwise, the Purchase Price per share of the Stock to be sold to Participants under the Plan shall be the lesser of:

(a) 90% of the Market Value of such share on the Purchase Date, or

(b) 90% of the Market Value of such share on the first Trading Date of the Purchase Period.

 

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Section 3.02 Exercise of Purchase Privilege .

(a) As of the first day of each Purchase Period, each Participant shall be granted an option to purchase shares of Stock at the Purchase Price specified in Section 3.01 above. The option shall continue in effect through the Purchase Date for the Purchase Period. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.04 below, on each Purchase Date, the Participant shall automatically be deemed to have exercised his or her option to purchase shares of Stock, unless he or she notifies the Committee or its delegate, in such manner and at such time in advance of the Purchase Date as the Committee shall prescribe, of his or her desire to forfeit such option and subject to any restrictions that may be imposed by the Committee, to receive a refund of any outstanding amounts that have been deducted pursuant to the Participant’s Purchase Agreement or contributed toward the purchase of Stock pursuant to Section 2.05(c) above.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.02 above and Section 3.04 below, there shall be purchased for the Participant on each Purchase Date, at the Purchase Price for the Purchase Period, the largest number of shares of Stock, including fractional shares thereof, as can be purchased with the amounts deducted from the Participant’s Compensation, or contributed toward the purchase of Stock pursuant to Section 2.05(c) above, during the Purchase Period.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the unlikely event or limited instances that any amounts that are attributable to a Participant’s deductions or contributions remain after the purchase of shares of Stock on a Purchase Date, such amounts shall be returned to the Participant, in accordance with Section 3.04(c) below, as soon as administratively practicable.

Section 3.03 Reservation of Shares . There shall be two million (2,000,000) shares of Stock reserved for issuance or transfer under the Plan, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 4.02 below. The aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be purchased under the Plan shall not exceed the number of shares of Stock reserved under the Plan.

Section 3.04 Limitation on Shares to Be Purchased .

(a) Subject to Section 3.04(a)(iii) below, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be purchased for each Participant on a Purchase Date is the least of:

(i) the number of shares of Stock that can be purchased by applying the full balance of the Participant’s deducted or deposited funds to the purchase of shares of Stock at the Purchase Price;

(ii) the Participant’s proportionate part of the maximum number of shares of Stock available under the Plan, as provided in Section 3.03 and Section 4.01(a) below; or

(iii) five thousand (5,000) shares of Stock, subject to adjustment as described in Section 4.02 below.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 3.04(a) above, before the beginning of a Purchase Period, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may increase or decrease the maximum share limit for the Purchase Period and subsequent Purchase Periods. The adjusted maximum share limit shall continue in effect until again adjusted by the Committee.

(c) Any amounts deducted from a Participant’s Compensation that cannot be applied to the purchase of Stock on a Purchase Date by reason of the foregoing limitations described in Section 3.04(a) above, shall be returned to the Participant, as soon as administratively practicable.

Section 3.05 Payment for Stock . The Purchase Price for all shares of Stock purchased by a Participant under the Plan shall be paid out of the Participant’s authorized payroll deductions (and any deposits made by a Participant pursuant to Section 2.05(c) above, if permitted by the Committee). All funds received or held by AWW under the Plan are general assets of AWW, shall be held free of any trust requirement or other restriction, and may be used for any corporate purpose.

Section 3.06 Share Ownership; Issuance of Certificates .

(a) The shares of Stock purchased by a Participant on a Purchase Date shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have been issued or sold at the close of business on the Purchase Date. Prior to that time, none of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of AWW shall inure to the Participant with respect to such shares of Stock. All the shares of Stock purchased under the Plan shall be delivered by AWW in a manner as determined by the Committee following the Participant’s satisfaction of the Applicable Holding Period.

 

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(b) The Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine that shares of Stock shall be delivered by:

(i) issuing and delivering the number of shares of Stock purchased to a firm which is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as selected by the Committee from time to time, which shares shall be maintained by such firm in a separate brokerage account for each Participant, or

(ii) issuing and delivering the number of shares of Stock purchased by Participants to a bank or trust company or affiliate thereof, as selected by the Committee from time to time, which shares may be held by such bank or trust company or affiliate in street name, but with a separate account maintained by such entity for each Participant reflecting such Participant’s share interests in the Stock.

(c) Each account described in Section 3.06(b) above shall be in the name of the Participant.

Section 3.07 Distribution of Shares or Resale of Stock .

(a) A Participant may request a distribution of shares of Stock purchased for the Participant under the Plan or order the sale of such shares following the Participant’s satisfaction of the Applicable Holding Period, by making a request in such form and at such time as the Committee shall prescribe.

(b) If a Participant terminates his or her employment with the Employer or otherwise ceases to be an Eligible Employee, following the Participant’s satisfaction of the Applicable Holding Period, the Participant shall receive a distribution of his or her shares of Stock held in any stockholder account established pursuant to Section 3.06(b) above, which shall be effectuated by the Committee in a manner that it deems reasonable and appropriate, as determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion, or, in lieu of the receipt of shares of Stock, the Participant may alternatively elect to instead have the shares of Stock sold, in accordance with such procedures as the Committee shall prescribe.

(c) If a Participant is to receive a distribution of shares of Stock, or if shares are to be sold, the distribution or sale shall be made in shares of Stock. Any brokerage commissions resulting from a sale of Stock shall be deducted from amounts payable to the Participant.

ARTICLE IV

SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS

Section 4.01 Shares Unavailable . If, on any Purchase Date, the aggregate funds available for the purchase of Stock would otherwise permit the purchase of a number of shares Stock in excess of the number then available for purchase under the Plan, the following adjustments shall be made:

(a) The number of shares of Stock that would otherwise be purchased by each Participant shall be proportionately reduced on the Purchase Date in order to eliminate such excess; and

(b) The Plan shall automatically terminate immediately after the Purchase Date as of which the supply of available shares is exhausted, unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise.

Section 4.02 Anti-Dilution Provisions . The aggregate number of shares of Stock reserved for purchase under the Plan, as provided in Section 3.03 above, the maximum number of shares that may be purchased by a Participant as provided in Section 3.04 above, and the calculation of the Purchase Price per share shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Stock resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of shares or other capital adjustment, the payment of a stock dividend, or other increase or decrease in the shares, if effected without receipt of consideration by AWW.

Section 4.03 Effect of Certain Transactions . Subject to any required action by the stockholders, if AWW shall be the surviving corporation in any merger or consolidation, any offering hereunder shall continue to pertain to and apply to the shares of stock of AWW. However, in the event of a dissolution or liquidation of AWW, or a merger or consolidation in which AWW is not the surviving corporation, the Plan and any offering hereunder shall terminate upon the effective date of such dissolution, liquidation, merger or consolidation, unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise, and the balance of any amounts deducted from a Participant’s Compensation (or deposited pursuant to Section 2.05(c) above) which have not by such time been applied to the purchase of Stock shall be returned to the Participant, as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

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ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.01 Non-Alienation . Except as set forth below, the right to purchase shares of Stock under the Plan is personal to the Participant, is exercisable only by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime and may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by the Participant. If a Participant dies, unless the executor, administrator or other personal representative of the deceased Participant directs otherwise, any amounts previously deducted from the Participant’s Compensation (or deposited pursuant to Section 2.05(c) above before the Participant’s death) during the Purchase Period in which the Participant dies shall be used to purchase Stock on the Purchase Date for the Purchase Period. After that Purchase Date, there shall be delivered to the executor or administrator or other personal representative of the deceased Participant all shares of Stock and such residual amounts as may remain to the Participant’s credit under the Plan.

Section 5.02 Administrative Costs . AWW shall pay the administrative expenses associated with the operation of the Plan (other than brokerage commissions resulting from sales of Stock directed by Participants).

Section 5.03 No Interest . No interest shall be payable with respect to amounts withheld or deposited under the Plan.

Section 5.04 Committee . The Board of Directors shall appoint the Committee, which shall have the express discretionary authority and power to administer the Plan and to make, adopt, construe, and enforce rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan. The Committee shall adopt and prescribe the contents of all forms required in connection with the administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the Purchase Agreement, payroll deduction authorizations, requests for distribution of shares, and all other notices required hereunder. The Committee shall have the fullest discretion permissible under law in the discharge of its duties. The Committee’s interpretations and decisions with respect to the Plan shall be final and conclusive. The Committee may delegate certain administrative or ministerial matters under the Plan to one or more officer or officers of the Company (or their designees) as determined in the Committee’s discretion, and such persons may have the authority to (i) maintain or cause to be maintained (including through a third party administrator) records relating to the operation and maintenance of the Plan; (ii) process or oversee the issuance of, or cause to be issued, shares to a Participant upon the sale of Stock under the Plan; and (iii) take such other administrative or ministerial actions, or cause such actions to be taken, as the Committee may authorize.

Section 5.05 Withholding of Taxes; Notification of Transfer. All acquisitions and sales of Stock under the Plan shall be subject to applicable federal (including FICA), state and local tax withholding requirements if the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority requires such withholding. AWW may require that Participants pay to AWW (or make other arrangements satisfactory to AWW for the payment of) the amount of any Federal, state or local taxes that AWW is required to withhold with respect to the purchase of Stock or the sale of Stock acquired under the Plan, or instead deduct from the Participant’s wages or other compensation the amount of any withholding taxes due with respect to the purchase of Stock or the sale of Stock acquired under the Plan.

Section 5.06 Amendment of the Plan . The Board of Directors may, at any time and from time to time, amend the Plan in any respect, except that any amendment that is required to be approved by the stockholders shall be submitted to the stockholders of AWW for approval.

Section 5.07 Expiration and Termination of the Plan . The Plan shall continue in effect for ten years from the Original Effective Date, unless terminated prior to that date pursuant to the provisions of the Plan or pursuant to action by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the right to terminate the Plan at any time without prior notice to any Participant and without liability to any Participant. Upon the expiration or termination of the Plan, the balance, if any, then standing to the credit of each Participant from amounts deducted from the Participant’s Compensation or deposited by the Participant which has not, by such time, been applied to the purchase of Stock shall be refunded to the Participant.

Section 5.08 No Employment Rights . Participation in the Plan shall not give an employee any right to continue in the employment of an Employer, and shall not affect the right of the Employer to terminate the employee’s employment at any time, with or without cause.

 

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Section 5.09 Repurchase of Stock . AWW shall not be required to purchase or repurchase from any Participant any of the shares of Stock that the Participant acquires under the Plan.

Section 5.10 Notice . A Purchase Agreement and any notice that a Participant files pursuant to the Plan shall be on a form prescribed by the Committee and shall be effective only when received by the Committee or its delegate. Delivery of such forms may be made by hand or by certified mail, sent postage prepaid, to AWW’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources, or such other address as the Committee may designate. Delivery by any other mechanism shall be deemed effective at the option and discretion of the Committee.

Section 5.11 Government Regulation . AWW’s obligation to sell and to deliver the Stock under the Plan is at all times subject to all approvals of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale or delivery of such Stock.

Section 5.12 Internal Revenue Code and ERISA Considerations . The Plan is neither intended to constitute an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of section 423 of the Code nor intended to be construed as constituting an “employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Section 5.13 Section  409A . The Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable. All options granted under the Plan shall be construed and administered such that such option either (i) qualifies for an exemption from the requirements of section 409A of the Code or (ii) satisfies the requirements of section 409A of the Code. If an option is subject to section 409A of the Code, the exercise of such option shall only be made in a manner and upon an event permitted under section 409A of the Code and in no event shall an Eligible Employee, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year in which an exercise occurs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, although options are intended to be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of section 409A of the Code, and the Plan shall be interpreted accordingly, AWW does not warrant that any option will qualify for favorable tax treatment under section 409A of the Code or any other provision of federal, state, local or foreign law. AWW shall not be liable to any Eligible Employee for any tax the Eligible Employee might owe as a result of the grant or exercise of an option, or holding of any shares of Stock received upon exercise of the option, under the Plan.

Section 5.14 Headings, Captions, Gender. The headings and captions herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered as part of the text. The masculine shall include the feminine, and vice versa. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the identity of the person or persons may require. As the context may require, the singular may read as the plural and the plural as the singular.

Section 5.15 Severability of Provisions, Prevailing Law . The provisions of the Plan shall be deemed severable. In the event any such provision is determined to be unlawful or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of a change in an applicable statute, the Plan shall continue to exist as though such provision had never been included therein (or, in the case of a change in an applicable statute, had been deleted as of the date of such change). The Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey to the extent such laws are not in conflict with, or superseded by, federal law.

 

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