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UNITED STATES

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AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote ***

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 10, 2019.

 

  AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.   Meeting Information
  Meeting Type:          Annual Meeting
    For holders as of:     March 15, 2019
    Date:   May 10, 2019       Time:   10:00 AM ET
    Location:  

The Camden Adventure Aquarium

1 Riverside Drive

Camden, New Jersey 08103

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AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

1 WATER STREET

CAMDEN, NJ 08102-1658

 

 

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above.

 

 

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We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.

 

This notice also constitutes Notice of the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

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  Voting Items      
  The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the nominees listed below:
  1.    Election of Directors
     Nominees:
     1a.    Jeffrey N. Edwards
     1b.    Martha Clark Goss
     1c.    Veronica M. Hagen
     1d.    Julia L. Johnson
     1e.    Karl F. Kurz
     1f.    George MacKenzie
     1g.    James G. Stavridis
     1h.    Susan N. Story
       
       
       
 

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The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.

2.    Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
3.    Ratification of the appointment, by the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2019.
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote AGAINST proposals 4 and 5.
4.    Shareholder proposal on political contributions as described in the proxy statement.
5.    Shareholder proposal on lobbying expenditures as described in the proxy statement.
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.