{"url_path":"/sec/awk/8-k/2026-06-01/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-01","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/0001410636-26-000098-index.html","accession_number":"0001410636-26-000098","cik":"0001410636","ticker":"AWK","issuer_name":"American Water Works Company, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/0001410636-26-000098-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001410636","primary_entity_name":"American Water Works Company, Inc."},"word_count":399,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 8.01.    Other Events.\n\nCompletion of Acquisition of Certain Water and Wastewater System Assets from Nexus Regulated Utilities, LLC\n\nOn June 1, 2026, American Water Works Company, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the previously announced acquisition from Nexus Regulated Utilities, LLC (the “Seller”) of equity interests in specified entities (collectively, the “Acquired Entities”) that own regulated water and wastewater system assets located in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $315 million, subject to adjustment as provided for in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). Aggregate rate base of the system assets owned by the Acquired Entities is estimated to be approximately $200 million. The acquisition was completed pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated May 19, 2025 (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the Seller. The Seller is a subsidiary of Nexus Water Group, Inc., a privately-held water and wastewater utility serving more than 1.3 million people across 20 states in the United States and two Canadian provinces.\n\nThe Company received all required regulatory approvals related to the acquisition of the Acquired Entities prior to closing. The cash purchase price for the acquisition was funded by the Company with cash flow from operations and other existing sources of liquidity.\n\nAs a result of the acquisition of the Acquired Entities, the Company added approximately 47,000 customer connections to its regulated businesses, as well as approximately 70 employees.\n\nA copy of the press release issued by the Company on June 1, 2026 has been included as [Exhibit 99.1](exhibit991-awkpressrelease.htm) to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. References and links to websites and other information contained in this press release are not provided as active hyperlinks, and the information contained in or accessed through these hyperlinks shall not be incorporated into, or form a part of, this Current Report on Form 8-K.\n\nThe information furnished in response to this Item 8.01, including [Exhibit 99.1](exhibit991-awkpressrelease.htm), shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing."}