American Water Works Company, Inc 8-K, filed Sep 16, 2021
American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK)
8-K
2021-09-16
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About this 8-K
American Water Works Company, Inc filed this 8-K on September 16, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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): September 16, 2021
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number: 001-34028
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(856 ) 955-4001
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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:
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On September 16, 2021, American Water Works Company, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Edward D. Vallejo, the Company’s Vice President, Investor Relations, will leave the Company effective September 17, 2021 and has accepted a position with another publicly-traded company. The Company also announced that Aaron Musgrave will join the Company effective September 20, 2021 as its Senior Director of Investor Relations.
A copy of the press release issued by the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits have been provided herewith, as indicated below:
| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit | |||||||
| 99.1* | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are included and formatted as Inline XBRL) | |||||||
*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: September 16, 2021 | By: | /s/ M. SUSAN HARDWICK | |||||||||
| M. Susan Hardwick | |||||||||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||
Exhibit 99.1

American Water Announces Changes in Investor Relations
Organization
| Maureen Duffy | ||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, Communications and External Affairs | ||||||||||||||
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| maureen.duffy@amwater.com | ||||||||||||||
CAMDEN, N.J., Sept. 16, 2021– American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly-traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced that Edward Vallejo, vice president of Investor Relations, has accepted a position with another publicly traded company. His last day with the company is September 17, 2021.
“I want to thank Ed for all of his contributions to our company,” said Walter Lynch, president and CEO of American Water. “Ed has been part of investor relations since our IPO in 2008 and has done a great job communicating the value of our company. We wish him all the best as he starts a new chapter in his career.”
American Water’s executive and investor relations team has been recognized by Institutional Investor Research, ranking first in the utilities sector, as voted by research analysts, for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); Communication of Strategy and Risk Management Amid COVID-19, and Best Analyst Day.
“While we wish Ed the best, we are happy to announce that Aaron Musgrave will join American Water, effective September 20, 2021, as senior director of Investor Relations. Aaron has extensive experience in this area, most recently at Vectren Corporation prior to its sale to CenterPoint Energy,” added Lynch. “Working closely with Susan Hardwick, our CFO, and Maureen Duffy, our SVP of Communications and External Affairs, Investor Relations will continue our open and transparent engagement with all stakeholders.”
Musgrave served as director of Investor Relations for Vectren for nine years. He also served as manager of Financial Analysis and Forecasting at Vectren. Prior to that, Musgrave was a lead financial analyst at Cinergy Corporation, now Duke Energy.
Musgrave earned his Master of Business Administration from Butler University and his Bachelor of Science in Accounting, with a Minor in Mathematics, from the University of Evansville in Indiana.
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About American Water
With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly-traded water and wastewater utility company. The Company employs approximately 7,000 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other related services to over 15 million people in 46 states. More information can be found by visiting amwater.com and follow American Water on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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