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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-232113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWK"
cik: "0001410636"
company_name: "American Water Works Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T15:23:46+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T15:26:00.061420+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Water subsidiary issues $500M 4.625% senior notes due 2029

## Summary
- $500M aggregate principal, 4.625% rate, due 2029; net proceeds ~$498M after underwriting discounts.
- Proceeds to repay portion of AWCC's 3.625% exchangeable senior notes due 2026 and commercial paper.
- Underwriters: BofA Securities, RBC Capital Markets, Wells Fargo Securities.
- Closing occurred May 20, 2026; support agreement from American Water backs the notes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-232113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWK
- cik: 0001410636
- company_name: American Water Works Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T15:23:46+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000119312526232113/0001193125-26-232113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000119312526232113/d30600d8k.htm

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