Delaware | 51-0063696 | |
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The principal amendments reflected in the Plan (i) increase by 9,500,000 shares the total number of shares of Company common stock, $0.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), authorized for issuance under the Plan from 6,000,000 shares to 15,500,000 shares; (ii) clarify that all grants of stock options will have an exercise price per share not less than the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the date of grant; (iii) provide that grants of stock appreciation rights will have a term that does not exceed ten years from the date of grant of such stock appreciation rights; and (iv) provide further clarification that no repricings of the exercise price for stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the Plan will occur without stockholder appro val.
A detailed description of the Plan is included in the proxy statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, and a copy of the Plan is attached to the proxy statement as Appendix A.
American Water Works Company, Inc. | ||||||||
Date: May 12, 2009 | By: | /s/ George W. Patrick | ||||||
George W. Patrick | ||||||||
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||