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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ( Mark One ) ☑ ☐ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from Commission file number : 001-34028 to AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY , INC . ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Delaware 51-0063696 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 1 Water Street , Camden , NJ 08102-1658 ( Address of principal executive offices ) ( Zip Code ) ( 856 ) 955-4001 ( Registrant's telephone number , including area code ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of each class Common stock , par value $ 0.01 per share Trading Symbol AWK Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None . No ☐ No ☑ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes ☑ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes ☑ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( § 232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes > No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , ” “ smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer ☑ Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company ☐ ☐ ☐ If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . ☑ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes No ☑ State the aggregate market value of the voting and non - voting common equity held by non - affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold , or the average bid and asked price of such common equity , as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter . Common Stock , $ 0.01 par value- $ 20,390,800,000 as of June 30 , 2020 ( solely for purposes of calculating this aggregate market value , American Water has defined its affiliates to include ( i ) those persons who were , as of June 30 , 2020 , its executive officers , directors or known beneficial owners of more than 10 % of its common stock , and ( ii ) such other persons who were deemed , as of June 30 , 2020 , to be controlled by , or under common control with , American Water or any of the persons described in clause ( i ) above ) . Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date : Common Stock , $ 0.01 par value per share - 181,439,255 shares as of February 19 , 2021 . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the American Water Works Company , Inc. definitive proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31 , 2020 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report .