Mitchell Stacy A. 4

What Happened

• Stacy A. Mitchell, EVP and General Counsel of American Water Works (AWK), disposed of 729 shares on Jan 31, 2026 to satisfy a tax liability (reporting code F). The shares were valued at $129.13 each, totaling about $94,136. This was a share surrender to cover taxes rather than an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: January 31, 2026; filing date: February 2, 2026 (Form 4).
• Disposal: 729 shares at $129.13 per share for a total of ~$94,136.
• Transaction code F indicates shares were withheld/surrendered to cover tax obligations (common after option exercises or vesting).
• Footnote: approximately 80 shares were acquired via automatic dividend reinvestment since the last Form 4; those reinvested shares are exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16a-11.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not provided in the supplied excerpt.

Context

• Code F transactions are typically routine tax-withholding actions (the company retains/surrenders shares to satisfy tax withholding) and do not necessarily signal a deliberate market-sale decision by the insider.
• For retail investors, such transactions are usually administrative; purchases or open-market sales by insiders are generally more informative about sentiment.