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Founded in 1886, American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company. With headquarters in Voorhees, N.J., the company employs approximately 6,600 dedicated professionals who provide drinking water, wastewater and other related services to an estimated 14 million people in more than 40 states and parts of Canada. Our January Online Conference was attended by nearly 5,000 investors. Don't miss your chance to listen to leading small-cap company executives who will provide detailed overviews of their businesses through video presentations and live Q&A sessions.
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NYSE: AWK
The Value of American Water in your
Portfolio
Ed Vallejo
Vice President Investor Relations
July 2014
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July 2014
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this presentation are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are predictions based on American
Water’s current expectations and assumptions regarding future events and may relate to, among other things, its future
financial performance, including earnings, growth and portfolio optimization strategies, its ability to finance current
operations and growth initiatives, trends in its industry, regulatory or legal developments, capital projects and rate
adjustments. Actual results could differ materially because of factors such as the decisions of governmental and regulatory
bodies, including decisions to raise or lower rates; the timeliness of regulatory commissions’ actions concerning rates;
changes in laws, governmental regulations and policies, including environmental, health and water quality, and public
utility regulations and policies; weather conditions, patterns or events, including drought or abnormally high rainfall, strong
winds and coastal and intercoastal flooding; changes in customer demand for, and patterns of use of, water, such as may
result from conservation efforts; the company’s ability to effect significant changes to its business processes and
corresponding technology; its ability to appropriately maintain current infrastructure and manage the expansion of its
business; its ability to obtain permits and other approvals for projects; delays in project completion; changes in its capital
requirements; its ability to control operating expenses and to achieve efficiencies in its operations; its ability to obtain
adequate and cost-effective supplies of chemicals, electricity, fuel, water and other raw materials that are needed for its
operations; its ability to successfully acquire and integrate water and wastewater systems that are complementary to its
operations and the growth of its business or dispose of assets or regulatory systems that the company determined should
no longer be part of its portfolio; cost overruns relating to improvements or the expansion of its operations; changes in
general economic, business and financial market conditions; access to sufficient capital on satisfactory terms; fluctuations
in interest rates; restrictive covenants in or changes to the credit ratings on the company’s current or future debt that could
increase its financing costs or affect its ability to borrow, make payments on debt or pay dividends; fluctuations in the
value of benefit plan assets and liabilities that could increase its cost and funding requirements; migration of customers
into or out of its service territories; difficulty in obtaining insurance on acceptable terms and conditions; its ability to retain
and attract qualified employees; the incurrence of impairment charges; labor actions including work stoppages and strikes;
and civil disturbance, terrorist threats or acts, or public apprehension about future disturbances or terrorist threats or acts.
For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with American Water’s business, please refer to
American Water’s annual, quarterly and other SEC filings. The company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking
statement.
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$14.4 Billion Total Enterprise Value
800,000 Average Trading Volume
$8.6 Billion Market Capitalization
$2.9 Billion in 2013 Revenues
89% Regulated, 11% Market Based
27% Total Shareholder Return for Last 12 Months
2.6% Current Dividend Yield
0.8 Beta
14 Million People Served
47,000 Miles of Pipeline
6,600 Employees
1,500 Communities
3.2 Million Regulated Customers
American Water: The Premier Water Services Provider
in North America
Market Statistics*
Assets
* Market data as of June 30, 2014, Source : FactSet
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We have delivered impressive total shareholder value
since 2008 IPO
Source: Factset, Bloomberg
Total Shareholder Return History: IPO – May 31,2014
Our Total Shareholder Return has outperformed
S&P500 and Utility Peers
As of May 31, 2014
One Year Three Year Five Year
American Water
Price Appreciation 21.4% 63.0% 181.3%
Including Dividend 24.7% 77.2% 229.6%
UTY Index
Price Appreciation 10.7% 21.1% 50.2%
Including Dividend 15.3% 37.4% 86.8%
S&P500
Price Appreciation 18.0% 44.5% 109.3%
Including Dividend 20.4% 54.2% 132.5%
A $100 dollar investment in American Water at
IPO would have increased approximately 3x
Total Shareholder Return
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Water Industry Basics: The US Water Industry is highly
fragmented and with limited Investor ownership
Percentage of Drinking Water Systems and
Population served by Size Class (1)
(Based on 51,988 total water systems in US)
(1) Source: EPA, Drinking and Ground Water Statistics, 2008.
System Size by Population Served
Water
Wastewater
The majority of water systems in the US are owned by capital constrained entities
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Investment in Water and Wastewater Industry is
urgently needed
Water: approximately one million miles of pipe in the U.S.
A major water main breaks every two minutes in the U.S.
Two trillion gallons of treated water lost every year at a cost of $2.6
billion
Wastewater: approximately 800 thousand miles of sewer mains
900 billion gallons of untreated sewage discharged each year
By 2020, 44% of U.S. pipe infrastructure to be classified as poor,
very poor, or life elapsed
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All Other
Iowa
New York
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
California
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
57,566195,824
361,864
369,892378,635
483,876549,892
644,865
1.2 million
1.2 million1.5 million
2.1 million
2.5 million
States Where We Operate(approximate population served by state )*
American Water: Our Regulated Business
* Population data for FY 2013
State
FY 2013
Revenues
($ mm)
% of
Total
New Jersey $638.0 24.6%
Pennsylvania 571.2 22.0%
Missouri 264.8 10.2%
Illinois 261.7 10.1%
California 209.5 8.1%
Indiana 199.2 7.7%
West Virginia 124.2 4.8%
Other 325.3 12.5%
Total Regulated Business $2,593.9 100%
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Our Market Based Business generate complementary
opportunities for growth
Regulated Like Except not as Capital Intensive
Lines of Business
• Homeowner Services (HOS)
• Contract Operations
• Military Services Group (MSG)
• Municipal/Industrial (CSG)
• Biosolids / Terratec
• Modest competition
• Strong/consistent margins
• Controllable risk
• Growing market
• Capitalizes on AW strengths
Note: MBB segment also includes two non-regulated contracts for NJ concessions which are not included in this presentation
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Regulated Investment – CapEx
(4-5%)
MBB
(<1%)
Our Long Term Plan is based on Regulated Growth
Opportunities while leveraging Market Based Businesses
Regulated Investment – CapEx (3-5%)
Regulated Acquisitions (1-2%)
Long-term Plan 2015 - 2018
Other
Shale (0-2%)
Market Based (2-3%)
Note: * Net of Declining Usage
Regulated Growth: 4%-7%
Market Based Growth: 2%-5%
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Transparent Dividend Practice
* Source: Thomson Reuters, Time Period: 2009 – 2013 Dividend Paid CAGR
Peer companies include: AWR, WTR, CWT, ATO, GAS, WGL, GXP, WR, OGE, AEE, POR, LNT, EDE, SCG, POM, HE, IDA, TE, CMS, UNS, PNM.
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
$0.20 $0.21
$0.22
$0.23 $0.25
$0.28
$0.31
April 2014, increased 2014 quarterly cash
dividend to shareholders by 11% to $0.31
CAGR 8%
Top quartile Dividend CAGR Growth compared to water and utilities peers*
Dividend Practice
• Future dividend
increases aligned with
normalized EPS
growth
• Payout ratio between
50-60 percent of net
income
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American Water’s Investor Relations effort goes Digital –
download the AW App for your Apple or Android devices
• Search for “AWK IR” to download App
• All American Water
information in one place
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Why American Water is the right investment for you
Our Mission: Safe, Clean, Affordable and Reliable Water
Services to Highly Satisfied Customers
• Innovation Development Process: NPXpress Patent
• Operations in over 40 states, Regulated Presence in 16 states
• 5 Year EPS CAGR (2009 – 2013) approximately 16%
• 20x better industry avg (drinking water quality)
• 150x better industry avg (drinking water reporting & monitoring)
• Dividend growth correlated w/ EPS growth & Payout of 50%-60%
• Free cash flow positive by 2017
• Regulated like & Asset light • Homeowner Services, Military, Municipal & Biosolids
• Operational Efficiency 35% by 2018 • 5 Year Capex $5.8 Bn (Reg. $5.5 Bn), avg 2% annual bill increase
Market Based Businesses Build Adjacencies & Provide
Growth Opportunities
Commitment to Environmental Stewardship
Industry Leading 7-10% Long Term EPS Growth
Transparent Dividend Practice & No Planned Equity Offerings
Commitment To Innovation
Operational Excellence Maximizes Investments &
Minimizes Bill Increases
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Investor Relations Contacts:
Ed Vallejo
Vice President – Investor Relations
Durgesh Chopra
Director – Investor Relations
Tel: 856-566-4005
Fax: 856-782-2782