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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): February 9, 2021
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
001-32892
20-3547095
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
                                
1200 Abernathy Road, Suite 1200
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(770) 206-4200
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01 per shareMWANew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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.




Item 5.07.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Mueller Water Products, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of stockholders on February 9, 2021. The stockholders of the Company voted on the following three items:
1.The election of ten directors to terms ending in 2022.
2.An advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
3.The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2021.
Proposal 1. Each of the directors listed below was re-elected as a director of the Company. The nominees for director were elected based on the following votes.
Director   Votes ForVotes Against  Abstentions  Broker Non-Votes
Shirley C. Franklin  126,010,4508,973,25245,1048,391,167
J. Scott Hall126,855,5338,124,35548,9188,391,167
Thomas J. Hansen126,280,7018,702,11045,9968,391,167
Jerry W. Kolb123,742,38311,241,50944,9148,391,167
Mark J. O'Brien  124,169,70510,814,34844,7538,391,167
Christine Ortiz127,804,1917,177,26247,3538,391,167
Bernard G. Rethore  120,905,20614,077,38846,2138,391,167
Lydia W. Thomas  124,272,32410,709,61846,8648,391,167
Michael T. Tokarz  124,399,65810,570,66258,4868,391,167
Stephen C. Van Arsdell127,827,1267,155,08246,5988,391,167



Proposal 2. The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers received the following votes.

Votes for approval128,376,596 
Votes against approval4,702,083 
Abstentions1,950,128 
Broker Non-Votes8,391,167 

 
Proposal 3. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2021 received the following votes.

Votes for approval141,371,680 
Votes against approval1,967,904 
Abstentions80,389 




Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
101.INSInline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCHInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CALInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEFInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LABInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PREInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101)




SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated:  February 11, 2021MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
   
   
 By:/s/ Steven S. Heinrichs
  Steven S. Heinrichs
  Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary