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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 7, 2022
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 N.E.
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 7, 2022. The stockholders of the Company voted on the following three items:
1.The election of ten directors to terms ending in 2023.
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 2022.
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  131,070,9423,899,84930,5397,388,898
J. Scott Hall131,354,2763,603,19543,8587,388,898
Thomas J. Hansen130,575,3804,368,17257,7777,388,898
Mark J. O'Brien121,742,34412,270,740988,2467,388,898
Christine Ortiz  134,410,536534,94555,8487,388,898
Bernard G. Rethore116,180,09317,830,418990,8187,388,898
Jeffery S. Sharritts  134,333,698607,66559,9677,388,898
Lydia W. Thomas  123,788,85410,216,512995,9637,388,898
Michael T. Tokarz  119,854,00314,062,8851,084,4417,388,898
Stephen C. Van Arsdell131,236,0813,723,04842,2017,388,898

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 approval125,188,106 
Votes against approval6,463,150 
Abstentions3,350,073 
Broker Non-Votes7,388,898 
Proposal 3. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022 received the following votes.
Votes for approval138,495,569 
Votes against approval3,717,010 
Abstentions177,649 




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.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 9, 2022MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
   
   
 By:/s/ Steven S. Heinrichs
  Steven S. Heinrichs
  Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary