Mueller Water Products, Inc 8-K, filed Feb 7, 2025
Mueller Water Products, Inc. (MWA)
8-K
2025-02-07
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About this 8-K
Mueller Water Products, Inc filed this 8-K on February 7, 2025, reporting on events of February 6, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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 6, 2025
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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 6, 2025. The stockholders of the Company voted on the following five items:
| 1. | The election of nine directors to terms ending in 2026. | |||||||
| 2. | An advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. | |||||||
| 3. | The amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. | |||||||
| 4. | The amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. | |||||||
| 5. | The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025. | |||||||
Proposal 1. Each of the nominees listed below was elected as a director of the Company based on the following votes:
| Director | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christian A. Garcia | 127,823,272 | 107,230 | 63,283 | 8,062,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas J. Hansen | 119,249,253 | 6,897,433 | 1,847,099 | 8,062,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian C. Healy | 123,207,206 | 4,725,301 | 61,278 | 8,062,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christine Ortiz | 123,487,343 | 4,450,048 | 56,394 | 8,062,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeffery S. Sharritts | 121,948,916 | 5,986,032 | 58,837 | 8,062,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bentina Chisolm Terry | 127,724,776 | 202,567 | 66,442 | 8,062,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen C. Van Arsdell | 124,387,741 | 3,541,784 | 64,260 | 8,062,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leland G. Weaver | 127,803,789 | 101,461 | 88,535 | 8,062,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marietta Edmunds Zakas | 124,418,345 | 3,493,477 | 81,963 | 8,062,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 approval | 118,975,437 | ||||
| Votes against approval | 8,713,291 | ||||
| Abstentions | 305,057 | ||||
| Broker Non-Votes | 8,062,995 | ||||
Proposal 3. The proposal to approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan received the following votes:
| Votes for approval | 127,443,817 | ||||
| Votes against approval | 237,296 | ||||
| Abstentions | 312,672 | ||||
| Broker Non-Votes | 8,062,995 | ||||
Proposal 4. The proposal to approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan received the following votes:
| Votes for approval | 123,888,271 | ||||
| Votes against approval | 3,795,080 | ||||
| Abstentions | 310,434 | ||||
| Broker Non-Votes | 8,062,995 | ||||
Proposal 5. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025 received the following votes:
| Votes for approval | 132,511,635 | ||||
| Votes against approval | 3,299,354 | ||||
| Abstentions | 245,791 | ||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Mueller Water Products, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: February 7, 2025 | MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC. | |||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Chason A. Carroll | |||||||||||||
| Chason A. Carroll | ||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||||||