Form 8-K (January 29, 2014)


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):            January 29, 2014
 
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
0001-32892
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)
 
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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 January 29, 2014. The stockholders of the Company voted on the following three items:
 
1.
The election of ten directors to terms ending in 2015.
 
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 2014.

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 For
  
Votes Withheld
  
Broker Non-Votes
Shirley C. Franklin
  
117,608,336

 
833,102

  
22,464,451
Thomas J. Hansen
 
117,747,726

 
693,712

  
22,464,451
Gregory E. Hyland
  
114,915,591

 
3,525,847

  
22,464,451
Jerry W. Kolb
 
117,651,565

 
789,873

  
22,464,451
Joseph B. Leonard
  
117,674,699

 
766,739

  
22,464,451
Mark J. O'Brien
  
117,692,324

 
749,114

  
22,464,451
Bernard G. Rethore
  
117,675,359

 
766,079

  
22,464,451
Neil A. Springer
  
117,654,560

 
786,878

  
22,464,451
Lydia W. Thomas
  
117,660,529

 
780,909

  
22,464,451
Michael T. Tokarz
  
74,367,173

 
44,074,265

  
22,464,451
 
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
  
116,606,235

  
Votes against approval
 
650,931

  
Abstentions
  
1,184,272

  
Broker Non-Votes
 
22,464,451

  
 
Proposal 3. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2014 received the following votes.
 
 
 
 
Votes for approval
  
140,408,199

  
Votes against approval
  
269,817

  
Abstentions
  
227,873

  
 





















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:  January 31, 2014
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Keith L. Belknap
 
 
 
Keith L. Belknap
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary