Form 8-K (1/29/15)


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 28, 2015
 
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 28, 2015. The stockholders of the Company voted on the following three items:
 
1.
The election of ten directors to terms ending in 2016.
 
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 2015.

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
  
126,213,717

 
989,442

  
17,936,863
Thomas J. Hansen
 
126,255,657

 
947,502

  
17,936,863
Gregory E. Hyland
  
116,573,495

 
10,629,664

  
17,936,863
Jerry W. Kolb
 
126,852,874

 
350,285

  
17,936,863
Joseph B. Leonard
  
126,871,425

 
331,734

  
17,936,863
Mark J. O'Brien
  
126,231,263

 
971,896

  
17,936,863
Bernard G. Rethore
  
126,862,202

 
340,957

  
17,936,863
Neil A. Springer
  
126,872,379

 
330,780

  
17,936,863
Lydia W. Thomas
  
126,238,306

 
964,853

  
17,936,863
Michael T. Tokarz
  
92,313,923

 
34,889,236

  
17,936,863
 
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
  
124,915,210

  
Votes against approval
 
2,029,007

  
Abstentions
  
258,941

  
Broker Non-Votes
 
17,936,863

  
 
Proposal 3. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2015 received the following votes.
 
 
 
 
Votes for approval
  
143,552,527

  
Votes against approval
  
1,439,548

  
Abstentions
  
147,947

  
 





















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 29, 2015
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Keith L. Belknap
 
 
 
Keith L. Belknap
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary