Company: MWA
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001350593-25-000069
Chunk: 17

Company: Mueller Water Products, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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 engagement and training, and diversity and inclusion.                            |
|                  |     | Health and Safety Expertise.We are committed to responsible and rigorous health and safety oversight. We believe directors with health and safety experience can help drive strong health and safety performance not only at the most strategic level but also throughout the organization.                                                                          |
|                  |     | Technology Experience.Directors with backgrounds in engineering disciplines, computer science, software development and cyber security are increasingly important in light of our strategic focus on manufacturing and product technologies.                                                                                                                         |
|                  |     | Materials Science and Engineering Experience.Directors with a background in these areas are important to our understanding of how metals, nanomaterials and other substances meet the electrical, chemical or mechanical requirements of our products.                                                                                                               |
|                  |     | Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Experience.Directors with experience overseeing ESG strategy are important to ensure the Company successfully implements and executes the appropriate strategies for sustainability; diversity, equity and inclusion; and human capital management.                                                                     |
|                  |     | Branding Expertise.Directors who have worked to define and maintain perceptions of the nature and focus of an enterprise, specifically during transformative change, are an invaluable asset.                                                                                                                                                                        |

#### PROXY STATEMENT FOR 2026 ANNUAL MEETING29

### ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

#### Director Candidate Recommendations
A stockholder who wishes to submit a director candidate for consideration by the Governance Committee must do so by writing our Corporate Secretary and including the candidate’s biographical data. See “Questions About Voting and the Annual Meeting.”

#### The Board’s Role and Responsibilities

### Overview
Our Board is responsible for overseeing the business affairs of the Company, including regularly monitoring the effectiveness of management’s implementation of strategy, policy, risk mitigation tactics and other decisions. As the Company continues to grow and transform, the Board not only guides management, but also assists in reacting to changing environments. The Board receives regular updates and engages actively with the management team regarding key strategic initiatives, technology trends, competitive and economic changes and other important developments and is also involved in strategic planning and review each year. Combined with management’s execution of our business strategy, the Board’s oversight promotes the creation of long-term stockholder value, with a focus on assessing both the potential opportunities available to us and the risks that we might encounter.

#### Board Oversight

#### RISK
While the Board maintains oversight responsibility for how we manage risk, it charges management with assessing and mitigating that risk through the development, implementation and maintenance of the Company