Company: MWA
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001350593-25-000069
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Company: Mueller Water Products, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEF 14A
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 some of the Board policies and other materials relating to our corporate governance program that are available on our website. We will also provide copies of any of these policies and materials without charge upon written request to our Corporate Secretary at Mueller Water Products, Inc., 1200 Abernathy Road, N.E., Suite 1200, Atlanta, Georgia 30328. The information on our website is not a part of this Proxy Statement.

| •Corporate Governance Guidelines     |     | •Board Committee Charters     |     | •Bylaws                     |
| •Code of Business Conduct and Ethics |     | •Certificate of Incorporation |     | •Stock Ownership Guidelines |

Stockholder Engagement We believe that strong corporate governance should include regular engagement with our stockholders to enable us to understand and respond to stockholder concerns. Understanding the issues important to our stockholders is critical to ensuring that we address their concerns in a meaningful and effective way. In fiscal 2025, management and the Board, as appropriate, continued to reinforce our commitment to building long-term relationships with our stockholders. As part of our engagement program, we engage with representatives of many of our top institutional stockholders to solicit feedback PROXY STATEMENT FOR 2026 ANNUAL MEETING 31

### ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
on performance, strategy, vision, risk management, governance and other matters. We strive to be responsive to our stockholders and are committed to continued engagement.

#### Board Structure

#### Board Leadership Structure
Our governance documents provide the Board with the flexibility to select the appropriate leadership structure for the Company, and the Board believes separating the roles of Chair and CEO is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders. Mr. Van Arsdell currently serves as our Non-Executive Chair, and Mr. McAndrew will succeed our current CEO, Ms. Zakas, effective February 9, 2026.

Under our Bylaws, the Chair presides over meetings of the Board and of stockholders, while the CEO has general and active management of our property, business and affairs, subject to the supervision and oversight of the Board.

The Board believes this structure facilitates decisive and effective leadership and, when combined with our other governance policies and procedures, provides appropriate opportunities for oversight, discussion and evaluation of decisions and direction by the Board.

#### Director Independence
The Governance Committee and the Board annually assess the outside affiliations of each director to determine if these affiliations could cause a potential conflict of interest or interfere with the director’s independence. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines (