Company: MWA
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001350593-25-000069
Chunk: 67

Company: Mueller Water Products, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 67
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 time off. Commissions and executive perquisites were omitted from the median employee selection calculation. Using this methodology, we determined the “median employee” was a full-time, hourly employee located in the United States.

#### PROXY STATEMENT FOR 2026 ANNUAL MEETING67
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

| Proposal Three                                                                                       |     |                                              |
| Ratification of the Appointment of Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal 2026 |     |                                              |
|                                                                                                      |     | The Board recommends a voteFORthis proposal. |

The Audit Committee has authority to retain and terminate the services of our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has appointed Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit our consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, subject to negotiation of definitive fee arrangements. Although stockholder ratification of EY’s appointment is not required, the Board believes submitting the appointment to our stockholders for ratification is a matter of good corporate governance.

See below for a description of the fees EY billed us for fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024.

A representative of EY is expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. The representative will have an opportunity to make a statement and will be available to respond to stockholder questions.

Fees and Services of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Audit Committee appointed EY as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit our consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting for fiscal 2025.

#### Audit Fees and Other Fees
The following table shows the approximate fees for audit and other services provided by EY for fiscal years 2025 and 2024 (in millions). All fees in 2025 and 2024 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

|                    |     |   | 2025 |     |   | 2024 |
|:-------------------|:----|:--|-----:|:----|:--|-----:|
| Audit fees(1)      |     | $ |  3.0 |     | $ |  2.6 |
| Audit-related fees |     | $ |    — |     | $ |    — |
| Tax fees(2)        |     | $ |  0.1 |     | $ |  0.1 |
| All other