Company: MWA
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001350593-25-000069
Chunk: 69

Company: Mueller Water Products, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 69
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Responsibilities of the Audit Committee, Management and the Independent Auditor

The Audit Committee’s key responsibilities are set forth in its charter, which was approved by the Board and is available on our website at www.muellerwaterproducts.com. The information on our website is not a part of this Proxy Statement. See “Proposal One - Election of Nine Directors — Board Structure — Board Committee Information” for more information concerning the Audit Committee and its responsibilities. With respect to the Company's consolidated financial statements for fiscal 2025 and internal control over financial reporting:

• Management was responsible for preparing the financial statements and establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee was responsible for monitoring and overseeing the financial reporting and audit functions, as well as the internal control over financial reporting and disclosure.

• EY, the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025, was responsible for performing an independent audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements and expressing an opinion on the conformity of those financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and was also responsible for performing an independent audit of, and expressing an opinion on, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

• The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with management and EY the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2025, the quarterly consolidated financial statements and operating results for each quarter in the fiscal year and the related significant accounting and disclosure issues, the Critical Audit Matters (“CAMs”) and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.

• The Audit Committee reviewed management’s report contained in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2025 (“Annual Report”), as well as EY’s Reports of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm included in the Annual Report related to its audits of the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting.

• The Audit Committee discussed with EY matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC. In addition, EY provided the Audit Committee with the written disclosures and the letter required by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding EY’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and the Audit Committee has discussed with EY the firm’s independence.

#### PROXY STATEMENT FOR 2026 ANNUAL MEETING69

### RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

### Audited Consolidated Financial Statements
Based on the foregoing discussions with and reports of management and the independent registered public accounting