Company: MWA
Filing Date: 2025-11-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001350593-25-000066
Chunk: 290

Company: Mueller Water Products, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 290
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, including cyberattacks, to access, steal or misuse personal data, confidential information and intellectual property. Any of these uses of AI could damage our reputation, result in the loss of valuable property and information and adversely impact our business.

Misuse of our technology-enabled products, services and solutions could lead to reduced sales, increased costs, liability claims or harm to our reputation.

As we continue to design and develop products, services and solutions that leverage our hosted or cloud-based resources, the internet-of-things and other wireless/remote technologies, and include networks of distributed and interconnected devices that contain sensors, data transfers and other computing capabilities, our customers’ data and systems may be subjected to harmful or illegal content or attacks, including potential cybersecurity threats.  Additionally, we may not have adequately anticipated or precluded such cybersecurity threats through our product design or development.  These products, services and solutions inevitably contain vulnerabilities or critical security defects which may not have been remedied and cannot be disclosed without compromising security.  We may also make prioritization decisions in determining which vulnerabilities or security defects to fix, and the timing of these fixes, which could result in periods of compromised security.  These vulnerabilities and security defects could expose us or our customers to a risk of loss, disclosure, or misuse of information/data; adversely affect our operating results; result in litigation, liability or regulatory action (including under laws related to privacy, data protection, data security, network security and consumer protection); deter customers or sellers from using our products, services and solutions; and otherwise harm our business and reputation.

We are subject to a variety of claims, investigations and litigation that could adversely affect our results of operations and harm our reputation.

In the normal course of business, we are subject to claims and lawsuits, including from time to time, claims for damages related to product liability and warranties, investigations by governmental agencies, litigation alleging the infringement of intellectual property rights and litigation related to employee matters and commercial disputes.  We have in the past and may in the future be subject to investigations, claims, litigation and other proceedings outside the ordinary course of business.  Defending these lawsuits and becoming involved in these investigations may divert management’s attention, and may cause us to incur significant expenses, even if there is no evidence that our systems or practices were the cause of the claim.  In addition, we may be required to pay damage awards, penalties or settlements, or become subject to injunctions or other equitable remedies, which could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and