Company: MWA
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001350593-25-000069
Chunk: 6

Company: Mueller Water Products, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 6
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, and regular meetings and calls with current and potential stockholders and research analysts                                                                   
 •Topics of discussion included:                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 •Drivers of sales growth, including pricing initiatives, end markets, backlog, orders, and volumes                                                                                                                                                         
 •Impacts of inflationary pressures, as well as recently enacted tariffs, and strategies to offset higher costs, such as targeted pricing actions and operational and supply chain initiatives                                                              
 •Trends in key end markets, including municipal repair and replacement and new residential construction, potential benefits from the Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act                                                                        
 •Sustainability-related topics, including strategies to achieve targets and goals for scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) intensity, EchoShore®leak detection technology, safety, employee engagement, waste to landfills, and water withdrawal intensity 
 •Leadership Team and Board Refreshment Update, including the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) transition, and the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Succession Plan                                                                                           
 •Capital spending plans, including capital investments to expand domestic capacity and capabilities, the transition to a new brass foundry and investments in our iron foundries                                                                           
 •Cash flow expectations, including liquidity and levels of working capital and inventory.                                                                                                                                                                  
 •Capital allocation strategy, including capacity for capital spending, acquisitions, dividends, and share repurchases                                                                                                                                      
 •Our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |     | We value the stockholder feedback that we receive through our engagement activities. |

#### Sustainability

### PRIORITY AND REPORTING
We view sustainability, including environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) practices, as essential to our long-term viability. As an industry leader for more than 168 years, we embrace our responsibilities for sustainability stewardship. We recognize that these responsibilities not only address our commitment to our employees and our facilities, but also extend to our other stakeholders, including our investors, customers, suppliers, and communities.

Access to clean, safe water is essential. With the depletion of freshwater sources, the impacts of climate change and aging water infrastructure, we understand the importance of managing resources from start to finish. As a good steward and leader in water infrastructure, we embrace the opportunity and responsibility to make the world a better place for the benefit of future generations.

In August 2025, the Company published its annual ESG Report, which includes the principal sustainability metrics the Company tracks: water withdrawal/energy usage, GHG emissions and solid waste management. The ESG Report may be

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