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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After evaluating each director and the composition of the full Board, the Governance Committee has recommended each nominee identified above for election. If elected, each of the nine individuals nominated for election to the Board will hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Each nominee has agreed to serve as a director if elected. However, if for some unforeseen reason a nominee becomes unwilling or unable to serve, proxies will be voted for a substitute nominee selected by the Board. In lieu of designating a substitute nominee, the Board, in its discretion, may reduce the number of directors.

#### PROXY STATEMENT FOR 2026 ANNUAL MEETING17

### ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Information about the nominees, including information concerning their qualifications for office, is set forth below:

| Christian A. Garcia            
 Age:62                         
 Independent Director since2024 
 Committees:                    |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |     | Key Board Contributions                                |
|                                |     | Mr. Garcia has more than 30 years of financial leadership experience in the industrial services, automotive electronics, energy, software and business equipment industries. He has served as Chief Financial Officer to three public companies, overseeing all aspects of finance, including accounting, financial planning, investor relations, treasury and operational finance. 
 Through his executive positions, Mr. Garcia brings strategic planning and corporate growth insights to the Board, gained from his involvement in strategic acquisitions, cost optimization, and business model transformation.                                                                                                                                                      
 Mr. Garcia has broad experience in multiple-part manufacturing from his financial leadership of large global companies, oversight of supply chain operations, and track record of value creation across a number of industrial manufacturing industries.                                                                                                                            |     |                                                        |
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|                                |     | BrandSafway, an industrial