Form 8-K (1-30-13)


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported):            January 30, 2013
 
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
0001-32892
20-3547095
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
                                
1200 Abernathy Road, Suite 1200
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(770) 206-4200
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
Not applicable.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Mueller Water Products, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of stockholders on January 30, 2013. The stockholders of the Company voted on the following three items:
 
1
The election of eleven directors to terms ending in 2014.
 
2
An advisory resolution on executive compensation.
 
3
The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2013.

Proposal 1. Each of the directors listed below was re-elected as a director of the Company. The nominees for director were elected based on the following votes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Director
  
 Votes For
  
Votes Withheld
  
Broker Non-Votes
Totals
  
 
 
 
  
20,363,780

Howard L. Clark, Jr.
  
107,164,223

 
8,835,490

  
 
Shirley C. Franklin
  
107,169,234

  
8,830,479

  
 
Thomas J. Hansen
 
107,204,772

  
8,794,941

  
 
Gregory E. Hyland
  
104,520,809

  
11,478,904

  
 
Jerry W. Kolb
 
106,213,429

  
9,786,284

  
 
Joseph B. Leonard
  
106,266,896

  
9,732,817

  
 
Mark J. O'Brien
  
106,269,600

  
9,730,113

  
 
Bernard G. Rethore
  
106,226,920

  
9,772,793

  
 
Neil A. Springer
  
106,263,008

  
9,736,705

  
 
Lydia W. Thomas
  
107,173,838

  
8,825,875

  
 
Michael T. Tokarz
  
95,663,804

  
20,335,909

  
 
 
Proposal 2. The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company's executive compensation received the following votes.
 
 
 
 
Votes for approval
  
103,190,702
  
Votes against approval
 
2,429,625
  
Abstentions
  
10,379,386
  
Broker Non-Votes
 
20,636,780
  
 
Proposal 3. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2013 received the following votes.
 
 
 
 
 
Votes for approval
  
128,038,582
  
Votes against approval
  
239,691
  
Abstentions
  
8,358,220
  
 


















SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated:  January 31, 2013
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Keith L. Belknap
 
 
 
Keith L. Belknap
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary