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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 23, 2019
 
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.
The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on January 23, 2019. The stockholders of the Company voted on the following three items:
 
1.
The election of nine directors to terms ending in 2020.
 
2.
An advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
 
3.
The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019.
Proposal 1. Each of the returning directors listed below was re-elected, and Dr. Christine Ortiz was elected, as a director of the Company. The nominees for director were elected based on the following votes.

Director
  
 Votes For
 
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
Shirley C. Franklin
  
129,176,669
 
589,393
 
92,627
 
16,555,795
J. Scott Hall
 
126,216,000
 
3,543,351
 
99,338
 
16,555,795
Thomas J. Hansen
 
129,366,945
 
393,325
 
98,419
 
16,555,795
Jerry W. Kolb
 
125,897,435
 
3,867,728
 
93,526
 
16,555,795
Mark J. O'Brien
  
126,067,331
 
3,692,042
 
99,316
 
16,555,795
Christine Ortiz
 
129,371,542
 
395,158
 
91,989
 
16,555,795
Bernard G. Rethore
  
125,899,890
 
3,859,735
 
99,064
 
16,555,795
Lydia W. Thomas
  
125,998,320
 
3,767,334
 
93,035
 
16,555,795
Michael T. Tokarz
  
126,059,228
 
3,696,987
 
102,474
 
16,555,795

Proposal 2. The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers received the following votes.

Votes for approval
125,640,164

Votes against approval
3,943,662

Abstentions
274,863

Broker Non-Votes
16,555,795

 

Proposal 3. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019 received the following votes.

Votes for approval
142,301,996

Votes against approval
3,949,699

Abstentions
162,789






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 24, 2019
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Steven S. Heinrichs
 
 
 
Steven S. Heinrichs
 
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary