Mueller Water Products, Inc.

Regulatory Filings • Feb 12, 2021

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): February 12, 2021

MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	001-32892	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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share	MWA	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company	☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.	☐

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 12, 2021, the Board of Directors of Mueller Water Products, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Suzanne G. Smith as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, effective February 12, 2021. Ms. Smith joined the Company on January 11, 2021 as its Vice President, Finance. Previously Ms. Smith served as the Chief Accounting Officer for ModivCare Inc., f/k/a The Providence Service Corporation (NASDAQ: MODV), from February 2019 through August 2020, and for Cumulus Media Inc. (NASDAQ: CMLS) from May 2017 through February 2019. Prior thereto, Ms. Smith served as the Vice President and Corporate Controller for EmployBridge Holdings from 2015 to 2017. Ms. Smith is a certified public accountant in the state of Georgia. She earned her MBA degree from Georgia State University and also earned a BS from The Ohio State University.

In order to ensure a smooth transition in connection with the departure of the Company’s prior Chief Accounting Officer, as of February 12, 2021, the Company entered into a six-month consulting agreement with Michael S. Nancarrow covering applicable services for up to 15 hours per month.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101)

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: February 12, 2021
By:	/s/ Steven S. Heinrichs
	Steven S. Heinrichs
	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary