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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001350593-22-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MWA"
cik: "0001350593"
company_name: "Mueller Water Products, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T03:46:34.943388+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mueller Water Products adds two directors, forms capital allocation committee under Ancora cooperation

## Summary
- Appoints Brian Slobodow as director immediately; Niclas Ytterdahl as observer, to join board after 2023 annual meeting.
- Creates Capital Allocation and Operations Committee co-chaired by CEO Scott Hall and Slobodow, including Chairman Mark O'Brien.
- Accelerates board refresh: directors with >10 years service to depart within three years, max three per year; board set at 10 by 2024.
- Ancora agrees to standstill, voting commitments; 2023 annual meeting to be held no later than February 16, 2023.
- Company cites record backlog and healthy demand, focusing on operational improvements and capital investments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001350593-22-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MWA
- cik: 0001350593
- company_name: Mueller Water Products, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350593/000135059322000045/0001350593-22-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350593/000135059322000045/mwa-20221011.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001350593-22-000045
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001350593-22-000045.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001350593-22-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian Slobodow was appointed as director at Mueller Water Products, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: the Board appointed Brian Slobodow as a director and appointed him on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350593/000135059322000045/0001350593-22-000045-index.htm

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