Mueller Water Products, Inc. announced the appointment of Brian Slobodow and Niclas Ytterdahl to the Board. Mr. Slobodow will join the Board, effective immediately, and Mr. Ytterdahl will act as a non-voting observer of the Board until he is appointed to the Board following the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Upon joining the Board, Mr. Slobodow is expected to serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Mr. Ytterdahl is expected to serve on the Audit Committee.

New Director Biographies: Brian Slobodow is currently an Operating Partner of Operational Resource Group (“ORG”) at HGGC, a leading middle-market private equity firm. Mr. Slobodow brings over 30 years of operations expertise to the board, including knowledge in the areas of supply chain and procurement issues. Prior to ORG, Mr. Slobodow served as an Operating Executive at Golden Gate Capital, where he gained extensive experience on management teams, serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Atrium, Chief Executive Officer U.S. Silica Company and President and Chief Operating Officer of Neways International, all of which are current or former Golden Gate Capital portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Slobodow held multiple leadership positions within Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products and was a Principal at A.T. Kearney. He has previously served as a director on the boards of ANGUS Chemical Company, Cole-Parmer and Springs Window Fashions. Mr. Slobodow holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Niclas Ytterdahl is the Chief Operating Officer at Industrial Service Solutions (“ISS”). Mr. Ytterdahl brings over 25 years of operations expertise to Mueller, also including knowledge in the areas of supply chain and procurement. Prior to joining ISS, Mr. Ytterdahl was the President at Dover Vehicle Service Group and the Chief Supply Chain Officer at the AES Corporation.

Mr. Ytterdahl has also held multiple leadership positions within Thermo Fisher Scientific and began his career consulting for Accenture and A.T. Kearney. He currently serves as the Portfolio Board Director for Dubin Clark & Company, Inc. and is a Board Member for Euro Motorparts Group, which is a Dubin Clark portfolio company. Mr. Ytterdahl holds a Master of Science in Engineering Physics from Chalmers University of Technology (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) and a MS/MBA in Strategy, Corporate Finance and Operations from the MIT Sloan School of Management.