Form 8-K

 

 

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): August 16, 2010

 

 

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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 16, 2010, Mueller Water Products, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2020. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the notes, together with cash on hand and amounts to be borrowed under a new credit facility, to repay amounts outstanding under the Company’s existing credit facilities and to pay related fees and expenses.

The notes will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside of the United States to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the Securities Act.

A copy of the related press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01. Exhibit

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1   Press release issued by Mueller Water Products, Inc., dated August 16, 2010

 

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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: August 16, 2010     MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
   

/s/ Robert Barker

   

Robert Barker

    Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

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