Mueller Water Products Announces Closing of Its Equity Offering
23 September 2009 - 7:44PM
PR Newswire (US)
ATLANTA, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Mueller Water Products, Inc.
(NYSE:MWA) (the "Company") announced today that it has completed
its previously announced offering of 32,280,000 shares of its
Series A common stock and that underwriters for the offering have
exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 4,842,000
shares of its Series A common stock. The net proceeds from the
offering to the Company were approximately $165.9 million. The
Company is using all of the net proceeds from the offering to repay
a portion of indebtedness outstanding under its credit agreement on
a pro rata basis between the Term A loan and the Term B loan. BofA
Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Robert W. Baird & Co.,
Morgan Stanley, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, BB&T Capital
Markets and Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC underwrote the
offering. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell
or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor shall
there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of such state. The
offering of these securities will be made only by means of the
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Copies of
the prospectus supplement and prospectus relating to the offering
may be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, 4 World Financial Center,
New York, NY 10080, Attn: Prospectus Department or Goldman, Sachs
& Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, Attention:
Prospectus Department, 1-866-471-2526, or by e-mail at . You may
also obtain these documents by visiting the Securities and Exchange
Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov/. Safe Harbor Statement
Except for historical information contained herein, the statements
in this release are forward-looking and made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks
and uncertainties that may cause the actual results in future
periods of the Company to differ materially from forecasted
results. Those risks include, among others, changes in customer
orders and demand for our products; the liquidity of the credit
markets; changes in raw material, labor, equipment and
transportation costs; pricing actions by the Company and its
competitors; changes in law or the uncertainty of the application
of law and regulation; the ability to attract and retain management
and employees; the inability to successfully execute management
strategies with respect to cost containment, production increases
or decreases, inventory control, and the integration of acquired
businesses; and general changes in economic and financial
conditions, residential and non-residential construction, and
municipal spending. Risks associated with forward-looking
statements are more fully described in our filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no duty to
update its forward-looking statements as of any future date. About
Mueller Water Products, Inc. Mueller Water Products, Inc. is a
leading North American manufacturer and marketer of infrastructure
and flow control products for use in water distribution networks
and treatment facilities. Its broad product portfolio includes
engineered valves, fire hydrants, ductile iron pipe and pipe
fittings, which are used by municipalities, as well as the
residential and non-residential construction, oil & gas, HVAC
and fire protection industries. With latest 12 months net sales as
of June 30, 2009 of $1.6 billion, the Company is comprised of three
operating segments: Mueller Co., U.S. Pipe and Anvil. Based in
Atlanta, Georgia, the Company employs approximately 5,300 people.
Series A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under
the ticker symbol MWA. For more information about Mueller Water
Products, Inc., please visit the Company's Web site at
http://www.muellerwaterproducts.com/. Investor Contact: Martie
Edmunds Zakas Sr. Vice President - Strategic Planning &
Investor Relations 770-206-4237 Media Contact: John Pensec Director
- Corporate Communications & Public Affairs 770-206-4240
DATASOURCE: Mueller Water Products, Inc. CONTACT: Investor: Martie
Edmunds Zakas, Sr. Vice President - Strategic Planning &
Investor Relations, +1-770-206-4237, , or Media: John Pensec,
Director - Corporate Communications & Public Affairs,
+1-770-206-4240, Web Site: http://www.muellerwaterproducts.com/
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