Anvil International to Sell Assets of Its Picoma Business to John Maneely Company

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ATLANTA, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anvil International, L.P. ("Anvil"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE: MWA) and John Maneely Company ("JMC") have entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement pursuant to which Anvil will sell certain of the assets of Picoma, its electrical fittings business, to JMC. Under the agreement, JMC will transfer certain of the assets of Seminole Tubular Products, its plumbing fittings business. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The parties expect the transaction to close in mid-November 2009, subject to customary closing conditions. Based in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Picoma manufactures electrical conduit fittings and couplings. Eighty-five employees are associated with the Picoma business. 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/. About John Maneely Company JMC is the largest independent tubular manufacturer in North America, with the most diverse product platform in the North American pipe and tube industry. Through its Wheatland and Atlas Tube divisions, it maintains a #1 market position in North America in each of its three core product categories: Hollow Structural Sections (HSS), standard pipe and electrical conduit. Formed through the combination of John Maneely Company and Atlas Tube in December 2006 and headquartered in Beachwood, Ohio, JMC operates eleven plants in five U.S. states and one Canadian province and has a total production capacity of more than 3 million tons of steel pipe and tube per annum. For Mueller Water Products, Inc. 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 For John Maneely Company Media Contact: Christopher W. Ullman Director of Global Communications The Carlyle Group 202-729-5450 DATASOURCE: Mueller Water Products, Inc. CONTACT: Investor: Martie Edmunds Zakas Sr. Vice President - Strategic Planning & Investor Relations, +1-770-206-4237, ; Media: John Pensec Director - Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, +1-770-206-4240, , both of Mueller Water Products, Inc.; Media: Christopher W. Ullman, Director of Global Communications, The Carlyle Group, +1-202-729-5450, , for John Maneely Company Web Site: http://www.muellerwaterproducts.com/

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