Except for historical information contained herein, information in this presentation is 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 Mueller Water Products, Inc. to differ materially from forecasted results. Those risks include, among others, changes in customer orders and demand for our products; changes in raw material pricing, labor, equipment and transportation costs; pricing actions by the Company's competitors; changes in law; the current or future state of the water infrastructure industry, the ability to attract and retain management and employees; the inability to successfully execute management strategies with respect to cost containment, production decreases, inventory control, the integration of acquired businesses, and the construction of a new manufacturing plant; and general changes in economic conditions. Risks associated with forward-looking statements are more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mueller Water Products assumes no duty to update its forward-looking statements as of any future date. Within this presentation, the Company makes reference to certain non-GAAP financial measures, which have directly comparable GAAP financial measures as identified in this presentation. These non- GAAP measures are provided so that investors have the same financial data that management uses with the belief that it will assist the investment community in properly assessing the underlying performance of the Company. A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP performance measures is included in the Supplemental Information and is presented in compliance with the provisions of the rules under Regulation G. Safe Harbor 2 | 
