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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899140-17-000385
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170418
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170418
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170418

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000089439
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ROLLING DRAWING & EXTRUDING OF NONFERROUS METALS [3350]
		IRS NUMBER:				250790410
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06770
		FILM NUMBER:		17767701

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUITE 150
		STREET 2:		8285 TOURNAMENT DRIVE
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38125
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(901)753-3200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUITE 150
		STREET 2:		8285 TOURNAMENT DRIVE
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38125

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SHARON STEEL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19910103
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt">In 2016, our Compensation and Stock Option Committee took meaningful steps to further <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">improve</font> our compensation practices by introducing, for the first time, a performance-based requirement for vesting of a portion of the long-term equity awards granted to our key executives.&#160; With the addition of this requirement, these awards will not vest in favor of these executives unless specified growth rates in earnings per share or total shareholder return are achieved over the next five-year period.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt">We were pleased to learn that the proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis &amp; Co. (&#8220;Glass Lewis&#8221;) took notice of this change, and citing Mueller&#8217;s <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#8220;track record of aligning pay with performance,&#8221;</font> has again recommended that its clients vote in favor of our say-on-pay proposal.&#160; However, it has also come to our attention that another such firm, Institutional Shareholder Services (&#8220;ISS&#8221;) has recommended that shareholders oppose our say-on-pay proposal, a position with which we respectfully disagree.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt">ISS&#8217;s position &#8212; a reversal from the stance it has taken in recent years &#8212; is disappointing, and in our view, fails to appropriately credit the recent improvements mentioned above.&#160; It is also surprising given that in November 2016, ISS published an improved &#8220;QualityScore&#8221; for Mueller in the area of compensation.</div>

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