March __,
2009
Dear
___________:
I am the
Chairman of the Board of Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI), and am writing to you
because our records show that your company owns ________ shares of our common
stock.
Our
Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will be held on May 7, 2009. One of the
agenda items is a resolution, proposed by a stockholder, which would require
that our Board of Directors consider candidates from certain specified groups in
the selection process of nominees for our Board. Mueller is opposed
to the stockholder resolution for the reasons set forth in our proxy statement
at pages 52-53, a copy of which is included herein. The stockholder
resolution can be found on pages 50-52.
Mueller
seats the most qualified directors it can find based on integrity, experience,
competence, special skills and knowledge and a commitment to the interests of
our Company. We do not exclude any potential
candidate. Mueller has no prejudice against anyone. Our
only prejudice is the pursuit of excellence.
Our Board
believes the proposed resolution would detract from the Board’s efforts to
identify the most qualified director candidates. We believe the
resolution is neither necessary nor wise because Mueller is already committed to
nominating the best director candidates regardless of gender, color of skin,
ethnic origin, etc. Attracting and selecting the best people has been
Mueller’s key to success and we must not compromise this principle.
We
respectfully request that you protect your investment in Mueller by voting
against the proposed resolution.
I, or our
General Counsel, Gary Wilkerson, will call you in the near future to discuss
this important issue.
Sincerely,
Harvey L.
Karp, Chairman