SEC USE ONLY ----------------------- DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO. UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ----------------------- CUSIP NUMBER FORM 144 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ----------------------- WORK LOCATION ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker. ----------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) (b) IRS IDENT. NO. (c) S.E.C. FILE NO. Mueller Industries, Inc. 25-0790410 1-6770 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE (e) TELEPHONE NO. ----------- -------------- 8285 Tournament Drive, Suite 150 Memphis Tennessee 38125 AREA CODE NUMBER 901 753-2000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT (b) IRS (c) RELATIONSHIP (d) ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD IDENT NO. TO ISSUER STREET Harvey L. Karp Director P.O. Box 30 East Hampton NY 11937 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3(a) (b) SEC USE ONLY (c) (d) --------------- Title of the Name and Address of Each Broker Class of Through Whom the Securities are to Number of Shares or Securities To be Offered or Each Market Maker Broker-Dealer Other Units To Be Sold Aggregate Market Value Be Sold who is Acquiring the Securities File Number (See instr. 3(c)) (See instr. (3(d)) - ---------------- ------------------------------------ --------------- --------------------- ----------------------- Common Stock, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. 600,000(1) $19,860,000(2) $0.10 par value - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [CONTINUATION OF THE ABOVE CHART] (e) (f) (g) Number of Shares Approximate Date or Other Units of Sale Name of Each Outstanding (See instr. (3(f)) Securities Exchange (See instr. (3(e)) (M0. DAY YR.) (See instr. (3(g)) - ---------------- ------------------------------------ --------------- 33,440,632 From 3/7/2002 to New York Stock 5/30/2002 Exchange - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INSTRUCTIONS: 1. (a) Name of issuer 3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities (c) iSSUER'S S.E.C. file number, if any are intended to be sold (d) Issuer's address, including zip code (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code securities, give the aggregate face amount) (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of 2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of are to be sold this notice (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, person is an entity or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, as shown by the most recent report or statement published director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family by the issuer of any of the foregoing) (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold (d) Such person's address, including zip code (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold - ---------------- 1 Number of shares to be sold shall be reduced by shares of Common Stock withheld by the Issuer in respect of payment of withholding taxes upon the exercise of stock options by the Seller. 2 Based on a closing price of $33.10 on March 5, 2002. SEC 1147 (9-93)

TABLE I -- SECURITIES TO BE SOLD Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor: - ------------------ ------------ ------------- --------------------- --------------------- ------------- -------------------- Name of Person from Nature of Whom Acquired Amount of Title of Date you Acquisition (If gift, also give Securities Date of the Class Acquired Transaction date donor acquired) Acquired Payment Nature of Payment - ------------------ ------------ ------------- --------------------- --------------------- ------------- -------------------- Common Stock, 200,000 on Exercise of Issuer 600,000 shares 3/7/2002, Cash $0.10 par value 3/7/2002, stock options 4/1/2002 and 4/1/2002 and pursuant to a 5/1/2002 5/1/2002 registration (anticipated) (anticipated) statement on upon the Form S-8 effective exercise of under the stock options Securities Act of 1933 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE II -- SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. - -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- --------------- ------------------- -------------- Amount of Name and Address of Seller Title of Securities Sold Date of Sale Securities Sold Gross Proceeds - -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- --------------- ------------------- -------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REMARKS: The shares of Common Stock covered by this Form 144 are being sold pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1(c) sales plan dated March 6, 2002, and the representation below regarding the Seller's knowledge of material information speaks as of that plan's adoption date. INSTRUCTIONS: ATTENTION: See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. The person for whose account the securities to which this notice Information is to be given not only as the person for whose relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other that he does not know any material adverse information in persons included in that definition. In addition, information regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with disclosed. sales for the account of the person filing this notice. March 6, 2002 /s/ Harvey L. Karp --------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- DATE OF NOTICE (SIGNATURE) The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------