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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1, 2024

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

001-11499

04-2916536

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

Identification No.)

815 Chestnut Street, North Andover, Massachusetts 01845

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(978) 688-1811

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

 Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share

WTS

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On October 1, 2024, Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (the “Registrant”) publicly disclosed its intention for local management to begin consultations with the appropriate works council in regard to a project to close the foundry at its manufacturing facility in Hautvillers-Ouville, France and to relocate the facility’s other production activities primarily to other facilities of the Registrant in France and other locations in Europe. The Registrant expects that the works council consultation process will last approximately three months, after which the local management team will present its proposal to the Registrant’s Board of Directors, who will make a determination whether to approve the restructuring plan. If the Registrant’s Board of Directors approves the restructuring plan, the charges expected to be incurred in connection with such plan are anticipated to be material to the Registrant.

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to whether our Board of Directors will decide to approve the proposed restructuring plan, the timing of any such approval and the materiality of the expenses associated with the restructuring plan. You should not rely on forward-looking statements because our actual results may differ materially from those predicted as a result of a number of potential risks and uncertainties. These potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, compliance with all legal obligations under French law with respect to the proposed restructuring plan, approval of proposed social benefit plans by the appropriate labor authorities, the scope of the final restructuring plan, and other risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the SEC, as well as risk factors disclosed in our subsequent filings with the SEC. We undertake no duty to update the information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, except as required by law.

 

 

 

Item 9.01.        Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

 

 

 

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: October 1, 2024

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kenneth R. Lepage

 

 

Kenneth R. Lepage

 

 

General Counsel, Chief Sustainability Officer

& Secretary

 

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