---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-22-018806"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTER"
cik: "0001532390"
company_name: "ALKALINE WATER Co INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:01:21.097272+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alkaline Water grants 2.43M stock options to employees at $0.51/share

## Summary
- Granted 2,430,000 stock options to employees; exercise price $0.51 per share, expires Aug 23, 2032.
- Options vest over 1-2 years: 2,280,000 vest 50% on each of 1st and 2nd anniversaries.
- Remaining options have staggered vesting schedules, e.g., 25,000 vest immediately, then in Jan 2023 and Jan 2024.
- Awards made to 20 U.S. persons and 1 non-U.S. person under Regulation S and Section 4(a)(2) exemptions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-22-018806
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTER
- cik: 0001532390
- company_name: ALKALINE WATER Co INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532390/000106299322018806/0001062993-22-018806-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532390/000106299322018806/form8k.htm

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