---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-064461"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTS"
cik: "0000795403"
company_name: "WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T19:33:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T19:34:15.913495+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Watts Water Technologies elects all nine director nominees; say-on-pay and KPMG auditor ratified at 2026 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 72.3M (Dubose) to 83.2M (Noonan).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 98.2% of votes cast in favor.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY2026 approved with 97.0% of votes cast.
- Broker non-votes were 996,522 on director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-064461
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTS
- cik: 0000795403
- company_name: WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T19:33:13+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000110465926064461/0001104659-26-064461-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000110465926064461/wts-20260519x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: The votes regarding the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 were as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000110465926064461/0001104659-26-064461-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: The results of the non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000110465926064461/0001104659-26-064461-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: Each of the following nine persons was elected as a Director of the Company for a term expiring at the Company's 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such Director's successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000110465926064461/0001104659-26-064461-index.htm

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