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Issuer:     WATERS CORP /DE/ (WAT)
CIK:        0001000697
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-21-292612
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waters Corp appoints John M. Ballbach to board; Michael Berendt retires
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- Dr. Michael Berendt retired from the board effective Oct 5, 2021 after serving since 1998.
- John M. Ballbach appointed to board and Audit Committee effective Oct 5, 2021.
- Ballbach to receive standard non-employee director compensation plus initial equity grant of $55,000.
- Ballbach is former CEO of VWR International and currently on RPM International board.
- Appointment fills vacancy created by Berendt's retirement; term until 2022 annual meeting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312521292612/0001193125-21-292612-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312521292612/d208345d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-292612

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