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Issuer:     WATERS CORP /DE/ (WAT)
CIK:        0001000697
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-153040
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waters re-elects all 9 directors, ratifies PwC, and approves say-on-pay at annual meeting
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- All 9 director nominees re-elected; votes ranged from 42.1M (Ornskov) to 49.7M (Batra, Brennan) for.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor approved: 50.3M for, 3.1M against, 41.9K abstain.
- Non-binding say-on-pay proposal adopted with 40.1M for, 10.0M against, 53K abstain (3.3M broker non-votes).
- Stockholders chose 1-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes (49.5M for 1 yr vs 549K for 3 yr).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312523153040/0001193125-23-153040-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312523153040/d503975d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-153040

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