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accession: "0001193125-25-125877"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAT"
cik: "0001000697"
company_name: "WATERS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T12:43:20.201672+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Waters Corp annual meeting elects all 10 directors, approves compensation and ESPP amendment

## Summary
- Approximately 94.12% of shares represented; all 10 director nominees re-elected.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for fiscal 2025 approved (51.7M for vs 3.4M against).
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed (44.7M for, 9.6M against).
- Amended and Restated 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan approved (54.3M for).
- Broker non-votes of ~1.65M recorded on director election and advisory compensation votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-125877
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAT
- cik: 0001000697
- company_name: WATERS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312525125877/0001193125-25-125877-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312525125877/d932012d8k.htm

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