secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WATERS CORP /DE/ (WAT)
CIK:        0001000697
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-015384
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waters supplements merger proxy after two stockholder lawsuits alleging omissions
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- Two lawsuits filed in NY Supreme Court (Carroll, Clark) claim proxy omits material information; demand letters also received.
- Waters voluntarily adds multi-year financial projections (2025-2034) for standalone, advocacy, and SpinCo cases.
- Barclays DCF analysis values Waters standalone at $20.9B-$24.7B equity range ($348-$411/share) using 9%-10% discount rate.
- BDS Business enterprise value estimated at $16.8B-$19.7B standalone, $19.6B-$23.1B with synergies.
- Special meeting of Waters stockholders to vote on merger remains January 27, 2026; Board continues recommendation FOR.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312526015384/0001193125-26-015384-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312526015384/d81888d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-015384

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