---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-421662"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSO"
cik: "0000105016"
company_name: "WATSCO INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-14T20:05:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-14T20:06:04.894935+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Watsco files Greenberg Traurig legal opinion, consent as 8-K exhibits; no new financials disclosed

## Summary
- Exhibit 5.1 is the opinion of Greenberg Traurig, P.A.; Exhibit 23.1 is that firm's consent, included within Exhibit 5.1.
- No revenue, EPS, guidance, deal, dividend, or operational update appears in the filing; exhibits only.
- Signed October 14, 2026 by Watsco Chief Financial Officer Ana M. Menendez; company is a Miami-based HVAC distributor.
- Legal-opinion/consent exhibits of this type typically accompany a securities offering or shelf registration, but no offering terms, size, or pricing are stated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-421662
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSO
- cik: 0000105016
- company_name: WATSCO INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-14T20:05:23+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105016/000119312526421662/0001193125-26-421662-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105016/000119312526421662/wso-20261014.htm

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