---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-013102"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTS"
cik: "0000795403"
company_name: "WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T00:10:18.527940+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Watts Water begins consultation to close foundry in France; material charges expected if approved

## Summary
- On Oct 1, 2024, Watts Water initiated works council consultations for closing the foundry at its Hautvillers-Ouville, France facility.
- Other production at the site will be relocated primarily to other Watts facilities in France and Europe.
- Consultation process expected to last ~3 months; Board will then decide whether to approve the restructuring plan.
- If approved, charges related to the plan are anticipated to be material, though no amount has been specified.
- The closure targets foundry operations; no timeline for completion given beyond Board decision.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-013102
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTS
- cik: 0000795403
- company_name: WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000155837024013102/0001558370-24-013102-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000155837024013102/wts-20241001x8k.htm

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