SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 14, 2014

 


 

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

001-11499

 

04-2916536

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

815 Chestnut Street, North Andover, Massachusetts 01845

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(978) 688-1811

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07                                           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2014 Annual Meeting”) of Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on Wednesday, May 14, 2014.

 

The results of the voting on the proposals considered at the 2014 Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

1.                                      Election of Directors

 

Each of the following eight persons was elected as a Director of the Company for a term expiring at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such Director’s successor is duly elected and qualified.

 

The voting results were as follows:

 

Director

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Robert L. Ayers

 

89,853,606

 

164,061

 

1,258,689

 

Bernard Baert

 

89,854,787

 

162,880

 

1,258,689

 

Kennett F. Burnes

 

89,822,565

 

195,102

 

1,258,689

 

Richard J. Cathcart

 

89,853,641

 

164,026

 

1,258,689

 

W. Craig Kissel

 

89,852,912

 

164,755

 

1,258,689

 

John K. McGillicuddy

 

89,694,653

 

323,014

 

1,258,689

 

Joseph T. Noonan

 

89,860,274

 

157,393

 

1,258,689

 

Merilee Raines

 

89,936,965

 

80,702

 

1,258,689

 

 

2.                                      Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The votes regarding the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Number of votes cast for the proposal:

 

90,949,612

 

Number of votes cast against the proposal:

 

302,759

 

Number of abstentions:

 

23,985

 

Number of broker non-votes:

 

0

 

 

3.                                      Approval of Executive Compensation

 

The votes regarding the approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the Company’s executive compensation were as follows:

 

Number of votes cast for the proposal:

 

87,441,769

 

Number of votes cast against the proposal:

 

288,322

 

Number of abstentions:

 

2,287,576

 

Number of broker non-votes:

 

1,258,689

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: May 15, 2014

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kenneth R. Lepage

 

 

Kenneth R. Lepage

 

 

General Counsel

 

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