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 18, 2016

 


 

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

DELAWARE

001-11499

04-2916536

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
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):

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 5.07                                           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2016 Annual Meeting”) of Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on Wednesday, May 18, 2016.

 

The results of the voting on the proposals considered at the 2016 Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

1.                                      Election of Directors

 

Each of the following nine persons was elected as a Director of the Company for a term expiring at the Company’s 2017 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

 

87,245,426

 

1,548,488

 

1,252,402

 

Bernard Baert

 

87,963,829

 

830,085

 

1,252,402

 

Richard J. Cathcart

 

87,367,584

 

1,426,330

 

1,252,402

 

Christopher L. Conway

 

87,965,768

 

828,146

 

1,252,402

 

W. Craig Kissel

 

87,367,724

 

1,426,190

 

1,252,402

 

Joseph T. Noonan

 

88,571,153

 

222,761

 

1,252,402

 

Robert J. Pagano, Jr.

 

88,239,216

 

554,698

 

1,252,402

 

Merilee Raines

 

88,061,179

 

732,735

 

1,252,402

 

Joseph W. Reitmeier

 

87,963,782

 

830,132

 

1,252,402

 

 

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, 2016 were as follows:

 

Number of votes cast for the proposal:

 

89,803,962

Number of votes cast against the proposal:

 

227,495

Number of abstentions:

 

14,859

Number of broker non-votes:

 

0

 

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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 18, 2016

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kenneth R. Lepage

 

 

Kenneth R. Lepage

 

 

General Counsel

 

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