Watts Water Technologies, Inc. filings document a Delaware public company whose Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under WTS. Its Form 8-K reports frequently furnish quarterly operating results and financial-condition updates, including earnings releases for its plumbing, heating and water quality products business.
The company's regulatory record also includes proxy materials for annual-meeting matters, board governance, executive compensation and stockholder voting. Other 8-K disclosures address officer and director changes, compensatory arrangements, director indemnification agreements, registered security information and related corporate-governance matters.
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. is asking stockholders to vote at its 2026 Annual Meeting on three items: electing nine directors, an advisory vote on named executive officer pay, and ratifying KPMG LLP as independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2026.
The company highlights strong 2025 performance, including record sales of $2.44 billion, record diluted EPS of $10.17, record operating margin of 18.4%, operating cash flow of $402 million, and approximately $83 million returned to stockholders via dividends and share repurchases.
Watts Water Technologies Inc ownership update: The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 13 to report that it beneficially owns 0 shares of Common Stock, representing 0% of the class. The filing explains an internal realignment effective 01/12/2026 causing disaggregated reporting by certain Vanguard subsidiaries.
The statement is signed by Ashley Grim as Head of Global Fund Administration on 03/27/2026 and clarifies that Vanguard affiliates pursue the same investment strategies but no longer treat those subsidiaries' holdings as beneficially owned by The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Elie Melhem reported proposed dispositions of Common Stock. The filing lists a sale on 03/17/2026 of 3,029 shares for $917,938.45 and a sale on 03/18/2026 of 379 shares for $113,711.37. Broker information shows Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC as executing broker.
Watts Water Technologies executive Elie Melhem reported an open-market sale of company stock. On this Form 4, he sold 372 shares of Class A Common Stock at an average price of $292.13 per share. After the transaction, he directly owns 11,220 shares. The filing notes the trade was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on September 10, 2025, indicating it was scheduled in advance as part of a structured diversification or liquidity program.
WTS submitted a Rule 144 notice reporting an intended sale of 379 shares of Common Stock (restricted stock) dated 03/14/2026 to be handled through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. The filing also shows 3,029 shares sold on 03/17/2026 for $917,938.45.
Shares outstanding are listed as 27,423,636 as of 03/18/2026, provided here as context.
Watts Water Technologies executive Elie Melhem reported an open-market sale of company stock. As President for APAC, Middle East and Africa, he sold 379 shares of Class A Common Stock at $300.03 per share in a planned transaction under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Following the sale, he directly holds 11,592 shares.
Watts Water Technologies Chief Financial Officer Diane M. McClintock reported three Form 4 transactions in Class A Common Stock on March 16, 2026. In total, 485 shares were disposed at $297.80 per share to cover tax withholding obligations tied to prior equity awards.
The footnotes explain these dispositions were mandated by grant and plan terms for deferred stock awards granted on March 14, 2025 and March 14, 2024, and restricted stock units purchased under the issuer's Management Stock Purchase Plan on March 15, 2023. After these non-discretionary tax-withholding transactions, McClintock directly holds 7,896 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Watts Water Technologies President and CEO Robert J. Pagano Jr. reported mandatory share withholdings to cover taxes on equity awards. On March 16, 2026, a total of 7,788 shares of Class A Common Stock were disposed at $297.80 per share to satisfy tax withholding obligations tied to vesting of deferred stock awards granted in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The footnotes state these dispositions were required under the grant agreements and the company’s Management Stock Purchase Plan and did not represent discretionary trades. After these transactions, Pagano directly holds 199,753 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Watts Water Technologies’ general counsel, Kenneth Robert Lepage, reported tax-withholding dispositions totaling 1,402 shares of Class A Common Stock on March 16, 2026, at $297.80 per share. These transactions were coded "F" and are described as payments of tax liabilities by delivering shares.
Footnotes explain the shares were withheld to cover taxes on the vesting of deferred stock awards granted on March 14, 2024 and March 14, 2025, and on restricted stock units purchased under the Management Stock Purchase Plan on March 15, 2023. The withholding is mandated by the grant and plan terms and is not a discretionary transaction. After these entries, Lepage holds 11,875 shares directly.