Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2015

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

1.Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included in the Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (the Company) Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 27, 2015, the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the third quarters and nine months ended September 27, 2015 and September 28, 2014, the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the third quarters and nine months ended September 27, 2015 and September 28, 2014, and the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 27, 2015 and September 28, 2014.

The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2014 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date. The accounting policies followed by the Company are described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.  The financial statements included in this report should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. Operating results for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2015.

The Company operates on a 52-week fiscal year ending on December 31st.  Any quarterly data contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q generally reflect the results of operations for a 13-week period or 39-week period, respectively.