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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (the “Registrant”) and Michael J. Dubose entered into an indemnification agreement dated as of December 8, 2020 in connection with his election as a Director of the Registrant.
The indemnification agreement entered into between the Registrant and Mr. Dubose is the Registrant’s standard form of indemnification agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 1, 2018. The indemnification agreement provides indemnity, including the advancement of expenses, to the directors and certain officers of the Registrant against liabilities incurred in the performance of their duties to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 8, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Registrant elected Michael J. Dubose to serve as a member of the Registrant’s Board of Directors until the Registrant’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor has been duly elected and qualified. Mr. Dubose was also appointed to serve as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Mr. Dubose has served as President of the Fisher Healthcare Division of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. since March 2019. Thermo Fisher Scientific engages in the provision of analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, software and services for research, analysis, discovery, and diagnostics. Mr. Dubose previously served as Vice President of National Accounts and Cross Border Business Globally for W.W. Grainger, Inc. from 2010 to March 2019. W. W. Grainger is a leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products, with operations primarily in North America, Japan and Europe. Prior to this position, he served as a Regional Vice President of Staples, Inc. from 2008 to 2010. Prior to 2008, Mr. Dubose held senior management positions with Corporate Express Inc., Alliant Foodservice Inc. and Baxter International Inc.
Mr. Dubose will receive a grant of 525 shares of class A common stock under the Registrant’s Second Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, which represents one half of the value of the annual grant of class A common stock to non-employee directors, and will receive a pro-rated amount of the normal annual cash retainer for non-employee directors.
There are no transactions in which Mr. Dubose has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
The disclosure contained in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: December 8, 2020 | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Kenneth R. Lepage |
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| Kenneth R. Lepage |
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Document and Entity Information |
Dec. 08, 2020 |
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| Document and Entity Information [Abstract] | |
| Document Type | 8-K |
| Document Period End Date | Dec. 08, 2020 |
| Entity File Number | 001-11499 |
| Entity Registrant Name | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | DE |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 04-2916536 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 815 Chestnut Street |
| Entity Address, City or Town | North Andover |
| Entity Address, State or Province | MA |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 01845 |
| City Area Code | 978 |
| Local Phone Number | 688-1811 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre-commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Class A Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share |
| Trading Symbol | WTS |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0000795403 |
| Amendment Flag | false |