UNITED STATES

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): November 15, 2006


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)


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Item 8.01.  Other Events

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated as of November 15, 2006, with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets, a Division of McDonald Investments Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), relating to the issuance and sale by the Company of 5,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of its Class A common stock, $0.10 par value per share (“Class A Common Stock”).  The Company has granted to the Underwriters an option, exercisable for a period of 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Option Shares”). The price to the public is $40.00 per share, and the proceeds to the Company, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $190.2 million.  The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including the funding of future acquisitions.

The Shares and Option Shares were registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-124615) filed on May 4, 2005 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Underwriting Agreement, an opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP as to the validity of the Shares and the Option Shares, and a copy of the press release announcing the pricing of the offering are being filed as Exhibits 1.1, 5.1 and 99.1, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)           Exhibits

The Exhibit Index attached to this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

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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: November 15, 2006

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lester J. Taufen

 

 

Lester J. Taufen

 

 

General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2006, by and among Watts Water Technologies, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets, a Division of McDonald Investments Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

 

23.1

 

Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated November 15, 2006

 

 

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