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Watts Water Technologies Appoints New President of North America

Dépèche transmise le 17 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS) today announced that Srinivas K. Bagepalli has joined the Company as President of North America. From 2006 to September 2011, Mr. Bagepalli was the President and General Manager of three global companies within Danaher Corporation’s Industrial Technologies Group, including Setra Systems, Inc., Sonix, Inc. and Portescap. During his time with Danaher, Mr. Bagepalli also served as the President of Sensors & Controls, Asia. Danaher Corporation is a global business that designs, manufactures and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services. Mr. Bagepalli worked for General Electric Company from 1994 to 2006. While with General Electric, Mr. Bagepalli served as the Executive Vice President and Segment Manager at GE Infrastructure Sensing and Inspection Technologies from 2003 to 2006, Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions at GE Industrial Systems from 2001 to 2003, Manager, Business Development: Strategy and Growth at GE Corporate from 2000 to 2001 and Process Integration & Manufacturing Group Leader at GE Corporate Technology Center from 1994 to 1999. General Electric Company is a global, diversified technology and financial services company with products and services that include aircraft engines, power generation, water processing, household appliances, medical imaging, business and consumer financing and industrial products.

David J. Coghlan, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are very pleased to add to our team someone with Srinivas’ leadership skills and proven record of success in delivering sustainable growth, improving profitability and increasing cash flow. We believe that Srinivas will be a valuable asset to our Company in continuing to grow and expand our business in North America.”

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. is a world leader in the manufacture of innovative products to control the efficiency, safety, and quality of water within residential, commercial, and institutional applications. Its expertise in a wide variety of water technologies enables it to be a comprehensive supplier to the water industry.

This Press Release may include statements that are not historical facts and are considered forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect Watts Water Technologies' current views about future results of operations and other forward-looking information. In some cases you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should" and "would" or similar words. You should not rely on forward-looking statements because Watts' actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of important factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following: the current economic and financial condition, which can affect levels of housing starts and remodeling, affecting the markets where the Company's products are sold, manufactured, or marketed; shortages in and pricing of raw materials and supplies; loss of market share through competition; introduction of competing products by other companies; realization of price increases and pressure on prices from competitors, suppliers, and/or customers; changes in variable interest rates on Company borrowings; identification and disclosure of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting; failure to expand our markets through acquisitions; failure or delay in developing new products; lack of acceptance of new products; failure to manufacture products that meet required performance and safety standards; foreign exchange rate fluctuations; cyclicality of markets, such as plumbing and heating wholesalers and home improvement retailers, in which the Company markets certain of its products; environmental compliance costs; product liability risks; the results and timing of the Company's manufacturing restructuring plan; changes in the status of current litigation; the outcome of our investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and other risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission and other reports Watts files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Watts does not intend to, and undertakes no duty to, update the information contained in this Press Release, except as required by law.