Exhibit 99.1

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS

·                  Reported sales of $379 million, up 2% year-over-year driven by PVI acquisition; organic sales flat

·                  GAAP EPS of $0.79, down 5%; adjusted EPS of $0.83, up 11%

·                  GAAP operating margin of 11.8%, down 50 bps year-over-year; adjusted operating margin of 12.5%, up 60 bps year-over-year

·                  Reaffirming full year 2017 outlook

North Andover, MA…August 2, 2017.  Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS) today announced second quarter 2017 results. Sales of $379 million increased 2% compared to the same period in 2016. Second quarter GAAP EPS was $0.79 as compared to $0.83 for the same period last year. Last year’s GAAP EPS included an $8.3 million after-tax gain from the sale of a China subsidiary. Adjusted for special items, second quarter EPS was $0.83 as compared to $0.75 for the same period last year.  Adjusted earnings improved primarily from operational improvement driven by productivity and restructuring initiatives.  A summary of second quarter financial results is as follows:

Commenting on operating results, Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Pagano Jr., said, “We are pleased with our second quarter results, which were in line with our expectations.  We had another solid quarter operationally, driven by ongoing benefits from our transformation initiatives. This enabled us to deliver record adjusted operating margin and adjusted EPS for the second consecutive quarter.  For the first half of 2017, we delivered double digit adjusted earnings growth and strong adjusted operating margin, and we are reaffirming our full year outlook.”

Financial Highlights

·                  Organic sales were flat compared to the second quarter last year; adjusted operating margin expanded 60 basis points. From a regional perspective:

·                  Americas’ organic sales were down 1% with growth in plumbing and drains products offset by anticipated lower heating and hot water product sales and headwinds in the retail and specialty sectors.  Adjusted operating margin was flat as benefits from productivity and transformation efforts were offset by anticipated dilution from the PVI  acquisition and investments.

·                  Europe’s organic sales were flat with growth in drains and electronics products offset by a decline in water and plumbing products.  Adjusted operating margin expanded 60 basis points driven by sales mix, productivity and restructuring savings.

·                  APMEA’s organic sales were up 2% with growth in China offset by anticipated product rationalization. Adjusted operating margin increased 380 basis points, benefiting from incremental affiliate sales and productivity initiatives.

·                  PVI delivered sales of approximately $14 million during the quarter, up double digits year-over-year and in line with our expectations.

·                  For the first six months of 2017, operating cash flow was $9 million, net capital expenditures were $11 million and free cash outflow was approximately $2 million.  In the comparable period last year, operating cash flow was $8 million, net capital expenditures were approximately $19 million and free cash outflow was approximately $11 million.  Free cash flow increased due to the lower capital spending in 2017, which is mostly timing related.  We expect continued improvement in free cash flow during the second half of 2017, due to normal seasonality.

·                  The Company repurchased approximately 73,000 shares of Class A common stock at a cost of approximately $4.5 million during the second quarter.  Year-to-date, we have purchased approximately 142,000 shares at a cost of approximately $9 million, which offset dilution from our stock compensation programs.

For a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP items and a statement regarding the usefulness of these measures to investors and management in evaluating our operating performance, please see the tables attached to this press release.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. will hold a live web cast of its conference call to discuss second quarter results for 2017 on Thursday, August 3, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. This press release and the live web cast can be accessed by visiting the Investors section of the Company’s website at www.wattswater.com. Following the web cast, an archived version of the call will be available at the same address until August 3, 2018.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, 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 includes “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to expected improvement in free cash flow during the year, our long-term growth strategy, our transformation and restructuring initiatives and the timing and expected costs and savings associated with those initiatives.  These forward-looking statements reflect our current views about future events.  You should not rely on forward-looking statements because our actual results may differ materially from those predicted as a result of a number of potential risks and uncertainties.  These potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the effectiveness, the timing and the expected costs and savings associated with our ongoing restructuring and transformation programs and initiatives; the current economic and financial condition, which can affect the housing and construction markets where our products are sold, manufactured and marketed; shortages in and pricing of raw materials and supplies; our ability to compete effectively; changes in variable interest rates on our borrowings; failure to expand our markets through acquisitions; failure to successfully develop and introduce new product offerings or enhancements to existing products; failure to manufacture products that meet required performance and safety standards; foreign exchange rate fluctuations; cyclicality of industries where we market our products, such as plumbing and heating wholesalers and home improvement retailers; environmental compliance costs; product liability risks; changes in the status of current litigation; and other risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and in Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed with the SEC and our subsequent filings with the SEC.  We undertake no duty to update the information contained in this Press Release, except as required by law.

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Amounts in millions, except per share information)

(Unaudited)

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts in millions, except share information)

(Unaudited)

* 2016  results retrospectively adjusted to reflect the change in composition of reportable segments moving Watts Middle East out of Europe and into APMEA. 

Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures

In this press release we refer to non-GAAP financial measures (including adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margins, adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per share, organic sales, free cash flow, net debt to capitalization ratio and the cash conversion rate of free cash flow to net income) and provide a reconciliation of those non-GAAP financial measures to the corresponding financial measures contained in our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. We believe that these financial measures are appropriate to enhance an overall understanding of our historical financial performance and future prospects. Adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margins, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share eliminate certain expenses incurred in the periods presented that relate primarily to our global restructuring programs, deployment costs, acquisition related costs, gains on acquisition and disposition,  the related income tax impacts on these items and other tax adjustments. Management then utilizes these adjusted financial measures to assess the run-rate of the Company’s operations against those of comparable periods.  Organic sales growth is a non-GAAP measure of sales growth excluding the impacts of foreign exchange, acquisitions and divestitures from period-over-period comparisons. Management believes reporting organic sales growth provides useful information to investors, potential investors and others, which allows for a more complete understanding of underlying sales trends by providing sales growth on a consistent basis. Free cash flow and the net debt to capitalization ratio, which are adjusted to exclude certain cash inflows and outlays, and include only certain balance sheet accounts from the comparable GAAP measures, are an indication of our performance in cash flow generation and also provide an indication of the Company’s relative balance sheet leverage to other industrial manufacturing companies. The cash conversion rate of free cash flow to net income is also a measure of our performance in cash flow generation. These non-GAAP financial measures are among the primary indicators management uses as a basis for evaluating our cash flow generation and our capitalization structure. In addition, free cash flow is used as a criterion to measure and pay certain compensation-based incentives. For these reasons, management believes these non-GAAP financial measures can be useful to investors, potential investors and others. The Company’s non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

TABLE 2

SEGMENT INFORMATION - RECONCILIATION OF GAAP “AS REPORTED” TO THE “ADJUSTED” NON-GAAP

EXCLUDING THE EFFECT OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR SPECIAL ITEMS

(Amounts in millions)

(Unaudited)