Following the BDS Business Acquisition, Waters is dependent on former parent BD for critical finance, accounting, IT, and HR services.
Filing excerpt
In connection with the BDS Business Acquisition, the Company entered into a Transition Services Agreement (“TSA”) with BD, under which the Company receives certain back-office and fulfillment support services, including finance, accounting, information technology, human resources and other administrative functions.
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Company
linkedin_urlValue in the APIindustriesValue in the APIemployee_count_lowValue in the APIemployee_count_highValue in the APIrevenueValue in the APIdescriptionValue in the APISignal
signal_nameValue in the APIassociationValue in the APIGET /v1/signals/2e5e705e-d7d0-4f7d-8d02-1aad5ec6cabf returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for waters.com.
{
"signal_id": "2e5e705e-d7d0-4f7d-8d02-1aad5ec6cabf",
"signal_type": "sec-10q",
"signal_subtype": "restructuringCharge",
"detected_at": "2026-08-18T07:08:27.399+00:00",
"company": {
"name": "Waters",
"domain": "waters.com"
},
"data": {
"detail": "Following the BDS Business Acquisition, Waters is dependent on former parent BD for critical finance, accounting, IT, and HR services. This creates an urgent need to build internal capabilities or find new vendors to mitigate dependency and high recurring costs.",
"metrics": {
"timeframe": "current_year",
"dollar_context": "Annual cost of Transition Services Agreement with BD",
"dollar_millions": 90
},
"summary": "Waters spending $90M annually on Transition Services Agreement with BD post-acquisition.",
"excerpts": "In connection with the BDS Business Acquisition, the Company entered into a Transition Services Agreement (“TSA”) with BD, under which the Company receives certain back-office and fulfillment support services, including finance, accounting, information technology, human resources and other administrative functions.",
"relevance": 0.9,
"sentiment": "negative",
"confidence": "high",
"source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312526344691/d170082d10q.htm",
"filing_date": "2026-08-11",
"filing_year": 2026,
"fiscal_year": 0,
"sales_relevance": "Vendor review likely",
"signal_category": "financial",
"vendors_mentioned": [
"BD"
]
}
}
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-H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"domain":"waters.com","limit":20}'Long text fields are shortened on this page.
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