On August 9, 2023, before the market opened, market analyst Spruce Point Capital Management, LLC released a report entitled “A Leak in the Bull Case”, which, among other things, alleged that certain financial figures which had been presented to investors regarding Xylem’s 2023 acquisition of Evoqua were false.
On this news, the price of Xylem shares declined by $2.82 per share, or 2.68%, to close at $102.33 per share on August 9, 2023.