---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000038725-25-000066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FELE"
cik: "0000038725"
company_name: "FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T22:55:04.426201+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Franklin Electric CFO Jeffery Taylor departs; Russell Fleeger appointed interim CFO

## Summary
- CFO Jeffery Taylor resigned effective March 28, 2025, as previously disclosed.
- Russell Fleeger, Water Systems Segment CFO, named interim CFO effective same date.
- Fleeger receives $20,000 monthly stipend plus $100,000 restricted stock grant.
- No material interest in transactions; no arrangement with others for selection.
- Fleeger is not related to any board member or executive officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000038725-25-000066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FELE
- cik: 0000038725
- company_name: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872525000066/0000038725-25-000066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872525000066/fele-20250328.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-25-000066
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-25-000066.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-25-000066.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Russell Fleeger was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Russell Fleeger, currently the Chief Financial Officer of the Company's Water Systems Segment, will additionally assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872525000066/0000038725-25-000066-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffery Taylor resigned as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Jeffery Taylor, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer resigned from his position at the Company effective March 28, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872525000066/0000038725-25-000066-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.