---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000038725-25-000108"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FELE"
cik: "0000038725"
company_name: "FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T05:55:35.549981+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Franklin Electric elects Jennifer Sherman as Chairperson, appoints Mark Carano as director

## Summary
- Jennifer L. Sherman elected Chairperson of the Board effective May 2, 2025, term expiring at 2026 Annual Meeting.
- Sherman has served as a Franklin Electric director since 2015 and is CEO of Federal Signal Corporation.
- Mark A. Carano appointed as director effective May 7, 2025, term expiring at 2027 Annual Meeting.
- Carano is VP, CFO and Treasurer of SPX Technologies, with prior investment banking and manufacturing finance experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000038725-25-000108
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FELE
- cik: 0000038725
- company_name: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872525000108/0000038725-25-000108-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872525000108/fele-20250502.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-25-000108
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-25-000108.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-25-000108.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark A. Carano was appointed as director at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: appointed Mr. Mark A. Carano as a director for a term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872525000108/0000038725-25-000108-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jennifer L. Sherman was elected as Chairperson of the Board at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chairperson of the Board
  source text: elected Jennifer L. Sherman to serve as Chairperson of the Board for a term expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872525000108/0000038725-25-000108-index.htm

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