{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000038725-25-000153","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"FELE","cik":"0000038725","company_name":"FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC","filed_at":"2025-07-11T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:46.089557+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-18T07:01:19.998324+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.65,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.65,"confidence":"high","headline":"Franklin Electric appoints Jennifer Wolfenbarger as CFO, effective July 7, 2025","bullets":["Wolfenbarger receives $500k base salary, 75% target bonus (prorated for 2025), and $75k signing bonus.","Equity grant valued at ~$1.1M: 55% vests in one year, 45% vests in two years (cliff vesting).","Previously served as divisional CFO at Owens Corning, Stryker, and Caterpillar.","Succeeds interim CFO Russell Fleeger, who held role since March 28, 2025.","Will relocate to Fort Wayne, with relocation assistance provided."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-25-000153","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-25-000153.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-25-000153.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-25-000153.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872525000153/0000038725-25-000153-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872525000153/fele-20250703.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-18T07:01:19.998324+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}