--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000038725-26-000030" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "FELE" cik: "0000038725" company_name: "FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC" filed_at: "2026-05-11T20:58:20+00:00" generated_at: "2026-05-11T21:01:27.738202+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.05 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Shareholders elect Grizzle, Maskara; approve auditor; say-on-pay passes; 1-year frequency chosen ## Summary - Victor D. Grizzle and Alok Maskara elected as directors for terms expiring 2029; Grizzle received 34,681,750 votes for. - Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2026 passed with 37,632,083 votes for, 3,432,327 against. - Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 37,480,520 for, 1,927,347 against, with 1,606,683 broker non-votes. - Advisory vote on frequency of future compensation votes: 1-year option received 36,105,057 votes, selected by shareholders. - 93.19% of outstanding shares represented at the meeting (41,159,908 of 44,165,235 shares). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000038725-26-000030 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: FELE - cik: 0000038725 - company_name: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC - filed_at: 2026-05-11T20:58:20+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.05 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872526000030/0000038725-26-000030-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872526000030/fele-20260508.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-26-000030 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-26-000030.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-26-000030.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2026 Fiscal Year. at the 2026-05-08 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2026-05-08 source text: Proposal 2 - Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2026 Fiscal Year To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year. The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 37,632,083 3,432,327 95,498 — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872526000030/0000038725-26-000030-index.htm - Shareholder Votes FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. at the 2026-05-08 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2026-05-08 source text: Proposal 4 - Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Compensation To consider, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. The advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was voted on by the shareholders as follows: 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year Abstentions Broker non-votes 36,105,057 2,370,020 965,687 112,461 1,606,683 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872526000030/0000038725-26-000030-index.htm - Shareholder Votes FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC shareholders approved Election of Victor D. Grizzle and Alok Maskara as directors for terms expiring at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. at the 2026-05-08 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2026-05-08 source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors To elect Victor D. Grizzle and Alok Maskara as directors for terms expiring at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the shareholders as follows: Nominees Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Victor D. Grizzle 34,681,750 3,548,987 1,322,488 1,606,683 Alok Maskara 36,788,630 2,738,831 25,764 1,606,683 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872526000030/0000038725-26-000030-index.htm - Shareholder Votes FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. at the 2026-05-08 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2026-05-08 source text: Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation To consider, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. The advisory vote on approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved by the shareholders as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 37,480,520 1,927,347 145,358 1,606,683 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872526000030/0000038725-26-000030-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.