{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000080035-25-000015","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"PLPC","cik":"0000080035","company_name":"PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO","filed_at":"2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:46.409722+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-17T05:29:55.925514+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Director Michael E. Gibbons passes away; board reshuffles audit and compensation chairs","bullets":["Michael E. Gibbons, director since 2008 and Audit Committee Chairman, died unexpectedly on September 14, 2025.","Board reduced from nine to eight directors to fill the vacancy caused by Gibbons' passing.","Matthew D. Frymier appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee, effective immediately.","R. Steven Kestner appointed Chairman of the Compensation Committee, replacing Frymier as chair."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080035-25-000015","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080035-25-000015.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080035-25-000015.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080035-25-000015.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000008003525000015/0000080035-25-000015-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000008003525000015/plpc-20250929.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-17T05:29:55.925514+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"}