{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000950170-23-021121","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"PLPC","cik":"0000080035","company_name":"PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO","filed_at":"2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:42.299742+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-15T05:18:28.539254+00:00","sec_items":["5.07"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"J. Ryan Ruhlman elected President of Preformed Line Products, effective May 9, 2023","bullets":["Ryan Ruhlman, son of Chairman/CEO Robert G. Ruhlman, appointed President; previously VP Marketing & Business Development.","Shareholders re-elected four directors: Maegan A.R. Cross, Matthew D. Frymier, Richard R. Gascoigne, Robert G. Ruhlman.","Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 4,037,288 for, 93,749 against.","Shareholders favored holding future say-on-pay votes every three years (2,867,318 votes for 3 years vs 1,253,902 for 1 year).","Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2023 approved: 4,526,866 for, 14,024 against."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-021121","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-021121.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-021121.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-021121.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017023021121/0000950170-23-021121-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017023021121/plpc-20230509.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-15T05:18:28.539254+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":[{"claim_id":"11c8cc9a6e1ae69414b93a7964cdbca7d60d6746","claim":"PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-09 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation 4,037,288 93,749 41,062 369,689","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017023021121/0000950170-23-021121-index.htm","confidence":0.98,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-09"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"5c201f8bd3d10953abf38b4688059165e6f0c07b","claim":"PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Voting on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-09 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Advisory Vote on Frequency of Voting on Executive Compensation 1,253,902 23,113 2,867,318 27,766 369,689","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017023021121/0000950170-23-021121-index.htm","confidence":0.98,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay frequency"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-09"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"79d909208fe3aa51282d08823d451ae90fcf54dd","claim":"PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-09 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"The table below indicates the votes for, votes withheld, abstentions and broker non-votes for the election of the four director nominees. 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