---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-055175"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLPC"
cik: "0000080035"
company_name: "PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T14:45:33.007004+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Preformed Line Products shareholders re-elect directors, ratify auditor, reject board diversity proposal

## Summary
- All five director nominees re-elected: votes for ranged from 2,653,807 (Kestner) to 3,390,319 (Gibbons); broker non-votes ~365k.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2024: 4,388,626 for, 18,897 against.
- Shareholder proposal requesting board diversity report defeated: 1,066,118 for, 2,958,016 against.
- Annual meeting held May 7, 2024 at Mayfield Village, OH.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-055175
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLPC
- cik: 0000080035
- company_name: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017024055175/0000950170-24-055175-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017024055175/plpc-20240508.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP at the 2024-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-07
  source text: The shareholders voted to approve the ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024, as described in the Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017024055175/0000950170-24-055175-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO shareholders rejected Report on Actions to Increase Board Diversity at the 2024-05-07 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-07
  source text: The shareholders voted against a shareholder request that the Board of Directors prepare a report by January 2025, at reasonable expense and omitting proprietary information, on steps the Company is taking to enhance board diversity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017024055175/0000950170-24-055175-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-07
  source text: The shareholders voted to re-elect certain persons to the Board of Directors for a term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of the shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017024055175/0000950170-24-055175-index.htm

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