---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-018719"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BELFA"
cik: "0000729580"
company_name: "BEL FUSE INC /NJ"
filed_at: "2026-05-28T18:24:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T18:27:41.775346+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bel Fuse names Kenneth Lai as SVP ITDS; annual meeting approves 2026 equity plan

## Summary
- Kenneth Lai named Senior Vice President ITDS, effective late Q2/early Q3 2026; responsibilities expanded to India/private label; no longer executive officer.
- Rita V. Smith and Jacqueline Brito elected as directors for three-year terms at May 26 annual meeting.
- Shareholders ratified Deloitte & Touche as auditor, approved executive compensation on advisory basis, and approved the 2026 Equity Compensation Plan.
- Shareholder proposal to allow Class A-to-Class B share conversion rights was rejected.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-018719
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BELFA
- cik: 0000729580
- company_name: BEL FUSE INC /NJ
- filed_at: 2026-05-28T18:24:48+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774926018719/0001437749-26-018719-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774926018719/belfa20260526_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 99122f0b40
  claim: Kenneth Lai was named as Senior Vice President ITDS at BEL FUSE INC /NJ.
  evidence_excerpt: on May 22, 2026, the Company determined to name Kenneth Lai as Senior Vice President ITDS, effective late second quarter or early third quarter of 2026. In this role, Mr. Lai’s responsibilities expand to include the Company’s India and private label operations, in addition to China and other Asia locations. As a result of this change in responsibilities, Mr. Lai is no longer determined to be an “executive officer” or “officer” of the Company as defined in Rules 3b-7 and 16a-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774926018719/0001437749-26-018719-index.htm

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