Franklin Electric Form 8-K Election of a New Director
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE
OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) January
10, 2008
FRANKLIN
ELECTRIC CO., INC.
(EXACT
NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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INDIANA
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0-362
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35-0827455
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(STATE
OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR
ORGANIZATION)
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(COMMISSION
FILE NUMBER)
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(I.R.S.
EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION
NO.)
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400
EAST SPRING STREET
BLUFFTON,
INDIANA
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46714
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(ADDRESS
OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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(ZIP
CODE)
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(260)
824-2900
(REGISTRANT'S
TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
No
Change
(Former
name and former address, if changed since last report)
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Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On
January 10, 2008, David T. Brown was elected to serve on the Board of Directors
of Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (the "Company") to serve as a member of the
class
of directors up for election at the Company’s 2008 annual meeting of
shareholders. Mr. Brown will serve as a member of the Corporate Governance
Committee and the Management and Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board
of Directors.
Mr.
Brown
was President and Chief Executive Officer of Owens Corning between April 2002
and December 2007. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
from January 2001 to March 2002. He was Vice President of Owens Corning and
President, Insulating Systems Business from January 1997 to December 2000.
Mr.
Brown is also a director of BorgWarner, Inc.
Mr.
Brown
was not selected pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and
any other person. There has been no transaction, or proposed transaction, since
January 1, 2007, to which the Company was or is to be a party, and in which
Mr.
Brown or any member of his immediate family had or is to have a direct or
indirect material interest. There are no family relationships between Mr. Brown
and any of the Company’s other directors, executive officers or persons
nominated or chosen by the Company to become directors or executive
officers.
Item
9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits
A
copy of
the press release announcing Mr. Brown’s election as a director of the Company
is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by
reference.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
FRANKLIN
ELECTRIC CO., INC.
(Registrant)
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Date:
January 16, 2008
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By
/s/ Thomas J Strupp
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Thomas
J Strupp,
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Vice
President, Chief Financial
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Officer
and Secretary (Principal
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Financial
and Accounting Officer)
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