0000038725-11-000044.txt : 20110506 0000038725-11-000044.hdr.sgml : 20110506 20110506082601 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000038725-11-000044 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110506 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20110506 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110506 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000038725 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTORS & GENERATORS [3621] IRS NUMBER: 350827455 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0725 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-00362 FILM NUMBER: 11816699 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 E SPRING ST CITY: BLUFFTON STATE: IN ZIP: 46714 BUSINESS PHONE: 2608242900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 E SPRING STREET CITY: BLUFFTON STATE: IN ZIP: 46714 8-K 1 dividendeclaration.htm 8K COVER SHEET dividendeclaration.htm



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)
May 6, 2011


FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


INDIANA
0-362
35-0827455
     
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)
(I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)



400 EAST SPRING STREET
BLUFFTON, INDIANA
46714
   
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
(ZIP CODE)


(260) 824-2900

(REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

No Change

(Former name and former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure

The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 “Regulation FD Disclosure.”

On May 6, 2011, Franklin Electric Co., Inc. issued a press release announcing the declaration of quarterly cash dividends on common stock.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit (99) and hereby incorporated 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)




Date: May 6, 2011
By  /s/ John J. Haines
 
John J. Haines
 
Vice President, Chief Financial
 
Officer and Secretary (Principal
 
Financial and Accounting Officer)












EX-99.1 2 dividenpressrelease.htm DIVIDEND DECLARATION dividenpressrelease.htm

For Immediate Release For Further Information
 Refer to:  John J. Haines
 260-824-2900


FRANKLIN ELECTRIC DECLARES PAYMENT OF
QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND ON COMMON STOCK


Bluffton, Indiana, May 6, 2011 – R. Scott Trumbull, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Electric Co., Inc., (NASDAQ:FELE) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of  $.135  per share payable May 26, 2011 to shareowners of record on May 12, 2011.  This represents an increase from the prior quarterly dividend of $.13 per share.

Franklin Electric is a global leader in the production and marketing of systems and components for the movement of water and automotive fuels. Recognized as a technical leader in its specialties, Franklin Electric serves customers around the world in residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial, municipal, and fueling applications.

“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements contained herein, including those relating to market conditions or the Company’s financial results, costs, expenses or expense reductions, profit margins, inventory levels, foreign currency translation rates, liquidity expectations, business goals and sales growth, involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, risks and uncertainties with respect to general economic and currency conditions, various conditions specific to the Company’s business and industry, weather conditions, new housing starts, market demand, competitive factors, changes in distribution channels, supply constraints, technology factors, litigation, government and regulatory actions, the Company’s accounting policies, future trends, and other risks which are detailed in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, included in Item 1A of Part I of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending January 1, 2011, Exhibit 99.1 attached thereto and in Item 1A of Part II of the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. These risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements made herein are based on information currently available, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.