S-8 POS 1 ndsop.txt 1996 NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2003 Registration No. 333-01957 ====================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ____________________ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ____________________ FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) INDIANA 35-0827455 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 400 East Spring Street Bluffton, Indiana 46714 (Address of principal executive offices) FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC. 1996 NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN (Full title of the plan) GREGG C. SENGSTACK SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND SECRETARY FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC. 400 EAST SPRING STREET BLUFFTON, INDIANA 46714 (260) 824-2900 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) WITH A COPY TO: ROBERT J. REGAN SCHIFF HARDIN & WAITE 6600 SEARS TOWER CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606-6473 (312) 258-5500 ____________________ EXPLANATORY NOTE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (the "Registrant") filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 on March 26, 1996 (File No. 333- 01957) which registered 90,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share ("Common Stock"), of the Registrant for issuance pursuant to the Franklin Electric Co., Inc. 1996 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The Registrant hereby files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to terminate Registration Statement No. 333-01957 to reflect that all of the securities registered under this Registration Statement have been issued in accordance with and pursuant to the Plan. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bluffton, State of Indiana on this 17th day of December, 2003. FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC. By: /s/ R. Scott Trumbull ---------------------------------- R. Scott Trumbull Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ R. Scott Trumbull Chairman of the Board and December 17, 2003 ------------------------------------ Chief Executive Officer R. Scott Trumbull (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Gregg C. Sengstack Senior Vice President, Chief December 17, 2003 ------------------------------------ Financial Officer and Secretary Gregg C. Sengstack (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Director ----------------------------------- Jerome D. Brady /s/ Robert H. Little* Director December 17, 2003 ----------------------------------- Robert H. Little /s/ Patricia Schaefer* Director December 17, 2003 ----------------------------------- Patricia Schaefer /s/ Donald J. Schneider* Director December 17, 2003 ----------------------------------- Donald J. Schneider /s/ Howard B. Witt* Director December 17, 2003 ----------------------------------- Howard B. Witt *By: /s/ Jess B. Ford ------------------------------- Jess B. Ford Attorney-In-Fact