8-K

UNITED STATES
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): April 7, 2008

Preformed Line Products Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation 0-31164
(Commission File Number) 34-0676895
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

660 Beta Drive
Mayfield Village, Ohio
(Address of principal executive offices)
44143
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (440) 461-5200

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:

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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

     On April 7, 2008, the Company filed its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, thereby regaining compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14).

     Previously, on March 18, 2008, the Company filed a Form 12b-25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to report that the Company would not timely file its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, until it completes an analysis related to intercompany profit, which was discovered just before filing and could not be completed without reasonable effort or expense. Because the Company was unable to timely file its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, on April 3, 2008 the Company received a Nasdaq Staff Determination letter stating that the Company is not in compliance with Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14) because the Company did not timely file its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and, therefore, that the Company’s Common Shares are subject to delisting from The Nasdaq Stock Market (the “Staff Determination”). As a result of the Company filing its annual report on Form 10-K, the Company is in compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14) and no longer subject to delisting from the Nasdaq Global Market.

     The Company issued a press release on April 7, 2008 disclosing the receipt of the Staff Determination as well as the filing of its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, see Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release dated April 7, 2008.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS COMPANY
 

/s/Eric R. Graef  

Eric R. Graef, Vice President — Finance, Treasurer 

DATED: April 7, 2008

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

For immediate release	Eric R. Graef
April 7, 2008	Preformed Line Products
	(440) 473-9248

Preformed Line Products Filed Annual Report
And Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rules

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio, April 7, 2008 — Preformed Line Products Company (Nasdaq: PLPC ) today announced that on April 7, 2008, it filed its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, thereby regaining compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14). On April 3, 2008, the Company received a Nasdaq Staff Determination letter stating that the Company is not in compliance with Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14) because the Company did not timely file its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and, therefore, that the Company’s Common Shares were subject to delisting from The Nasdaq Stock Market. As the Company disclosed in its Form 12b-25 Notification of Late Filing regarding its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 18, 2008, the Company was delaying the filing of its Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2007 until it completed an analysis related to intercompany profit, which was discovered just before filing and could not be completed without reasonable effort or expense.

As a result of the Company filing its annual report on Form 10-K, the Company is in compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14) and no longer subject to delisting from the Nasdaq Global Market.

Founded in 1947, Preformed Line Products is an international designer and manufacturer of products and systems employed in the construction and maintenance of overhead and underground networks for energy, communications and broadband network companies.

Preformed’s world headquarters are in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Company operates four domestic manufacturing centers located in Rogers, Arkansas, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albemarle, North Carolina, and Asheville, North Carolina. The Company serves its worldwide market through international operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Spain and Thailand.

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regarding the Company, including those statements regarding the Company’s and management’s beliefs and expectations concerning the Company’s future performance or anticipated financial results, among others. Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties which may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in those statements. Among other things, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements include the strength of the economy and demand for the Company’s products, increases in raw material prices, the Company’s ability to identify, complete and integrate acquisitions for profitable growth, and other factors described under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 7, 2008. The Form 10-K and the Company’s other filings with the SEC can be found on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.