-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, FqJwTE1enNRqjEBxO239WScUxzFSHJF+1RKTWF7DIUuBQay2jGKyHZhI7oN2TEVW EHVC+nT4QXX8iskZT1C7Ww== 0000895813-03-000264.txt : 20031219 0000895813-03-000264.hdr.sgml : 20031219 20031219141758 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000895813-03-000264 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20031219 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20031219 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: 0103 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-93121 FILM NUMBER: 031064684 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 S-8 POS 1 esop.txt EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2003 Registration No. 333-93121 ====================================================================== 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. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP 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 Pursuant to Item 512(a)(3), this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement is filed in order to deregister securities remaining unsold under Registration Statement No. 333- 93121, filed on December 20, 1999. Registration Statement No. 333-93121 covered 50,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, of Franklin Electric Co., Inc. ("Common Stock") issuable under the Franklin Electric Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the "Plan") and an indeterminate number of interests in the Plan. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed to deregister and withdraw from registration all shares of Common Stock and participation interests in the Plan that remain unissued as of the date hereof. 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 this 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) /s/ Jerome D. Brady* Director December 17, 2003 ----------------------------------- Jerome D. Brady Director ----------------------------------- Robert H. Little /s/ Patricia Schaefer* Director December 17, 2003 ----------------------------------- Patricia Schaefer Director ----------------------------------- Donald J. Schneider /s/ Howard B. Witt* Director December 17, 2003 ----------------------------------- Howard B. Witt *By: /s/ Gregg C. Sengstack ------------------------------- Gregg C. Sengstack Attorney-In-Fact
THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bluffton, State of Indiana, on December 17, 2003. FRANKLIN ELECTRIC EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN By: /s/ Gregg C. Sengstack -------------------------------------- Gregg C. Sengstack Member, Employee Benefits Committee By: /s/ R. Scott Trumbull -------------------------------------- R. Scott Trumbull Member, Employee Benefits Committee By: /s/ Gary D. Ward -------------------------------------- Gary D. Ward Member, Employee Benefits Committee -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----