Preformed Line Products Company filings document formal disclosures for a Nasdaq-listed manufacturer serving energy, communications, cable, data communications, and related infrastructure markets. Recent Form 8-K reports cover operating results and financial condition, Regulation FD investor presentations, quarterly dividend actions, and other material corporate events tied to the company's common shares.
The company's proxy and annual meeting filings address board elections, advisory executive compensation votes, auditor ratification, shareholder voting results, and governance structure. Additional material-event filings document board and committee changes, while earnings exhibits provide segment commentary on PLP-USA and international operations, end-market demand, foreign-currency effects, and capital-allocation disclosures.
Preformed Line Products General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Caroline S. Vaccariello reported equity compensation activity on February 4, 2026.
She received 1,517 common shares at $0 and 564 restricted stock units. To cover taxes on a prior vesting, 1,278 common shares were withheld at $245.42, leaving 3,455 common shares held directly, plus 479 shares in a 401(k) plan and 16,857 shares in a rabbi trust for a deferred compensation plan.
Preformed Line Products Executive Vice President John M. Hofstetter reported routine equity compensation and related tax withholding transactions in company stock.
On February 4, 2026, he acquired 1,696 common shares of Preformed Line Products at $0 per share, reflecting the settlement of previously granted restricted stock units that convert into common shares based on performance goals. On the same date, 1,424 common shares were withheld at $245.42 per share to cover taxes for a vesting that occurred on December 31, 2025, with settlement on February 4, 2026.
Hofstetter also received a new grant of 591 restricted stock units at $0, which vest three years from grant and convert one-for-one into common shares. Following these transactions, he directly held 9,446 common shares and had additional indirect ownership of 532 common shares through a rabbi trust for the Deferred Compensation Plan, along with existing restricted stock unit holdings reported in the filing.
Preformed Line Products VP-Research & Engineering John J. Olenik reported equity compensation transactions dated 02/04/2026. He acquired 1,160 common shares at $0 upon restricted stock units vesting tied to performance goals, then had 987 shares withheld at $245.42 to cover related taxes.
After these moves, he directly owned 7,506 common shares and 752 common shares indirectly through a 401(k) plan. Olenik was also granted 441 new restricted stock units at $0, which, like his existing 730 and 783-unit awards, convert into common shares on a one-for-one basis and vest three years from the grant date.
Preformed Line Products V.P. of Human Resources Timothy O'Shaughnessy reported equity compensation activity. On February 4, 2026, he acquired 1,227 common shares at $0, reflecting settlement of restricted stock units.
On the same date, 1,041 common shares were withheld at $245.42 to cover taxes from a prior vesting, leaving him with 5,244 common shares held directly and 92 shares held indirectly in a 401(k) plan. He also received 493 new restricted stock units, which, along with existing awards of 817 and 876 units, convert one-for-one into common stock and generally vest three years from grant, with some units tied to performance goals.
Preformed Line Products CFO Klaus Andrew S reported several equity compensation transactions dated February 4, 2026. He acquired 1,785 common shares at $0 from vested restricted stock units and had 1,496 common shares withheld at $245.42 to cover taxes on a prior vesting.
He also received a new grant of 693 restricted stock units, which convert into common shares on a one-for-one basis and vest three years from grant. After these transactions, he held 16,918 common shares directly, plus additional indirect common share holdings and multiple restricted stock unit positions.
Preformed Line Products CEO Dennis F. McKenna reported equity compensation changes dated February 4, 2026. He acquired 2,677 common shares at $0 per share, reflecting vested performance-based restricted stock units that convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.
To cover tax withholding on a prior vesting that occurred on December 31, 2025, 2,223 shares were disposed of at $245.42 per share. After these transactions, McKenna directly holds 7,887 common shares, plus 24,535 common shares held indirectly by a rabbi trust for the Deferred Compensation Plan and 2,308 restricted stock units that generally vest three years from grant.
Preformed Line Products' Executive Chairman Robert G. Ruhlman reported equity award activity and updated holdings in company stock. On February 4, 2026, he acquired 13,386 common shares at $0 as restricted stock units that convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis based on performance goals. On the same date, 5,924 common shares were disposed of at $245.42 per share in a transaction coded "F," reflecting shares withheld to cover taxes on the award. Following these transactions, he directly holds 288,173 common shares and has additional indirect holdings through various trusts, a spouse, a Roth IRA, a 401(k) plan, and a rabbi trust for a deferred compensation plan.
Preformed Line Products president Jon Ryan Ruhlman reported equity compensation-related transactions in company common shares. On February 4, 2026, he acquired 1,785 common shares at $0, reflecting settlement of performance-based restricted stock units that convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.
On the same date, 1,494 shares were withheld at $245.42 per share to cover taxes for awards that vested on December 31, 2025 and settled on February 4, 2026. Following these transactions, he directly owned 5,784 common shares, in addition to indirect holdings through a 401(k) plan, a Roth IRA, and a deferred compensation rabbi trust, and held multiple tranches of restricted stock units that generally vest three years from grant.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, a U.S. investment adviser, reports beneficial ownership of 307,486 shares of Preformed Line Products common stock, representing 6.3% of the class as of 12/31/2025. Dimensional has sole power to vote 302,744 shares and sole power to dispose of 307,486 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power.
The shares are held across client funds and accounts it advises, and all securities are owned by those funds rather than Dimensional itself. Dimensional disclaims beneficial ownership outside of Section 13(d) purposes and states that the holdings are maintained in the ordinary course of business, not to change or influence control of the company.
Preformed Line Products director reports stock award and transfer
A director of Preformed Line Products Co. reported receiving 360 common shares as an other stock-based award under the company’s 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan. This award serves as annual compensation for service on the Board of Directors and was recorded at a price of $0 per share.
The director then reported a gift transfer of the same 360-share grant to the director’s trust, also at a reported price of $0 per share. Following these transactions on 12/15/2025, the director now reports holding 4,111 common shares indirectly through the trust and no shares directly.