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 Co director reports several stock transactions involving company shares. On 12/15/2025, the director received 360 common shares of Preformed Line Products Co as an other stock-based award under the 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan for non-employee directors, recorded at a price of $0 per share as compensation.
The director then reported a gift transfer of 360 common shares to a trust for which the director is trustee, and the trust is shown as holding 2,435 common shares after that transfer. A further transfer of 180 common shares from the trust to the director’s ex-spouse pursuant to a divorce agreement reduced the trust’s holdings to 2,255 common shares held indirectly.
Preformed Line Products director reports stock sale and award
A director of Preformed Line Products Company reported two transactions in the company’s common shares, $2 par value. On 11/04/2025, the director disposed of 1,100 common shares at a price of $219.74 per share. On 12/15/2025, the director acquired 207 common shares as an other stock-based award with a price of $0 per share, described as annual compensation for service on the Board of Directors under the 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan. Following these transactions, the director beneficially owned 3,207 common shares directly and 408 common shares indirectly through a 401(k) plan.
Preformed Line Products Company reported that one of its directors received a stock-based award as part of annual board compensation. On 12/15/2025, the director was granted 360 common shares of Preformed Line Products at a price of $0, reflecting an equity award rather than a cash purchase. The filing describes this as an award under the company’s 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan for non-employee directors.
After this transaction, the director beneficially owned 6,011 common shares directly and an additional 2,000 common shares indirectly through an IRA. The report classifies the insider as a director and confirms the filing is for a single reporting person.
Preformed Line Products Company director received an equity award as part of annual board compensation. On 12/15/2025, the director acquired 360 common shares of the company’s $2 par value stock at a reported price of $0, reflecting a stock-based grant rather than an open-market purchase. Following this transaction, the director beneficially owned 6,406 common shares, held directly. The award was granted under the company’s 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan for non-employee directors, as annual compensation for service on the Board of Directors.
Preformed Line Products Company director reported a routine stock-based compensation grant. On 12/15/2025, the director received 207 common shares with a stated price of $0, recorded as an annual award under the company’s 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan for non-employee directors. Following this grant, the director beneficially owns 5,972 common shares directly and 509 common shares indirectly through an IRA.
Preformed Line Products’ executive chairman reported an internal transfer of 60,000 common shares. On December 10, 2025, the reporting person’s spouse transferred 60,000 common shares for no consideration to the Ruhlman 2025 Spousal Dynasty Trust, where the executive chairman serves as trustee. The move is recorded as a disposition by the spouse and an acquisition by the trust, both at a stated price of $0 per share.
After these transactions, the executive chairman beneficially owns PLPC common shares through a mix of direct and indirect holdings, including 280,711 shares held directly, 40,500 shares held by a spouse, 60,000 shares held by the Ruhlman 2025 Spousal Dynasty Trust, smaller positions in a Roth IRA and 401(k) plan, and additional trust and deferred compensation plan accounts.
Preformed Line Products reported an insider equity transaction by an officer who serves as VP, US Manufacturing. On 12/12/2025, the officer exercised employee stock options to acquire 1,000 common shares at $132.4 per share and disposed of 1,000 common shares at $207.23 per share, resulting in no directly held common shares after the transactions.
After these transactions, the officer held 6,500 employee stock options with a $132.4 exercise price and 681 restricted stock units. The options relate to a 7,500-option grant on December 11, 2024, of which 3,750 vested on December 11, 2025, with additional tranches of 1,875 vesting on December 11, 2026, and 1,875 on December 11, 2027. The options expire 10 years from the grant date, and the restricted stock units vest three years from their grant dates.
Preformed Line Products Company has approved a modest increase in its shareholder payout. The Board of Directors raised the quarterly cash dividend by 5%, moving it from $0.20 per share to $0.21 per share.
The higher dividend will be paid on January 20, 2026 to shareholders of record as of January 5, 2026. This change is notable because it is described as the company’s first quarterly dividend increase since 2001, the year its shares were listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, indicating a small but meaningful step-up in ongoing cash returns to shareholders.
Preformed Line Products (PLPC) reported an insider transaction by its V.P. Human Resources. On 11/10/2025, the officer sold 1,000 common shares at $221.26 per share. Following the sale, the officer beneficially owns 4,000 shares directly and 92 shares indirectly via a 401(k) plan.
The filing also lists restricted stock units outstanding for 817, 1,058, and 876 underlying common shares, which vest 3 years from the date of grant.
Preformed Line Products (PLPC): Insider transaction reported. An Executive Vice President disposed of 1,110 common shares on 11/05/2025 at $211.85 per share from a 401(k) plan, leaving 0 shares in that plan. Following the transaction, the insider held 7,712 common shares directly and 532 shares indirectly via a rabbi trust.
Derivative holdings include restricted stock units covering blocks of 1,015, 1,088, and 1,462 common shares. The filing notes that restricted stock units vest 3 years from the date of grant.