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Franklin Electric Co., Inc. Stock Plan</font></font></div>
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24, 2009, the shareholders of Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;)
approved the Franklin Electric Co., Inc. Stock Plan, as amended and restated
effective March 9, 2009 (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).&#160;&#160;The Board of Directors of the
Company (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) had approved the Plan on March 9, 2009 subject to
shareholder approval.</font></div>
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is a stock-based compensation plan that provides for discretionary grants of
stock options and stock awards to key employees and non-employee
directors.&#160;&#160;The purpose of the Plan is to recognize contributions made
to the Company and its subsidiaries by key employees and non-employee directors
and to provide them with additional incentive to expand and improve the profits
of the Company and achieve the objectives of the Company.</font></div>
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has been amended and restated to, among other things, (i) increase the number of
shares available for issuance under the Plan, (ii) eliminate the ability to make
grants under the Plan with respect to shares that are used to pay the option
exercise price or required tax withholding or that are forfeited or otherwise
cancelled; (iii) require that stock options be granted with an exercise price
equal to the fair market value of the underlying common stock on the date of
grant; (iv) limit the term of stock options to ten years from the date of grant;
(v) limit the payment of dividends on performance-based restricted stock awards
such that they are paid only to the extent the related performance goals are
satisfied; (vi) prohibit repricing of stock options without shareholder
approval; (vii) limit transferability of stock options; (viii) add share
withholding as an alternative by which to pay the option exercise price; and
(ix) expand the list of performance criteria to which stock awards may be
subject.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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material terms of the Plan are:</font></div>
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Stock</font>.&#160;&#160;The number of shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock that
may be issued under the Plan has been increased from 1,300,000 shares to
2,200,000 shares.&#160;&#160;Of these 2,200,000 shares:&#160;&#160;(i) the
maximum number of shares that may be used for stock awards is 600,000; (ii) the
maximum number of shares issuable as stock options (either incentive stock
options or nonqualified stock options) is 1,600,000; and (iii) the maximum
number of shares issuable as stock options, or as stock awards intended to
qualify as &#8220;performance-based&#8221; under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;), to any single key employee in any calendar
year is 100,000 (or 200,000 in the calendar year in which the employee&#8217;s
employment commences).</font></div>
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issuable under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or treasury
shares.&#160;&#160;If there is a lapse, forfeiture, expiration, termination or
cancellation of any award made under the Plan for any reason, the shares subject
to the award will not again be available for issuance.&#160;&#160;In addition,
any shares subject to an award that are used by a participant as payment for an
award or payment of withholding taxes due in connection with an award will not
again be available for issuance, and all such shares will count toward the
number of shares issued under the Plan.&#160;&#160;The number of shares of
common stock issuable under the Plan is subject to adjustment in the event of
certain changes in the capital structure of&#160;&#160;the Company or similar
transactions, and in each case, the Board has the discretion to make adjustments
it deems necessary to preserve the intended benefits under the
Plan.</font></div>
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Plan is administered by the Board, which has delegated administration to the
Management Organization and Compensation Committee (the &#8220;Committee&#8221;). All
members of the Committee qualify as &#8220;non-employee directors&#8221; under Rule 16b-3 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and &#8220;outside directors&#8221; under Section 162(m)
of the Code.&#160;&#160;The Committee has full authority to select the
individuals who will receive awards under the Plan, determine the form and
amount of each of the awards to be granted, and establish the terms and
conditions of awards.&#160;&#160;The Committee may delegate to an officer of the
Company its authority to grant awards to employees who are not subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act or who are not covered employees under Section
162(m) of the Code.</font></div>
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employees of the Company designated as key employees for purposes of the Plan
and all non-employee directors of the Company are eligible to receive awards
under the Plan.</font></div>
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Participants</font>.&#160;&#160;The Plan provides for discretionary awards of
stock options and stock awards to participants.&#160;&#160;Each award made under
the Plan will be evidenced by a written award agreement specifying the terms and
conditions of the award as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion,
consistent with the terms of the Plan.</font></div>
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Options</font>.&#160;&#160;The Committee has the discretion to grant
non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options to participants and to
set the terms and conditions applicable to the options, including the type of
option, the number of shares subject to the option and the vesting schedule;
provided that the exercise price of each stock option shall be the closing sales
price of the Company&#8217;s common stock on the date which the option is granted
(&#8220;fair market value&#8221;) and each option shall expire 10 years from the date of
grant.&#160;&#160;Additional rules apply to incentive stock
options.&#160;&#160;It is intended that stock options qualify as
&#8220;performance-based compensation&#8221; under Section 162(m) of the Code and thus be
fully deductible by the Company for federal income tax purposes, to the extent
permitted by law.</font></div>
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Awards</font>.&#160;&#160;The Committee has the discretion to grant stock awards
to participants.&#160;&#160;Stock awards will consist of shares of common stock
granted without any consideration from the participant or shares sold to the
participant for appropriate consideration as determined by the
Committee.&#160;&#160;The number of shares awarded to each participant, and the
restrictions, terms and conditions of the award, will be at the discretion of
the Committee.&#160;&#160;Subject to the restrictions, a participant will be a
shareholder with respect to the shares awarded to him or her and will have the
rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares, including the right to vote
the shares and receive dividends on the shares; provided that dividends
otherwise payable on any performance-based stock award shall be held by the
Company and shall be paid only to the holder of the stock award to the extent
the restrictions on such stock award lapse.</font></div>
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Committee has the discretion to establish restrictions on the stock awards that
qualify the awards as &#8220;performance-based compensation&#8221; under Section 162(m) of
the Code so that they are fully deductible by the Company for federal income tax
purposes.&#160;&#160;In such case, the Committee may establish performance goals
for certain performance periods and targets for achievement of the performance
goals, and the restrictions on the stock subject to the award will lapse if the
performance goals and targets are achieved for the designated performance
period.&#160;&#160;The performance goals will be based on one or more of the
following criteria:&#160;&#160;(i) net earnings or net income (before or after
taxes); (ii) earnings per share; (iii) net sales or revenue growth; (iv) net
operating profit or income (including as a percentage of sales); (v) return
measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested
capital, equity, sales, or revenue); (vi) cash flow (including, but not limited
to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, and cash
flow return on investment); (vii) earnings before or after taxes, interest,
depreciation, and/or amortization; (viii) gross or operating margins; (ix)
productivity ratios; (x) share price (including, but not limited to, growth
measures and total shareholder return); (xi) cost control; (xii) margins; (xiii)
operating efficiency; (xiv) market share; (xv) customer satisfaction or employee
satisfaction; (xvi) working capital; (xvii) economic value added (net operating
profit after tax minus the sum of capital multiplied by the cost of capital);
(xviii) taxes; (xix) depreciation and amortization; (xx) total shareholder
return; (xxi) low cost region labor percent of total labor; and (xxii) top
customer concentration percent of sales.&#160;&#160;Performance goals may be
adjusted for any events or occurrences (including acquisition expenses,
extraordinary charges, losses from discontinued operations, restatements and
accounting charges and restructuring expenses), as may be determined by the
Committee.</font></div>
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Control&#8221; of the Company</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">.</font>&#160;&#160;In
the event of a &#8220;Change in Control&#8221; of the Company (as defined in Section 8.2 of
the Plan), all outstanding awards shall become fully exercisable, all
restrictions applicable to all awards will terminate or lapse, and performance
goals applicable to any stock awards shall be deemed satisfied at the highest
target level.&#160;&#160;In addition, upon such Change in Control, the Committee
has sole discretion to provide for the purchase of any outstanding stock option
for cash equal to the difference between the exercise price and the then fair
market value of the common stock subject to the option had the option been
currently exercisable, make such adjustment to any award then outstanding as the
Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control and cause any such
award then outstanding to be assumed by the acquiring or surviving corporation
after such Change in Control.</font></div>
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Amendment and Termination of the Plan; Term of the Plan</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">.</font>&#160;&#160;The
Committee may amend any award agreement at any time, provided that no amendment
shall adversely affect the right of any participant under any agreement in any
material way without the written consent of the participant, unless such
amendment is required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange
rule.</font></div>
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may terminate, suspend or amend the Plan without the approval of the
shareholders, unless such approval is required by applicable law, regulation or
stock exchange rule, and provided that no amendment shall adversely affect the
right of any participant under any outstanding award in any material way without
the written consent of the participant, unless such amendment is required by
applicable law, regulation or rule of any stock exchange on which the shares of
the Company&#8217;s common stock are listed.</font></div>
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amended in a way that results in the repricing of a stock option without
shareholder approval.</font></div>
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newstockplan.htm
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 24, 2009
FRANKLIN
ELECTRIC CO., INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana
(State
      or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
0-362
(Commission
      File Number)
35-0827455
(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification No.)
400
      E. Spring Street
Bluffton,
      IN
(Address
      of principal executive offices)
46714
(Zip
      Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code:
(260)
      824-2900
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
[  ]    Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
[  ]    Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
[  ]    Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ]    Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
      1.01.
Entry Into a Material
      Definitive Agreement
.
Amended and Restated
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. Stock Plan
On April
24, 2009, the shareholders of Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (the "Company")
approved the Franklin Electric Co., Inc. Stock Plan, as amended and restated
effective March 9, 2009 (the "Plan").  The Board of Directors of the
Company (the "Board") had approved the Plan on March 9, 2009 subject to
shareholder approval.
The Plan
is a stock-based compensation plan that provides for discretionary grants of
stock options and stock awards to key employees and non-employee
directors.  The purpose of the Plan is to recognize contributions made
to the Company and its subsidiaries by key employees and non-employee directors
and to provide them with additional incentive to expand and improve the profits
of the Company and achieve the objectives of the Company.
The Plan
has been amended and restated to, among other things, (i) increase the number of
shares available for issuance under the Plan, (ii) eliminate the ability to make
grants under the Plan with respect to shares that are used to pay the option
exercise price or required tax withholding or that are forfeited or otherwise
cancelled; (iii) require that stock options be granted with an exercise price
equal to the fair market value of the underlying common stock on the date of
grant; (iv) limit the term of stock options to ten years from the date of grant;
(v) limit the payment of dividends on performance-based restricted stock awards
such that they are paid only to the extent the related performance goals are
satisfied; (vi) prohibit repricing of stock options without shareholder
approval; (vii) limit transferability of stock options; (viii) add share
withholding as an alternative by which to pay the option exercise price; and
(ix) expand the list of performance criteria to which stock awards may be
subject.
The
material terms of the Plan are:
Number of Shares of Common
Stock
.  The number of shares of the Company's common stock that
may be issued under the Plan has been increased from 1,300,000 shares to
2,200,000 shares.  Of these 2,200,000 shares:  (i) the
maximum number of shares that may be used for stock awards is 600,000; (ii) the
maximum number of shares issuable as stock options (either incentive stock
options or nonqualified stock options) is 1,600,000; and (iii) the maximum
number of shares issuable as stock options, or as stock awards intended to
qualify as "performance-based" under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), to any single key employee in any calendar
year is 100,000 (or 200,000 in the calendar year in which the employee's
employment commences).
Shares
issuable under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or treasury
shares.  If there is a lapse, forfeiture, expiration, termination or
cancellation of any award made under the Plan for any reason, the shares subject
to the award will not again be available for issuance.  In addition,
any shares subject to an award that are used by a participant as payment for an
award or payment of withholding taxes due in connection with an award will not
again be available for issuance, and all such shares will count toward the
number of shares issued under the Plan.  The number of shares of
common stock issuable under the Plan is subject to adjustment in the event of
certain changes in the capital structure of  the Company or similar
transactions, and in each case, the Board has the discretion to make adjustments
it deems necessary to preserve the intended benefits under the
Plan.
Administration
.  The
Plan is administered by the Board, which has delegated administration to the
Management Organization and Compensation Committee (the "Committee"). All
members of the Committee qualify as "non-employee directors" under Rule 16b-3 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and "outside directors" under Section 162(m)
of the Code.  The Committee has full authority to select the
individuals who will receive awards under the Plan, determine the form and
amount of each of the awards to be granted, and establish the terms and
conditions of awards.  The Committee may delegate to an officer of the
Company its authority to grant awards to employees who are not subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act or who are not covered employees under Section
162(m) of the Code.
Eligibility
.  All
employees of the Company designated as key employees for purposes of the Plan
and all non-employee directors of the Company are eligible to receive awards
under the Plan.
Awards to
Participants
.  The Plan provides for discretionary awards of
stock options and stock awards to participants.  Each award made under
the Plan will be evidenced by a written award agreement specifying the terms and
conditions of the award as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion,
consistent with the terms of the Plan.
Stock
Options
.  The Committee has the discretion to grant
non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options to participants and to
set the terms and conditions applicable to the options, including the type of
option, the number of shares subject to the option and the vesting schedule;
provided that the exercise price of each stock option shall be the closing sales
price of the Company's common stock on the date which the option is granted
("fair market value") and each option shall expire 10 years from the date of
grant.  Additional rules apply to incentive stock
options.  It is intended that stock options qualify as
"performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code and thus be
fully deductible by the Company for federal income tax purposes, to the extent
permitted by law.
Stock
Awards
.  The Committee has the discretion to grant stock awards
to participants.  Stock awards will consist of shares of common stock
granted without any consideration from the participant or shares sold to the
participant for appropriate consideration as determined by the
Committee.  The number of shares awarded to each participant, and the
restrictions, terms and conditions of the award, will be at the discretion of
the Committee.  Subject to the restrictions, a participant will be a
shareholder with respect to the shares awarded to him or her and will have the
rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares, including the right to vote
the shares and receive dividends on the shares; provided that dividends
otherwise payable on any performance-based stock award shall be held by the
Company and shall be paid only to the holder of the stock award to the extent
the restrictions on such stock award lapse.
The
Committee has the discretion to establish restrictions on the stock awards that
qualify the awards as "performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of
the Code so that they are fully deductible by the Company for federal income tax
purposes.  In such case, the Committee may establish performance goals
for certain performance periods and targets for achievement of the performance
goals, and the restrictions on the stock subject to the award will lapse if the
performance goals and targets are achieved for the designated performance
period.  The performance goals will be based on one or more of the
following criteria:  (i) net earnings or net income (before or after
taxes); (ii) earnings per share; (iii) net sales or revenue growth; (iv) net
operating profit or income (including as a percentage of sales); (v) return
measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested
capital, equity, sales, or revenue); (vi) cash flow (including, but not limited
to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, and cash
flow return on investment); (vii) earnings before or after taxes, interest,
depreciation, and/or amortization; (viii) gross or operating margins; (ix)
productivity ratios; (x) share price (including, but not limited to, growth
measures and total shareholder return); (xi) cost control; (xii) margins; (xiii)
operating efficiency; (xiv) market share; (xv) customer satisfaction or employee
satisfaction; (xvi) working capital; (xvii) economic value added (net operating
profit after tax minus the sum of capital multiplied by the cost of capital);
(xviii) taxes; (xix) depreciation and amortization; (xx) total shareholder
return; (xxi) low cost region labor percent of total labor; and (xxii) top
customer concentration percent of sales.  Performance goals may be
adjusted for any events or occurrences (including acquisition expenses,
extraordinary charges, losses from discontinued operations, restatements and
accounting charges and restructuring expenses), as may be determined by the
Committee.
Provisions Relating to a "Change in
Control" of the Company
.
In
the event of a "Change in Control" of the Company (as defined in Section 8.2 of
the Plan), all outstanding awards shall become fully exercisable, all
restrictions applicable to all awards will terminate or lapse, and performance
goals applicable to any stock awards shall be deemed satisfied at the highest
target level.  In addition, upon such Change in Control, the Committee
has sole discretion to provide for the purchase of any outstanding stock option
for cash equal to the difference between the exercise price and the then fair
market value of the common stock subject to the option had the option been
currently exercisable, make such adjustment to any award then outstanding as the
Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control and cause any such
award then outstanding to be assumed by the acquiring or surviving corporation
after such Change in Control.
Amendment of Award Agreements;
Amendment and Termination of the Plan; Term of the Plan
.
The
Committee may amend any award agreement at any time, provided that no amendment
shall adversely affect the right of any participant under any agreement in any
material way without the written consent of the participant, unless such
amendment is required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange
rule.
The Board
may terminate, suspend or amend the Plan without the approval of the
shareholders, unless such approval is required by applicable law, regulation or
stock exchange rule, and provided that no amendment shall adversely affect the
right of any participant under any outstanding award in any material way without
the written consent of the participant, unless such amendment is required by
applicable law, regulation or rule of any stock exchange on which the shares of
the Company's common stock are listed.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, neither the Plan nor any outstanding award agreement can be
amended in a way that results in the repricing of a stock option without
shareholder approval.
Term of Plan
.  The
term of the Plan has been extended from April 29, 2015 to March 9, 2019 (i.e.,
the end of the 10-year period following the date the Board approved the Plan as
amended and restated).
Item
9.01.                                Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d)           Exhibits.
99.1
Franklin
      Electric Co., Inc. Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective March 9,
      2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Company's 2009 Proxy
      Statement for the Annual Meeting held on April 24,
  2009).
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.
FRANKLIN
      ELECTRIC CO., INC.
(Registrant)
Date:  April
      24, 2009
By:  ______________________
John J. Haines
Vice President, Chief Financial
      Officer
and Secretary