PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO 10-K

Item 3. Legal Proceedings Information regarding the Company’s current legal proceedings is presented in Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Item 4. Mine Saf ety Disclosures Not applicable Item 4A. Information abou t our Executive Offi cers Each executive officer is elected by the Board of Directors, serves at its pleasure and holds office until a successor is appointed, or until the earliest of death, resignation or removal. Name Age Position Robert G. Ruhlman 66 Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer William H. Haag 59 Vice President – Asia-Pacific Region John M. Hofstetter 58 Executive Vice President – U.S. Operations Andrew S. Klaus 57 Chief Financial Officer Dennis F. McKenna 56 Chief Operating Officer John J. Olenik 52 Vice President – Research and Engineering Tim O'Shaughnessy 52 Vice President – Human Resources J. Ryan Ruhlman 39 Vice President – Marketing and Business Development Caroline S. Vaccariello 56 General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 15 The following sets forth the name and recent business experience for each person who is an executive officer of the Company at March 3, 2023: Robert G. Ruhlman was elected Chairman in July 2004. Mr. Ruhlman has served as Chief Executive Officer since July 2000 and as President since 1995 (positions he continues to hold). Mr. Ruhlman is the father of J. Ryan Ruhlman, Vice-President – Marketing and Business Development and a Director of the Company, and of Maegan A. R. Cross, also a Director of the Company. William H. Haag was elected Vice President – Asia-Pacific Region in January 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Haag served as the Company’s Vice President - International Operations since April 1999. John M. Hofstetter was elected Executive Vice President – U.S. Operations in October 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Hofstetter served as Vice President – Sales and Global Communications Markets and Business Development since April 2012. Andrew S. Klaus was elected Chief Financial Officer in April 2020. Previous to his employment with the Company, Mr. Klaus served as the Chief Accounting Officer and VP Corporate Controller at Vertiv Holdings Co. since 2017. Mr. Klaus served as the Chief Financial Officer of Consolidated Precisions Products Corporation from 2013 to 2017 and Vice President, Corporate Controller for JMC Steel Group (now known as Zekelman Industries, Inc.) from 2007 to 2013. Dennis F. McKenna was elected Chief Operating Officer in January 2019. Prior to that, Mr. McKenna served as Executive Vice President – Global Business Development since January 2015 where he expanded his role to include worldwide marketing and business development strategies. Prior to that, he was elected Vice President – Marketing and Global Business Development in April 2004. John J. Olenik was elected Vice President – Research and Engineering in January 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Olenik was the Company’s Director of Engineering since 2013 where he was promoted from his prior role as Engineering Manager of Power Product Development. Mr. Olenik has been with the Company since 1997. Tim O’Shaughnessy was elected Vice President – Human Resources in January 2019. Prior to that, Mr. O’Shaughnessy served as the Company’s Director of Human Resources since 2017 where he was promoted from his previous role of International Human Resource Manager which he began in 2013. Mr. O’Shaughnessy previously held various roles within the Finance organization since joining the Company in 2005. J. Ryan Ruhlman was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors in July 2015 and Vice President – Marketing and Business Development in December 2015, which expanded his role to include new acquisition and market opportunities. Prior to that, he was promoted to Director of Marketing and Business Development in January 2015 including responsibilities for Special Industries, Distribution and Transmission Markets, as well as Marketing Communications. Mr. Ruhlman is the son of Robert G. Ruhlman, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company, and the brother of Maegan A. R. Cross, a Director of the Company. Caroline S. Vaccariello was elected General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in January 2007. 16 Part II