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. The following sets forth the name, age and recent business experience for each person who is an executive officer of the Company at March 8, 2024: Name Age Position Robert G. Ruhlman 67 Executive Chairman Dennis F. McKenna 57 Chief Executive Officer J. Ryan Ruhlman 40 President John M. Hofstetter 59 Executive Vice President – U.S. Operations Andrew S. Klaus 58 Chief Financial Officer John J. Olenik 53 Vice President – Research and Engineering Tim O'Shaughnessy 53 Vice President – Human Resources William Koh 55 Vice President – Asia-Pacific Region Caroline S. Vaccariello 57 General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Robert G. Ruhlman was elected Executive Chairman effective January 1, 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Ruhlman served as Chairman since July 2004, as Chief Executive Officer since July 2000 and as President from 1995 to May 2023. Mr. Ruhlman is the father of J. Ryan Ruhlman, President of the Company, and Director of the Company, and of Maegan A. R. Cross, also a Director of the Company. Dennis F. McKenna was elected Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2024. Prior to that, Mr. McKenna served as Chief Operating Officer since January 2019 where he oversaw the manufacturing, production, sales and personnel matters of the organization, and as Executive Vice President – Global Business Development from January 2015 to January 2019, where he expanded his role to include worldwide marketing and business development strategies. J. Ryan Ruhlman was elected President of the Company in May 2023 and to the Company's Board of Directors in July 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Ruhlman served as Vice President – Marketing and Business Development since 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 Executive Chairman of the Company, and the brother of Maegan A. R. Cross, a Director of the Company. 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. Prior 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 Precision 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. 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. 16 William (Tuan Tie) Koh was elected to Vice President – Asia-Pacific Region in May 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Koh served as Regional Managing Director for TECO Electric and Machinery Co. Ltd., from 2021 to 2023, and Vice President - Asia Pacific at Qualitrol of Fortive Corporation (formerly Danaher Corporation) since 2010. Caroline S. Vaccariello was elected General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in January 2007. Prior to that, she served as General Counsel from 2005. She began her legal career as an Associate with Calfee Halter and Griswold, and then worked as Counsel for The Timken Company. Part II