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Recent Events Jan 28 Earnings Announcement Upcoming Events Feb 25 Dividend payment of $0.20 Location 400 East Spring Street Bluffton, IN 46714 Phone: (219) 824-2900 Fax: (219) 827-5633 Employees as of 1/99: 2,321 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Journal Archive  ·Raw SEC Filings Competitors:  ·Sector: Technology  ·Industry: Electronic Instr. & Controls Company Website  ·Home Page  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Ownership · Insider: 60% · Institutional: 35% (87% of float) (83 institutions) · Net Inst. Buying: 34.0K shares (+1.75%) (prior quarter to latest quarter)

Business Summary Franklin Electric Company, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes electric motors, electronic motor controls and related equipment. The Company manufactures submersible electric motors and engineered specialty electric motor products and electronic controls used by original equipment manufacturers in residential, industrial and municipal applications. The Company's products are sold in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, South Africa, Mexico and other world markets. Franklin's submersible electric motors are used for water well pumping systems, as well as for underground gasoline and diesel fuel storage pumping systems and wastewater handling systems. Franklin's engineered specialty electric motor products and electronic controls are used in a wide variety of industrial products including gasoline dispensers, heating and air conditioning equipment, paint sprayers, electric hoists, vacuum pumping systems, livestock feeding systems, and soft ice cream machines. Financial Summary Franklin Electric manufactures and distributes electric motors, electronic controls and related equipment to customers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, South Africa, Mexico and other world markets. For the 39 weeks ended 10/2/99, net sales rose 8% to $214.4 million. Net income rose 12% to $18.6 million. Results reflect higher volume in the submersible water systems motors and lower selling and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales. Recent Earnings Announcement For the 3 months ended 01/01/2000, revenues were 78,832; after tax earnings were 8,202. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.) Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY1999 Compensation Pay Exer William Lawson, 62 Chairman, CEO, Director $764K $3.9M John Lindsay, 56 Pres, Director 493K 1.0M Jess Ford, 47 Sr. VP, CFO 321K --   William Foreman, 62 VP 249K --   Kirk Nevins, 55 VP, Director of Sales 250K --   Dollar amounts are as of 2-Jan-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. More from Market Guide: Highlights -Performance - Ratio Comparisons