form8_k.htm
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) August 7, 2008


FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


INDIANA
0-362
35-0827455
     
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)
(I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)


400 EAST SPRING STREET
BLUFFTON, INDIANA
46714
   
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
(ZIP CODE)


(260) 824-2900

(REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

No Change

(Former name and former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
R. Scott Trumbull, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, and John J. Haines, Chief Financial Officer, of Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (the “Company”) presented at the Monarch Capital Investor Meeting at the Fort Wayne Country Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana on August 7, 2008. A copy of the presentation slides are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and will be available on the Company’s web site, www.franklin-electric.com, under the “Corporate News” page, for 30 days after the presentation.
 
In accordance with Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)           Exhibits.
 
 
99.1
Presentation slides at the Monarch Capital Investor Meeting on
 
 
August 7, 2008.
 

 



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 thereunto duly authorized.



FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC.
(Registrant)




Date: August 7, 2008
By  /s/ John J. Haines
 
John J. Haines,
 
Vice President, Chief Financial
 
Officer and Secretary (Principal
 
Financial and Accounting Officer)


 

 
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