Executive Chairman · PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO (PLPC)

Robert Ruhlman

A named executive officer of PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,993,779

FY2024: $4,661,904

1st of 5 named executive officers at Preformed Line Products by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 20, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Robert Ruhlman compensation by year

PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$810,000$810,000$866,700$866,700$925,008$925,008$975,000$1,000,008$1,000,008$1,000,008
Bonus—$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,336,990$2,074,855$2,252,804$2,268,388$2,433,539$1,920,858$1,889,622$2,046,877$1,970,878$2,158,435
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$712,800$810,000$866,700$866,700$1,017,509$1,017,509$1,072,500$1,150,009$1,000,008$1,100,009
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$326,062$451,596$280,763$792,463$779,548$896,844$650,396$694,487$691,010$735,328
Total$3,185,852$4,146,450$4,266,967$4,794,252$5,155,604$4,760,218$4,587,518$4,891,381$4,661,904$4,993,779

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO DEF 14A filed March 20, 2026, accession 0000080035-26-000011, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO filed document, accession 0000080035-26-000011. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 20, 2026.

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Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU44,165$9,129,347—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 20, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-09Gift—18,000$0.00249,673
2026-06-09Gift—18,000$0.00267,673

The 2 most recent of 2 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Robert Ruhlman · this pageExecutive Chairman$4,993,779
Dennis McKennaChief Executive Officer$3,287,390
J. Ryan RuhlmanPresident$1,962,790
Andrew KlausChief Financial Officer$1,584,133
John HofstetterExecutive VP - U.S. Operations$1,346,553

Board service

PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS pays directors a $45,000 cash retainer and $75,000 in Common shares. As stated in PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS's FY2025 proxy.

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