PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 7, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO (PLPC)
CIK: 0000080035
Period of Report: 2012-03-05

Reporting Person: RUHLMAN ROBERT G (Director, President - CEO, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-05	Common shares, $2 par value	A	23278	—	Acquired	95534	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares, $2 par value	66480	Indirect
Common shares, $2 par value	34656	Indirect
Common shares, $2 par value	474571	Indirect
Common shares, $2 par value	180400	Indirect
Common shares, $2 par value	300	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted Common shares granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to the Company Long Term Incentive Plan of 2008. Provided that the Reporting Person has not voluntarily terminated his employment and on Company performance, 23,278 shares vest and will no longer be subject to risk of forfeiture on 12/31/2014.

F2: Reflects a change in the nature of the Reporting Person's beneficial ownership. 43,175 of these shares were previously reported as direct beneficial ownership.