UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 5, 2024


STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Wisconsin
0-25150
39-1804239
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

3333 West Good Hope Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53209
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)
 
(414) 247-3333
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

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


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value

STRT

The Nasdaq Global Stock Market
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

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Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
On January 5, 2024, STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION (the “Company”) announced the appointment of F. Jack Liebau, Jr. as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and the appointment of Harold M. Stratton II as Vice Chairman of the Board.
 
Mr. Liebau is managing director of Beach Investment Counsel, Inc., an investment management company and was first elected to the Board on October 10, 2023. Mr. Liebau currently also serves as Chairman and director of Myers Industries, Inc., a NYSE listed industrial company; director of BNY Mellon ETF Trust; non-Executive Board Chair and Member of Special Investigations Limited Company, a private, Virginia-based professional services company and government contractor in the information technology, cybersecurity, investigations, and intelligence sectors; and director of MuxIP, an unlisted software company serving media companies.
 
Mr. Stratton served as Chairman of the Board since February 1999 (serving as non-executive Chairman since September 2012). He also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from February 1995 to January 2010, and continued as Chief Executive Officer until August 31, 2012.
 
Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Current Report on Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Furthermore, the information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.


SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.


STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION


 

By:
/s/ Dennis P. Bowe


Dennis P. Bowe, Vice President and


Chief Financial Officer


 
Date: January 5, 2024