{"url_path":"/sec/belfa/8-k/2026-07-02/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-02","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/0001437749-26-022539-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-022539","cik":"0000729580","ticker":"BELFA","issuer_name":"BEL FUSE INC /NJ","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/0001437749-26-022539-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000729580","primary_entity_name":"BEL FUSE INC /NJ"},"word_count":359,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**\n\n \n\nOn July 1, 2026, the compensation committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Bel Fuse, Inc. (the “Company”) authorized and approved the First Amendment (the “Tuweiq First Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and between the Company and Farouq Tuweiq, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (the “Tuweiq Employment Agreement”) and the First Amendment (the “Hutkin First Amendment”) to the Employment Agreement by and between the Company and Lynn Hutkin, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer (the “Hutkin Employment Agreement”). These amendments to each respective employment agreement were executed on July 2, 2026 and were effective as of June 1, 2026.\n\n \n\nThe changes to the Tuweiq Employment Agreement resulting from the Tuweiq First Amendment are to:\n\n \n\n \n\n●\n\nincrease his base salary from $600,000 to $725,000;\n\n \n\n●\n\nincrease his target annual variable compensation from $1,600,000 to $2,100,000, and change the allocation of his variable compensation from 50% cash and 50% in the form of time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to 40% cash and 60% RSUs; and\n\n \n\n●\n\nincrease his annual Long-Term Performance Award (as defined in the Tuweiq Employment Agreement) from $1,200,000 to $1,875,000.\n\n \n\nThe changes to the Hutkin Employment Agreement resulting from the Hutkin First Amendment are to:\n\n \n\n \n\n●\n\nincrease her base salary from $300,000 to $400,000;\n\n \n\n●\n\nincrease her annual variable compensation percentage from 125% to 150% of base salary, and change the allocation of her variable compensation from 60% cash and 40% in the form of RSUs to 55% cash and 45% RSUs; and\n\n \n\n●\n\nincrease the percentage of her annual Long-Term Performance Award (as defined in the Hutkin Employment Agreement) from 75% to 100% of base salary.\n\n \n\nThe foregoing descriptions of the Tuweiq First Amendment and the Hutkin First Amendment are summaries only and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Tuweiq First Amendment and the Hutkin First Amendment, respectively, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference."}