SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Reetz Brian J

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION
3333 WEST GOOD HOPE ROAD

(Street)
MILWAUKEE WI 53209

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/26/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STRATTEC SECURITY CORP [ STRT ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
VP - Security Products
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 1,500 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Common Stock Option (right to buy) 08/19/2008 08/19/2010 Common Stock 1,400 61.22 D
Common Stock Option (right to buy) 02/26/2010(1) 02/26/2019 Common Stock 4,400 10.92 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The common stock option vests pro rata over a four-year period on each of February 26, 2010, February 26, 2011, February 26, 2012 and February 26, 2013.
/s/ Brian J. Reetz 03/02/2009
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of James M. Bedore and
Eric P. Hagemeier, each with full power to act without the
other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     1.  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION (the 'Company'), Forms 3,
4 and 5 in accordance with section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

     2.  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

     3.  take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his
discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 2nd day of March, 2009.


/s/ Brian J. Reetz
Brian J. Reetz