# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001589526
**File Stem:** 0001589526-25-000088
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 6192
**Document Hash:** 0a7fcb74d98c51b3a1af08684989db96
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001589526-25-000088.hdr.sgml**: 20250807

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001589526-25-000088

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250805

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250807

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250807

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Blue Bird Corp
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001589526
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** TRUCK & BUS BODIES [3713]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 463891989
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0927

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36267
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251192064

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3920 ARKWRIGHT ROAD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 200
- **CITY:** MACON
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 31210
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 478-822-2801

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3920 ARKWRIGHT ROAD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 200
- **CITY:** MACON
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 31210

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20131017

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 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): August 5, 2025** 

**BLUE BIRD CORPORATION** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **001-36267** | **46-3891989** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction of<br>Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |

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**3920 Arkwright Road** 

**2nd Floor** 

**Macon, Georgia 31210** 

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

**(478) 822-2801** 

(Registrant's telephone number including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| **<u>Common stock, $0.0001 par value</u>** | **<u>BLBD</u>** | **<u>NASDAQ Global Market</u>** |

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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 ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 8.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Events.**

On August 5, 2025, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Blue Bird Corporation (the "Company") authorized and approved a share repurchase program for up to $100 million of the currently outstanding shares of the Company's common stock over a period up to January 1, 2028. Under the share repurchase program, the Company may repurchase shares through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase transactions, block purchases or otherwise in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

The Board also authorized the Company to enter into written trading plans pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. Adopting a trading plan that satisfies the conditions of Rule 10b5-1 allows a company to repurchase its shares at times when it might otherwise be prevented from doing so due to self-imposed trading blackout periods or pursuant to insider trading laws. The Company may from time to time enter into Rule 10b5-1 trading plans to facilitate the repurchase of its common stock pursuant to its share repurchase program.

The timing, manner, price, and number of shares to be repurchased will be at the discretion of Company management. The repurchase program does not obligate Blue Bird to acquire any specific amount of securities and can be modified or terminated at any time without notice. Repurchases under this program are expected to be funded from one or a combination of existing cash balances, future free cash flow, or indebtedness.

Information regarding share repurchases will be available in the Company's periodic reports on Form 10-Q and 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by the applicable rules of the Exchange Act.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits.**

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104 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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**SIGNATURES**

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.

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|:---|:---|
| BLUE BIRD CORPORATION | BLUE BIRD CORPORATION |
| By: | */s/ Ted Scartz* |
| Name: | Ted Scartz |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and General Counsel |

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Dated: August 7, 2025