# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000095029
**File Stem:** 0001174947-26-000644
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 5514
**Document Hash:** 706ef17fbacb35e73640bc72da1ee983
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001174947-26-000644.hdr.sgml**: 20260604

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001174947-26-000644

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260601

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260604

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260604

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** STURM RUGER & CO INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000095029
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** ORDNANCE & ACCESSORIES, (NO VEHICLES/GUIDED MISSILES) [3480]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 060633559
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-10435
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261064636

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 700 S AYERSVILLE ROAD
- **CITY:** MAYODAN
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 27027
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2032597843

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 700 S AYERSVILLE ROAD
- **CITY:** MAYODAN
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 27027

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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)**

 **June 1, 2026**

**STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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|  **Delaware**<br> (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | **001-10435**<br> (Commission File Number) | **06-0633559**<br> (IRS Employer Identification Number) |

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| **700 S Ayersville Road, Mayodan, North Carolina** | **27027** |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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**(203) 259-7843**

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

**One Lacey Place, Southport, Connecticut, 06890**

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

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)

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

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;Title of each class | &nbsp;&nbsp;Trading Symbol(s) | &nbsp;&nbsp;Name of each exchange on which registered |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Common Stock | &nbsp;&nbsp;RGR | &nbsp;&nbsp;New York Stock Exchange |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Common Stock Purchase Rights | &nbsp;&nbsp;N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;New York Stock Exchange |

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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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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 5.02** | **Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.** |

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On June 1, 2026, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in consultation with and consistent with the recommendations made to the Board by the Compensation Committee thereof, adjusted the compensation of Todd W. Seyfert, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as follows: (i) base salary of $800,000 per year ("Base Salary"), (ii) annual target cash bonus based on 100% of Base Salary, (iii) annual performance-based equity incentive compensation, with each such equity award equal to 150% of Base Salary for the applicable period, and (iv) annual time-based equity incentive compensation, with each such equity award equal to 150% of Base Salary for the applicable period. In connection therewith, the Board also approved the grant of supplemental restricted stock unit awards to Mr. Seyfert to reflect the foregoing adjustment to his compensation, with vesting conditions and dates mirroring the vesting conditions and dates contained in the executive equity awards previously granted to Mr. Seyfert on March 6, 2026.

**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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| STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. | STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. | STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. |
| By: | /S/ Sarah F. Colbert | /S/ Sarah F. Colbert |
|  | Name: | Sarah F. Colbert |
|  | Title: | Senior Vice President, |
|  |  | Corporate Secretary, and |
|  |  | General Counsel |

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Dated: June 4, 2026