# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0002086731
**File Stem:** 0000921895-26-000928
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 6803
**Document Hash:** 1264980d11e04a42112beebd88e4cea5
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000921895-26-000928.hdr.sgml**: 20260406

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000921895-26-000928

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DFAN14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260406

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260406

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**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:** DFAN14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-10435
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26842195

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 LACEY PLACE
- **CITY:** SOUTHPORT
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06490
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2032597843

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 LACEY PLACE
- **CITY:** SOUTHPORT
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06490
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Beretta Holding S.A.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002086731

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** N4
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DFAN14A

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 9 RUE SAINTE ZITHE, L-2763
- **CITY:** LUXEMBOURG
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** N4
- **ZIP:** 00000
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 352 691 325 028

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 9 RUE SAINTE ZITHE, L-2763
- **CITY:** LUXEMBOURG
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** N4
- **ZIP:** 00000

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Beretta Holdings S.A.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20250918

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**SCHEDULE 14A**

(Rule 14a-101)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.)

Filed by the Registrant ☐

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☒

Check the appropriate box:

☐ Preliminary Proxy Statement

☐ Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))

☐ Definitive Proxy Statement

☐ Definitive Additional Materials

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;☒ Soliciting Material Under § 240.14a-12

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| STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. |
| (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) |
| BERETTA HOLDING S.A.<br> MICHAEL CHRISTODOLOU<br> WILLIAM F. DETWILER<br> MARK W. DEYOUNG<br> FREDRICK DISANTO |
| (Name of Persons(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) |

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Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;☒ No fee required

☐ Fee paid previously with preliminary materials

☐ Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11

Beretta Holding S.A. ("Beretta Holding"), together with the other participants named herein, intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying WHITE universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to be used to solicit votes for the election of Beretta Holding's slate of director nominees at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").

On April 6, 2026, Beretta Holding posted the following material to www.ReloadRuger.com:

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**<u>IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT</u>**

The potential tender offer described above has not yet commenced. This communication is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation, an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of common stock, $1 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). If the tender offer is commenced, Beretta Holding S.A. ("Beretta Holding") and/or one or more affiliates thereof will file a tender offer statement and related materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and the Company will file a solicitation/recommendation statement with respect to such tender offer with the SEC.

STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO READ THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT (INCLUDING THE RELATED EXHIBITS) AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT, AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING TENDERING THEIR SHARES. IF THE TENDER OFFER IS COMMENCED, THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT (INCLUDING THE RELATED EXHIBITS) AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC'S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, IF THE TENDER OFFER IS COMMENCED, THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED BY BERETTA HOLDING WITH THE SEC WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY FREE OF CHARGE FROM THE INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE TENDER OFFER.

Beretta Holding intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying WHITE universal proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of Beretta Holding's slate of highly qualified director nominees at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company.

BERETTA HOLDING STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS, INCLUDING A PROXY CARD, AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC'S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS' PROXY SOLICITOR.

**<u>CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS</u>**

The participants in the proxy solicitation are anticipated to be Beretta Holding, William F. Detwiler, Mark DeYoung, Fredrick DiSanto and Michael Christodolou.

As of the date hereof, Beretta Holding directly beneficially owns 1,587,000 shares of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, Messrs. Detwiler, DeYoung, DiSanto and Christodolou do not beneficially own any shares of Common Stock. As one of the most experienced operators in the global firearms industry, Beretta Holding's only other interest in connection with its investment in the Company at the present is to seek to partner with the Company in order to improve performance and deliver sustainable long-term value for all stockholders, employees and customers.