Form 8-K
8-K — GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Accession: 0001193125-26-332899
Filed: 2026-08-04
Period: 2026-07-30
CIK: 0000040533
SIC: 3730 (SHIP & BOAT BUILDING & REPAIRING)
Item: Other Events
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
Documents
8-K — d122083d8k.htm (Primary)
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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP false 0000040533 0000040533 2026-07-30 2026-07-30
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 4, 2026 (July 30, 2026)
Commission File Number 1-3671
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-1673581
State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization
I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
11011 Sunset Hills Road Reston, Virginia
20190
Address of principal executive offices
Zip code
(703) 876-3000
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:
☐
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:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Stock
GD
New York Stock Exchange
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. ☐
Item 8.01
Other Events
On August 4, 2026, General Dynamics Corporation (the “Company”) filed a prospectus supplement, dated August 4, 2026 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the Company’s offer to rescind (the “Rescission Offer”) the acquisition of up to 1,010,925 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Shares”). The Prospectus Supplement was filed pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-297821), filed with the SEC on July 30, 2026 (the “Registration Statement”).
The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide the legal opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP regarding the validity of the Shares covered by the Prospectus Supplement, which opinion is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 and is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
5.1
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, dated August 4, 2026.
23.1
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, dated August 4, 2026 (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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 thereunto duly authorized.
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
by
/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos
Gregory S. Gallopoulos
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
(Authorized Officer)
Dated: August 4, 2026
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Exhibit 5.1
EXHIBITS 5.1 AND 23.1
August 4, 2026
General Dynamics Corporation
11011 Sunset Hills Road
Reston, Virginia 20190
Re:
General Dynamics Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have examined the Registration
Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-297821, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), of General Dynamics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement filed on August 4, 2026 in connection with the
offering by the Company of up to 1,010,925 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share, (the “Shares”), pursuant to an offer to rescind (the “Rescission Offer”) the sale of the Shares,
which were acquired through the General Dynamics Stock Fund pursuant to the General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 and the General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026.
In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true
and complete copies of the originals, of the documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render these opinions. In our
examination, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to
original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to any facts material to these opinions, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and
other representatives of the Company and others.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set
forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The
opinion expressed above is subject to the following additional exceptions, qualifications, limitations and assumptions:
A.
We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States
of America and the Delaware General Corporation Law. We are not admitted to practice in the State of Delaware; however, we are generally familiar with the Delaware General Corporation Law as currently in effect and have made such inquiries as we
consider necessary to render the opinion above. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the United States of America and the State of Delaware and the facts as they currently exist. We assume no obligation to revise
or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
One Embarcadero Center Suite 2600 | San Francisco, CA 94111-3715 | T: 415.393.8200 | F: 415.393.8306 | gibsondunn.com
August 4, 2026
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We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a report on Form
8-K to be filed by the Company on the date hereof and its incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters”
in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus supplement, which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under
Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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