Form 8-K

8-K — STURM RUGER & CO INC

Accession: 0002077096-26-000185

Filed: 2026-05-28

Period: 2026-05-27

CIK: 0000095029

SIC: 3480 (ORDNANCE & ACCESSORIES, (NO VEHICLES/GUIDED MISSILES))

Item: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

Documents

8-K — ea0292589-8k_sturm.htm (Primary)

EX-3.1 — CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED, OF STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. (ea029258901ex3-1.htm)

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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)

May 27, 2026

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

(Exact

Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

delaware

001-10435

06-0633559

(State

or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS

Employer

Identification Number)

ONE LACEY PLACE, SOUTHPORT,

connecticut

06890

(Address

of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip

Code)

(203)

259-7843

Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code

N/A

(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)

☐ 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

RGR

New York Stock Exchange

Common Stock Purchase Rights

N/A

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 (17 CFR §230.405)

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

Emerging

growth company ☐

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

5.03 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR

May 27, 2026, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Company’s

Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, par value

$1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”) to 60 million shares. The Charter Amendment became effective upon its filing

with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 28, 2026. The foregoing description of the Charter Amendment is qualified

in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Charter Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated

herein by reference.

ITEM

5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITIES HOLDERS.

(a)

On May 27, 2026 Sturm Ruger & Company, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the

“Annual Meeting”). As of April 13, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 15,948,066 outstanding

shares of the Company’s Common Stock, consisting all of the outstanding voting securities of the Company. At the Annual Meeting,

the holders of 14,188,635 shares were represented either in person or by proxy.

(b)

At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted on the following items:

Proposal One - To elect nine (9) directors to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to hold office until

the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The voting results for each nominee

were as shown below:

Name

For

Withheld

John A. Cosentino, Jr.

9,560,455

902,483

Terrence G. O’Connor

9,622,947

839,991

Bruce T. Pettet

9,833,884

629,054

Aaron R. Rivers

10,181,221

281,717

Amir P. Rosenthal

9,462,228

1,000,710

Todd W. Seyfert

9,701,535

761,403

Stephen J. Timm

10,204,527

258,411

Phillip C. Widman

9,662,114

800,824

Lorin Cassidy Wolfe

10,182,903

280,035

Each

director nominee named above was elected at the Annual Meeting. There were 3,725,697 broker non-votes on each nominee.

Proposal Two - To vote to ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending

December 31, 2026. This proposal was approved by the votes indicated below:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker

Non-Votes

13,826,007

280,029

82,599

Proposal Three - To vote to approve on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. This proposal

was approved by the votes indicated below:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker

Non-Votes

10,068,005

318,128

82,411

3,720,091

Proposal Four - To vote to approve an Amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized

shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $1.00 per share, from 40 million to 60 million shares. This proposal was approved by

the votes indicated below:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker

Non-Votes

12,470,848

1,613,141

104,646

ITEM

9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)

Exhibits.

Exhibit

No.

Description

3.1

Certificate

of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of Sturm, Ruger & Company,

Inc.

104

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, hereunto duly authorized.

STURM,

RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

By:

/S/

Sarah F. Colbert

Name:

Sarah

F. Colbert

Title:

Senior

Vice President,

Corporate

Secretary and General Counsel

Dated: May

28, 2026

EX-3.1 — CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED, OF STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

EX-3.1

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Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

Adopted in accordance with

the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY,

INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation

Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:

FIRST: The name of the corporation

is STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. (the “Corporation”).

SECOND: The Certificate of

Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by deleting Article FOURTH thereof in its entirety and substituting therefor a new

Article FOURTH which shall read in full as follows:

“FOURTH: Number and

Classes of Shares. The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is (i) 60,000,000

shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) 50,000 shares of Non-Voting Common

Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Non-Voting Common Stock”). The Common Stock and the Non-Voting Common Stock

shall be identical in all respects except that the holders of Non-Voting Common Stock shall have no voting power for any purpose except

when the vote of the class shall be required by law.

THIRD: The amendment to the

Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation set forth in this Certificate of Amendment has been duly adopted in accordance with the

provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and has been approved by the requisite vote of the stockholders

of the Corporation at a meeting called in accordance with the provisions of Section 222 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation

has caused this Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation to be signed by Todd W. Seyfert, and attested

by Sarah F. Colbert, on behalf of the Corporation this 28th day of May 2026.

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

/s/ Todd W. Seyfert

Name:

Todd W. Seyfert

Title:

President and CEO

Attested by:

/s/ Sarah F. Colbert

Name:

Sarah F. Colbert

Title:

Sr. VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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