---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-044829"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AOUT"
cik: "0001808997"
company_name: "American Outdoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T22:22:06.069837+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AOUT subsidiary amends Smith & Wesson trademark license; new 5-year term, 5% royalty, $150k/quarter minimum

## Summary
- Amended and restated trademark license with Smith & Wesson Inc., effective April 11, 2024.
- License covers accessories, tools, cutlery under S&W marks; exclusive for most categories.
- Royalty: 5% of net sales; minimum $150,000 per quarter.
- Initial term 5 years from May 1, 2024; auto month-to-month with 12-month termination notice.
- S&W may terminate after 3 years and buy licensed-product line at 2x trailing 12-month net revenue.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-044829
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AOUT
- cik: 0001808997
- company_name: American Outdoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1808997/000095017024044829/0000950170-24-044829-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1808997/000095017024044829/aout-20240411.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  American Outdoor Brands, Inc. amended Amended and Restatement Trademark License Agreement with Smith & Wesson Inc. valued at 5% royalty on net sales, minimum $150,000 per quarter, five-year initial term from May 1, 2024 (effective 2024-04-11).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: license
  - Counterparty: Smith & Wesson Inc.
  - Value: 5% royalty on net sales, minimum $150,000 per quarter, five-year initial term from May 1, 2024
  - Effective: 2024-04-11
  source text: On April 11, 2024, AOB Products Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Outdoor Brands, Inc. ("we" or "us") entered into an Amended and Restatement Trademark License Agreement (the "Trademark License Agreement"), with Smith & Wesson Inc. ("SW"), pursuant to which the parties agreed to amend and restate the Trademark License Agreement, dated August 24, 2020 (the "Original Agreement").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1808997/000095017024044829/0000950170-24-044829-index.htm

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