---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-26-000210"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:22:24.484800+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Three Sturm Ruger directors retire; three new independent directors elected

## Summary
- Sandra Froman, Christopher Killoy and Rebecca Halstead retired from Board on Feb 22, 2026.
- Board elected Aaron Rivers (CEO Dakkota Integrated Systems), Stephen Timm (ex-President Collins Aerospace), and Lorin Cassidy Wolfe (VP Business System Johnson Controls) as replacements.
- All three new directors are independent under NYSE standards; no committee assignments yet.
- They will receive standard non-management director compensation as disclosed in April 2025 proxy.
- Retirements were not due to any disagreement with the Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-26-000210
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494726000210/0001174947-26-000210-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494726000210/form8k-35284_rgr.htm

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