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accession: "0001193125-21-286735"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWBI"
cik: "0001092796"
company_name: "SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2021-09-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T00:37:03.651064+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smith & Wesson annual meeting results: all proposals approved except shareholder human rights proposal

## Summary
- All 8 director nominees elected with votes for ranging from 19.6M to 23.96M.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved: 23.36M for, 618K against, 174K abstain.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2022 passed: 35.73M for, 295K against.
- 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan approved: 23.69M for, 395K against.
- Stockholder proposal for human rights policy rejected: 10.37M for, 13.24M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-286735
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWBI
- cik: 0001092796
- company_name: SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-09-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312521286735/0001193125-21-286735-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312521286735/d236829d8k.htm

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