---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-287442"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWBI"
cik: "0001092796"
company_name: "SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T00:17:15.598177+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smith & Wesson to relocate HQ to Maryville, TN by 2023; $120M investment, EPS accretion $0.10-$0.12/yr

## Summary
- Relocation from Springfield, MA to Maryville, TN; total investment $120M funded from cash on hand; expected to add $0.10-0.12 to EPS annually when fully operational.
- Approximately 750 jobs to move; new facility will house HQ, plastic injection molding, pistol/long gun assembly, and distribution.
- Springfield facility will be reconfigured but remain operational with over 1,000 employees; Deep River, CT and Columbia, MO facilities to be closed/sold.
- Project agreement requires creating at least 620 jobs at avg. wage $25.97/hr and spending at least $120M by Dec 2025; contingent on de-annexation/annexation by Apr 2022.
- Move triggered by proposed MA legislation restricting manufacturing of firearms that made up over 60% of revenue; company cites need for business-friendly environment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-287442
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWBI
- cik: 0001092796
- company_name: SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312521287442/0001193125-21-287442-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312521287442/d181384d8k.htm

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