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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-222905"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWBI"
cik: "0001092796"
company_name: "SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:42:26.840203+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smith & Wesson appoints KPMG as auditor; shareholders elect directors and approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- KPMG appointed as independent auditor for FY2025, replacing Deloitte; no prior disagreements or reportable events.
- All seven director nominees elected: highest votes 25,652,309 for Mark P. Smith; no broker non-votes.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved with ~23.87M for, ~1.01M against, ~1.06M abstentions.
- Stockholder proposal on human rights impact assessment rejected: ~7.8M for, ~17.88M against, ~0.26M abstentions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-222905
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWBI
- cik: 0001092796
- company_name: SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312524222905/0001193125-24-222905-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312524222905/d824116d8k.htm

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