---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-393097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWBI"
cik: "0001092796"
company_name: "SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-09-16T20:17:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-16T20:18:15.434180+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smith & Wesson shareholders elect 6 directors, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- Director votes (for): Britt 24,712,610; Lohmeier 24,825,441; Monheit 24,752,010; Scott 24,575,921; Smith 24,829,547; Suggs 24,628,438.
- Say-on-pay approved: 24,394,960 for, 465,311 against, 259,418 abstain; broker non-votes 9,247,097.
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor for FY2027: 33,650,995 for, 396,902 against, 318,889 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-393097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWBI
- cik: 0001092796
- company_name: SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-09-16T20:17:20+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312526393097/0001193125-26-393097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312526393097/d150341d8k.htm

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