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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-006322"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RUSHA"
cik: "0001012019"
company_name: "RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \\TX\\"
filed_at: "2025-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T08:49:53.030412+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rush Enterprises board approves $5.9M cash bonuses, 65K options, 145K restricted shares to top execs

## Summary
- CEO Rusty Rush receives $3.73M cash bonus, 35k stock options, 70k restricted stock awards.
- CFO Steven Keller gets $674k cash bonus, 10k options, 25k RSAs. COO Wilder $668k + 10k options + 20k RSAs.
- Stock options vest in 3 equal installments starting 3rd anniversary; RSAs vest in 3 annual installments.
- All grants under Amended 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan; exercise price equals closing price on grant date March 14, 2025.
- Bonuses based on 2024 fiscal year performance and competitive market data reviewed by Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-006322
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RUSHA
- cik: 0001012019
- company_name: RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \TX\
- filed_at: 2025-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012019/000143774925006322/0001437749-25-006322-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012019/000143774925006322/rusha20250305_8k.htm

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