---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-017816"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RUSHA"
cik: "0001012019"
company_name: "RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \\TX\\"
filed_at: "2026-05-19T21:12:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T21:15:41.876452+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rush Enterprises shareholders elect all 9 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify EY as auditor

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; highest vote count 17.66M (McRoberts), lowest 12.03M (Mendoza).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 15.66M for, 2.07M against, 4,082 abstentions.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2026 passed with 19.07M for, 139,771 against, 627 abstentions.
- Broker non-votes of 1.48M on director elections and advisory compensation vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-017816
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RUSHA
- cik: 0001012019
- company_name: RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \TX\
- filed_at: 2026-05-19T21:12:30+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012019/000143774926017816/0001437749-26-017816-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012019/000143774926017816/rusha20260519_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \TX\ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: The Company’s shareholders elected W.M. “Rusty” Rush, Thomas A. Akin, Raymond J. Chess, William H. Cary, Dr. Kennon H. Guglielmo, Elaine Mendoza, Troy A. Clarke, Amy Boerger and Michael J. McRoberts as directors to hold office until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012019/000143774926017816/0001437749-26-017816-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \TX\ shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012019/000143774926017816/0001437749-26-017816-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \TX\ shareholders approved Ratification of the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012019/000143774926017816/0001437749-26-017816-index.htm

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