---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-025451"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POWW"
cik: "0001015383"
company_name: "Outdoor Holding Co"
filed_at: "2023-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T02:43:23.843160+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMMO appoints Jared Smith as CEO, Fred Wagenhals becomes Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Jared Smith named CEO effective July 24, 2023; previously President/COO since Jan 2023.
- Smith gets $500k base salary, ~133k shares annual stock, and options for 400k shares.
- Fred Wagenhals becomes Executive Chairman with $475k cash, $585k bonus, 300k shares, $400k salary.
- Harry Markley resigned as director effective immediately, no disagreement cited.
- Smith has 17 years in ammunition industry; formerly GM at Fiocchi of America.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-025451
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POWW
- cik: 0001015383
- company_name: Outdoor Holding Co
- filed_at: 2023-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015383/000149315223025451/0001493152-23-025451-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015383/000149315223025451/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-025451
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-025451.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Fred W. Wagenhals was appointed as Executive Chairman at Outdoor Holding Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On the Effective Date, Mr. Wagenhals departed as CEO, effective immediately, and the Board appointed Mr. Wagenhals the Company’s Executive Chairman
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015383/000149315223025451/0001493152-23-025451-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jared R. Smith was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Outdoor Holding Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 24, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), the Board appointed Mr. Smith as CEO and as a member of the Board (the “Smith Appointment”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015383/000149315223025451/0001493152-23-025451-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.