---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0002077096-26-000113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:11:32.107832+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ruger and Beretta Holding enter cooperation; Beretta gets board seats, ownership cap to 25%

## Summary
- Beretta Holding withdraws director nominations; Ruger's 9 candidates to stand unopposed at 2026 meeting.
- After CFIUS approval, Beretta Holding may designate up to two independent directors to Ruger's board.
- Perpetual ownership cap rises from 10% to 25% of voting securities upon regulatory clearances.
- Beretta Holding required to launch tender offer at min $44.80/share for up to 15.05% of shares (not yet commenced).
- Three-year standstill until 2029 annual meeting; Beretta Holding to vote with board recommendations in most cases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0002077096-26-000113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000207709626000113/0002077096-26-000113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000207709626000113/ea0288855-8k_sturm.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002077096-26-000113
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002077096-26-000113.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002077096-26-000113.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  STURM RUGER & CO INC entered into Cooperation Agreement with Beretta Holding S.A. with Beretta Holding S.A. valued at Agreement regarding Beretta Holding's shareholding, board composition, ownership cap, and tender off (effective 2026-05-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Beretta Holding S.A.
  - Value: Agreement regarding Beretta Holding's shareholding, board composition, ownership cap, and tender off
  - Effective: 2026-05-02
  source text: On May 2, 2026, Sturm Ruger & Company, Inc. (“ Ruger ” or the “ Company ”) entered into an agreement (the “ Agreement ”) with Beretta Holding S.A. (“ Beretta Holding ”), regarding Beretta Holding’s shareholding in the Company, matters related to the composition of the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) and certain other matters.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000207709626000113/0002077096-26-000113-index.htm

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