UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 415, 2025

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Nevada	001-31552	87-0543688
(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1852 Proffitt Springs Road

Maryville, Tennessee 37801

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(800) 331-0852

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		~~TradingSymbol~~Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each ~~exchangeon~~exchange on which registered
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 per Share		SWBI		Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 §CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 25.0207. ~~Results~~Submission of ~~Operations~~Matters ~~and~~to ~~Financial~~a ~~Condition~~Vote of Security Holders.

WeOn ~~are~~September 15, ~~furnishing~~2025, we held our annual meeting of stockholders to consider and vote upon the ~~disclosure~~following inproposals: ~~this~~(1) to ~~Item~~elect directors to serve until our next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified; (2~~.02~~) to inprovide ~~connection~~a non-binding, advisory ~~with~~vote on the ~~disclosure~~compensation of ~~information~~our innamed executive officers for fiscal 2025 (“say-on-pay”); and (3) to ratify the ~~form~~appointment of ~~the~~KPMG ~~textual~~LLP ~~information~~as ~~from~~our aindependent ~~press~~registered ~~release~~public ~~issued~~accounting onfirm ~~September 4,~~for ~~2025~~fiscal 2026.

~~The information in this Item 2.02 (including Exhibit 99.~~1~~) is furnished pursuant to Item 2~~.02 ~~and~~The ~~shall~~following ~~not~~directors bewere ~~deemed~~elected toat ~~be “filed” for~~ the ~~purpose~~annual ~~of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.~~ meeting:

We do not have, and expressly disclaim, any obligation to release publicly any updates or any changes in our expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is based.


Director	Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Anita D. Britt		17,522,546		660,360		12,571,781
Fred M. Diaz		17,629,563		553,343		12,571,781
Michelle J. Lohmeier		17,629,020		553,886		12,571,781
Barry M. Monheit		17,451,107		731,799		12,571,781
Robert L. Scott		17,425,158		757,748		12,571,781
Mark P. Smith		17,635,820		547,086		12,571,781
Denis G. Suggs		17,320,734		862,172		12,571,781

~~The~~2. ~~text~~Our ~~included~~stockholders ~~with~~approved ~~this~~the ~~Current Report on Form 8~~say-~~K is available~~ on ~~our website at www.smith~~-~~wesson.com,~~pay ~~although we reserve the right to discontinue that availability at any time~~proposal.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.


	Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Say-on-pay proposal		16,458,436		1,501,908		222,562		12,571,781

~~(d)~~3. ~~Exhibits~~Our stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026.

Exhibit No.

VotesFor

VotesAgainst

Abstentions

BrokerNon-Votes

99.1

Press release from Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., dated September 4, 2025, entitled “Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Results

Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm

29,688,661

689,248

376,778

n/a

104

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.

Date: September 4, 2025

/s/ Deana L. McPherson

Date: September 17, 2025

/s/ Deana L. McPherson

Deana L. McPherson

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary

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