Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

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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): April 25, 2023

 

Rush Enterprises, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Texas (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	0-20797 (Commission File Number)	74-1733016 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
555 IH-35 South, Suite 500 New Braunfels, Texas (Address of principal executive offices)		78130 (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone]

 

Not Applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	RUSHA	Nasdaq Global Select Market
Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	RUSHB	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 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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. ☐

 

 

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Item 2.02         Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On April 25, 2023, Rush Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023 (the “Earnings Press Release”). A copy of the Earnings Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01         Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The Earnings Press Release also announced that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per share of Class A and Class B common stock, to be paid on June 9, 2023, to all shareholders of record as of May 10, 2023.

 

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit attached hereto) is being furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

 

Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)         Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Rush Enterprises, Inc. press release dated April 25, 2023.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL).

 

 

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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.

 

	RUSH ENTERPRISES, INC.
Dated: April 25, 2023	By:	/s/ Steven L. Keller
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer