Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

---

 

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): February 1 3 , 201 9

 

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: (830) 302 -5200

 

Not Applicable
______________________________________________
(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):

 

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

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. ☐

 

 

---

 

 

Item 2 .0 2

Results of Operations and Financial Condition .

 

On February 13, 2019, Rush Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018 and for the full year 2018 (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 $0.12 per share of Class A and Class B Common Stock, to be paid on March 15, 2019, to all shareholders of record as of February 25, 2019.

 

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.

 

I tem 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)     Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Rush Enterprises, Inc. press release dated February 13, 2019.

 

 

---

 

 

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: February 13, 2019	By:	/s/ Steven L. Keller
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

  

 

---

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Rush Enterprises, Inc. press release dated February 13, 2019.