ITEM 3—LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
−Removed: The nature of the legal proceedings against the Company
−Removed: is discussed at Note 21 to the financial statements, which are included in this Form 10-K.
−Removed: The Company has reported all cases instituted against
−Removed: it through October 1, 2022, and the results of those cases, where terminated, to the SEC on its previous Form 10-Q and 10-K reports, to
−Removed: which reference is hereby made.
−Removed: There were five lawsuits formally instituted against the Company during
−Removed: the three months ending December 31, 2022.
−Removed: The City of Buffalo v.
−Removed: Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al.
−Removed: filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for Erie County on December 20, 2022.
−Removed: The City of Rochester v.
−Removed: Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al.
−Removed: filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for Monroe County on December 21, 2022.
−Removed: Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., et al.
−Removed: , filed in the Sullivan
−Removed: County Superior Court for the State of New Hampshire on December 13, 2022.
+Added: The nature of the legal proceedings against the
+Added: Company is discussed at Note 20 to the financial statements, which are included in this Form 10-K.
+Added: The Company has reported all cases instituted
+Added: against it through September 30, 2023, and the results of those cases, where terminated, to the SEC on its previous Form 10-Q and 10-K
+Added: reports, to which reference is hereby made.
+Added: There was one lawsuit formally instituted against
+Added: the Company during the three months ending December 31, 2023, as follows:
+Added: Jennifer Laws v.
Sturm, Ruger & Co.
−Removed: , filed in the U.S.
−Removed: District Court
−Removed: for the District of Connecticut, on October 4, 2022.
−Removed: Sturm, Ruger & Company, et al.
−Removed: , filed in the U.S.
−Removed: District Court for the District of New Jersey, on October 27, 2022.
+Added: , filed in the
+Added: District Court for the District of New Mexico on November 20, 2023.
ITEM 4—MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES – NOT APPLICABLE
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.