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Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (SWHC) Wrap Up:

We are one of the world’s leading manufacturers of firearms. We manufacture a wide array of pistols, revolvers, tactical rifles, hunting rifles, black powder firearms, handcuffs, and firearm-related products and accessories for sale to a wide variety of customers, including gun enthusiasts, collectors, hunters, sportsmen, competitive shooters, protection focused individuals, law enforcement agencies and officers, and military agencies in the United States and throughout the world. We are the largest manufacturer of handguns, premium black powder firearms, and handcuffs in the United States, the largest U.S. exporter of handguns, and a growing participant in the tactical and hunting rifle markets that we recently entered. We manufacture these products at our facilities in Springfield, Massachusetts; Houlton, Maine; and Rochester, New Hampshire. We also market shotguns, which are manufactured to our specifications in dedicated facilities through a strategic alliance.  ... More..."http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/edgar_conv_html%2f2007%2f07%2f16%2f0000950153-07-001514.html#FIS_BUSINESS"   
www.smith-wesson.com
1,362 Employees
Founded in 1852

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (SWHC:NASDAQ)

LAST $4.66 USD
CHANGE TODAY -0.05 -1.06%
VOLUME 483.1K
As of 1:21 PM 11/20/09 All times are local (Market data by Reuters is delayed by at least 15 minutes).

Snapshot of Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (SWHC)

OPEN
$4.67
PREVIOUS CLOSE
$4.71
DAY HIGH
$4.69
DAY LOW
$4.65
52 WEEK HIGH
05/5/09 - $7.52
52 WEEK LOW
11/21/08 - $1.67
MARKET CAP
277.1M
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
1.2M
DILUTED EPS TTM
$-1.21
SHARES OUTSTANDING
59.5M
SWHC Does Not Pay Dividends
P/E TTM
NM
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions

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SWHC Top Compensated Officers

Mr. Michael F. Golden
Chief Executive Officer, President and Direct...
Age: 55
Total Annual Compensation: $562.5K
Mr. William F. Spengler
Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting...
Age: 54
Total Annual Compensation: $329.5K
Mr. Leland A. Nichols
Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice Presiden...
Age: 47
Total Annual Compensation: $346.5K
Ms. Ann B. Makkiya
Vice President, Secretary and Corporate Couns...
Age: 39
Total Annual Compensation: $162.2K
Mr. Kenneth W. Chandler
Vice President of Manufacturing Operations
Age: 48
Total Annual Compensation: $277.6K

Executives, Board Directors

Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2009.

Key developments for Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (SWHC)

Washington State Patrol Selects Firearms from Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.'s Military & Police Pistol Series

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. announced that the Washington State Patrol (WSP) has selected firearms from the company's Military & Police (M&P) Pistol Series for duty use. The Smith & Wesson M&P40, which is made in the United States, will be issued to each officer of the Washington State Patrol to replace firearms supplied by a European-based manufacturer that had previously served as the primary duty sidearm. The Washington State Patrol has ordered 1,400 M&P40 pistols. The WSP selected the M&P pistol after an extensive testing and evaluation process, which included various competitors.

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. expected to Report Q2 2010 Results on December 3, 2009. This event was calculated by Capital IQ (Created on October 6, 2009).

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. expected to Report Q2 2010 Results on December 3, 2009. This event was calculated by Capital IQ (Created on October 6, 2009).

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. Announces Consolidated Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended July 31, 2009 ; Provides Sales Guidance for the Second Quarter of 2010

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. announced consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended July 31, 2009. Net sales for the first quarter ended July 31, 2009 were $102.2 million, which was $23.8 million, or 30.3%, higher than net sales of $78.5 million for the first quarter last year. Net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 was $12.6 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, compared with $2.3 million, or $0.05 per basic and diluted share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Net income included non-cash, fair-value adjustment to the contingent consideration accrual related to acquisition of Universal Safety Response that increased fully diluted earnings per share by $0.05 in the current fiscal period. Adjusted EBITDAS, a non-GAAP financial measure, was $20.2 million for the first quarter, nearly double the $10.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. The company reported income from operations of $16.697 million and income before income taxes of $18.731 million compared to income from operations of $5.721 million and income before income taxes of $3.616 million for the same period of last year. The company reported adjusted income from operations of $20.054 million and adjusted income before income taxes of $20.218 million compared to adjusted income from operations of $10.140 million and adjusted income before income taxes of $10.183 million for the same period of last year. The company reported adjusted net income of $20.218 million against 10.183 million for the same period of last year. The company provided sales guidance for the second quarter of 2010. The company expects sales for the second quarter will be between $103 million and $105 million, which would be another record revenue quarter.

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SWHC transactions

Type
Date
Target
Merger/Acquisition
June 18, 2009
Universal Safety Response, Inc.

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SMITH & WESSON HOLDING CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. The registrant is furnishing this Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with the disclosure of information, in the form of the textual information from a powerpoint presentation to be given at meetings with institutional investors. This information may be amended or updated at any time and from time to time through another Form 8-K, a later company filing, or other means. The powerpoint presentation attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K updates and replaces in its entirety all prior powerpoint presentations filed by the registrant, including (a) the powerpoint presentation filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 4, 2009, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 4, 2009; (b) the powerpoint presentation filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 18, 2009, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 19, 2009; and (c) the powerpoint presentation filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 9, 2009, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2009. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit) is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This Current Report on Form 8-K will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in the Report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD. The registrant does not have, and expressly disclaims, any obligation to release publicly any updates or any changes in the registrant's expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is based. The text included with this Report on Form 8-K and the non-auditory video clip of Universal Safety Response's products ar...
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Universal Safety Response Wins Homeland Security Award for Best Crash Barriers

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Safety Response (USR), a Smith & Wesson Company, (Nasdaq: SWHC - News) and a leader in perimeter security systems, announced today that it has won the first Government Security News (GSN) Homeland Security Award for Best Crash Barriers (Gates, Fences, Bollards, Guard Booths, Blast Resistant Products). The award was based upon USR's GRAB® (Ground Retractable Automobile Barrier) system and was presented in New York City, the location of the first installation of the GRAB® barrier system. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091103/LA04528)Judging in the category was based on a combination of factors including: A demonstrable increase in customer organization security; technological innovation and/or improvement; the ability to fill a recognized government physical security need; cost reduction; and efficiency improvement.USR President, Matthew A. Gelfand, said, "It is a special honor to accept this award, which acknowledges our GRAB barrier among the highly regarded community of government security professionals. We are especially proud that the innovation of our GRAB barrier has made it so frequently selected for applications at a number of government facilities. On behalf of the entire USR organization, we look f...
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Smith & Wesson Expands Executive Team

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: SWHC - News), parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp., the legendary 157-year old company in the global business of safety, security, protection and sport, today announced that it has named James Debney to fill the role of President, Firearms Business, reporting to Michael Golden, President and CEO of Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation. Debney, 42, joins Smith & Wesson with over 15 years of management experience in multinational consumer and business-to-business environments, including his most recent position as President of Presto Products Company, a $500 million plastic products business unit formerly of Alcoa Consumer Products. In his role at Smith & Wesson, Debney will oversee the company's firearms business.Smith & Wesson President and CEO, Michael F. Golden, said, "James is the ideal person to lead our firearms business in ongoing, future growth. He has a track record of developing and executing sales and marketing strategies that sustainably grow the top line, while working throughout an organization to implement efficiencies that deliver profitability. He is also seasoned in multi-factory, multinational organizations that address both consumer and business-to-business environments. This makes him especially well-suited to implement our firearms strategy, which is to expand our reach within both the professional and consumer markets for firearms."During his tenure as President of Presto P...
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Smith & Wesson names president of firearms unit

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