Wabash National Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities, Material Impairments
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Construction/Ag Equipment/Trucks
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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) January 5, 2026
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Item 2.05 Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.
On January 5, 2026, Wabash National Corporation (the “Company”) announced and initiated a plan to idle its facilities in Little Falls, Minnesota and in Goshen, Indiana. The plan includes job reductions of approximately 3 salaried and 53 hourly employees and 21 salaried and 193 hourly employees, respectively, and is expected to be substantially complete by the end of Q2 2026. The total charges associated with this action are expected to be between $15 million and $20 million, of which between $1 million and $2 million is expected to be cash charges primarily for associate-related and other exit costs and the remaining costs are expected to be non-cash charges primarily for asset impairment-related charges. The Company expects to record between $12 and $15 million of charges in the fourth quarter of 2025, and between $3 and $5 million of charges during the first half of 2026. The majority of the cash outflows associated with this plan will occur by the end of Q2 2026. These actions are expected to result in fixed cost reductions in 2026 and annually thereafter. The actions do not involve the disposal or discontinuation of any business line.
Item 2.06 Material Impairments.
The disclosure under Item 2.05 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.06.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K (“Current Report”) contains certain forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements convey the Company’s current expectations or forecasts of future events. All statements contained in this Current Report other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, all statements regarding the facility closures and expected charges described above, expectations regarding cash outflows and expected cost reductions, and the impact of the closures on the Company’s business and financial condition. These and the Company’s other forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-looking statements. Without limitation, these risks and uncertainties include outcomes with respect to the Product Liability Matter and the Settlement, the highly cyclical nature of our business, uncertain economic conditions including the possibility that customer demand may not meet our expectations, our backlog may not reflect future sales of our products, increased competition, reliance on certain customers and corporate partnerships, risks of customer pick-up delays, shortages and costs of raw materials including the impact of tariffs or other international trade developments, risks in implementing and sustaining improvements in the Company’s manufacturing operations and cost containment, dependence on industry trends and timing, supplier constraints, labor costs and availability, customer acceptance of and reactions to pricing changes, costs of indebtedness, and our ability to execute on our long-term strategic plan. Readers should review and consider the various disclosures made by the Company in this Current Report and in the Company’s reports to its stockholders and periodic reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.
SIGNATURE
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.
| WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION | ||||||||
| Date: January 5, 2026 | By: | /s/ Patrick Keslin | ||||||
| Patrick Keslin | ||||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||