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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): July 23, 2026

 

Rush Enterprises, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

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):

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

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. ☐

 

 

 

On July 23, 2026, Rush Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has entered into an agreement with MCT Companies, one of the largest Carrier Transicold dealers in the United States, to form a new joint venture entity that will operate MCT Companies’ network of 17 truck, trailer and rail refrigeration and auxiliary power unit dealerships and 3 mobile service locations in California, Nebraska, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The name of the entity will be MCT Holdings, LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, which is subject to customary closing conditions, the Company will purchase 50% of the equity in the joint venture entity for approximately $47.5 million. The purchase price does not include any of MCT Companies’ real estate, which will continue to be leased from an affiliate of MCT Companies by the joint venture entity. The Company does not intend to consolidate the joint venture as part of its Truck Segment or any other operating segment for financial reporting purposes.

 

A copy of the press release announcing the joint venture is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

 

 

(d)         Exhibits

 

 

 

 

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.