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): September 1, 2011

Rush Enterprises, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
Texas   0-20797   74-1733016
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
555 IH-35 South, Suite 500
New Braunfels, Texas
  78130
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (830) 626-5200

 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02  
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) On September 1, 2011, pursuant to the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors of Rush Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) approved adjustments, effective as of September 1, 2011, to the annual base salaries of certain of the Company’s named executive officers. The annual base salaries, as adjusted, for the Company’s named executive officers are as follows:
         
Name / Title   Annual Base Salary  
 
       
W. M. “Rusty” Rush
President and C.E.O.
  $ 1,100,016  
 
       
Martin A. Naegelin, Jr.
Executive Vice President
  $ 417,450  
 
       
David Orf
Senior Vice President — Marketing, Fleets and Specialized Equipment
  $ 347,028  
 
       
Steven L. Keller
Senior Vice President, C.F.O. and Treasurer
  $ 323,400  
The annual base salary of W. Marvin Rush, Chairman of the Company, remained unchanged.

 

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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.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steven L. Keller    
    Steven L. Keller   
    Senior Vice President, C.F.O. and Treasurer   
 
Dated: September 7, 2011

 

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