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0 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended April 30 , 2021 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD Delaware ( State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization ) UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 ( Title of each class ) Common Stock , par value $ 0.001 per share 冈 Commission File Number 001-39366 AMERICAN OUTDOOR BRANDS American Outdoor Brands , Inc. ( Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter ) 1800 North Route Z , Suite A Columbia , Missouri 65202 ( 800 ) 338-9585 ( Address including zip code , and telephone number , including areas code , of principal executive offices ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol ( s ) AOUT TM 84-4630928 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) ( Name of each exchange on which registered ) Nasdaq Global Select Market Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . YES □ NO > Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Act . YES NO Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant : ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . YES NO Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files ) . YES NO Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated r , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Smaller reporting company 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 . 0 DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant's definitive proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of the Form 10 - K . □ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . YES NO The aggregate market value of Common Stock held by non - affiliates of the registrant ( 13,828,372 shares ) based on the last reported sale price of the registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on October 30 , 2020 , which was the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter , was $ 209,223,268 . For purposes of this computation , all officers , directors , and 10 % beneficial owners of the registrant are deemed to be affiliates . Such determination should not be deemed to be an admission that such officers , directors , or 10 % beneficial owners are , in fact , affiliates of the registrant . The number of shares of Registrant's Common Stock outstanding as of July 6 , 2021 was 14,094,318 .