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) ~~October~~January 305, ~~2025~~2026

WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware	001-10883	52-1375208
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


3900 McCarty Lane
Lafayette	Indiana	47905
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (765) 771-5310

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

WNC

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 2.0205 ~~Results~~Costs ofAssociated ~~Operations~~with ~~and~~Exit ~~Financial~~or ~~Condition~~Disposal Activities.

On ~~October 30~~January 5, ~~2025~~2026, Wabash National Corporation (the “Company”) ~~issued~~announced and initiated a ~~press~~plan ~~release~~to ~~announcing~~idle its ~~financial~~facilities ~~results~~in ~~for~~Little ~~the~~Falls, ~~quarter~~Minnesota ~~ended~~and ~~September 30~~in Goshen, ~~2025~~Indiana. AThe ~~copy~~plan includes job reductions of ~~the~~approximately ~~Company’s~~3 ~~press~~salaried ~~release~~and 53 hourly employees and 21 salaried and 193 hourly employees, respectively, and is ~~furnished~~expected ~~herewith~~to asbe ~~Exhibit~~substantially 99complete 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 ~~incorporated~~expected ~~herein~~to bybe ~~reference~~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 ~~press~~Company ~~release~~expects to record between $12 and a$15 ~~teleconference~~million ~~visual~~of ~~presentation~~charges ~~are~~in ~~also~~the ~~available~~fourth onquarter of 2025, and between $3 and $5 million of charges during the ~~Company's~~first ~~Investor~~half ~~Relations~~of ~~website~~2026. atThe irmajority of the cash outflows associated with this plan will occur by the end of Q2 2026.~~onewabash~~ These actions are expected to result in fixed cost reductions in 2026 and annually thereafter.~~com~~ The actions do not involve the disposal or discontinuation of any business line.

Item 9 2.0106 ~~Financial~~Material ~~Statements and Exhibits~~Impairments.

~~(d)Exhibits~~The disclosure under Item 2.05 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.06.

~~EXHIBIT~~Forward-Looking ~~INDEX~~Statements

Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Wabash National Corporation Press Release dated October 30, 2025
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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: October 30, 2025	By:	/s/ Patrick Keslin
Date: January 5, 2026	By:	/s/ Patrick Keslin
		Patrick Keslin
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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