---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000108385-23-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WRLD"
cik: "0000108385"
company_name: "WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T07:22:18.664643+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# World Acceptance Corp. shareholders re-elect all directors and approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected, each receiving >90% of votes cast (excluding broker non-votes).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 5,417,117 for, 19,019 against.
- Shareholders selected every 1 year as frequency for future say-on-pay votes: 5,142,492 for 1-year.
- Ratification of RSM US LLP as auditor for FY2024 approved: 5,711,374 for, 1,496 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000108385-23-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WRLD
- cik: 0000108385
- company_name: WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000010838523000051/0000108385-23-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000010838523000051/wrld-20230817.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-08-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-16
  source text: Proposal 3 — Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation Determined, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers: Every 1 Year Every 2 Years Every 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 5,142,492 14,290 297,082 12,140 270,461
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000010838523000051/0000108385-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-08-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-16
  source text: Proposal 2 — Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approved, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 5,417,117 19,019 29,868 270,461
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000010838523000051/0000108385-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP shareholders approved Election of seven directors at the 2023-08-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-16
  source text: Proposal 1 — Election of Directors Elected the following seven individuals to serve as members of the Company's Board of Directors for a term of one year expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2024, or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified : Votes Cast For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ken R. Bramlett, Jr. 5,300,345 165,659 270,461 R. Chad Prashad 5,417,810 48,194 270,461 Scott J. Vassalluzzo 5,110,786 355,218 270,461 Charles D. Way 5,324,533 141,471 270,461 Darrell E. Whitaker 5,386,744 79,260 270,461 Elizabeth R. Neuhoff 5,438,712 27,292 270,461 Benjamin E. Robinson III 5,436,764 29,240 270,461
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000010838523000051/0000108385-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of RSM US LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-08-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-16
  source text: Proposal 4 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ratified the appointment of RSM US LLP as The Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending March 31, 2024: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 5,711,374 1,496 23,595 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000010838523000051/0000108385-23-000051-index.htm

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