---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000876523-22-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EZPW"
cik: "0000876523"
company_name: "EZCORP INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T18:28:20.801217+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Jason Kulas resigns; Given and Powell named co-Interim CEOs

## Summary
- Jason Kulas resigned as CEO effective Jan 12, 2022 to accept another position; remains on the Board.
- Board appointed Lachlan Given (Chief Strategy, M&A and Funding Officer) and John Blair Powell (President, Global Pawn) as co-Interim CEOs.
- Given's current compensation: $600K base salary, 100% STI target, $600K LTI target.
- Powell's current compensation: $450K base salary, 80% STI target, $450K LTI target.
- No changes to Given and Powell's existing compensation arrangements at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000876523-22-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EZPW
- cik: 0000876523
- company_name: EZCORP INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876523/000087652322000002/0000876523-22-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876523/000087652322000002/ezpw-20220113.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000876523-22-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lachlan P. Given was appointed as co-Interim Chief Executive Officer at EZCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: co-Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On January 12, 2022, the Board appointed Lachlan P. Given and John Blair Powell, Jr. as co-Interim Chief Executive Officers (co-principal executive officers), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876523/000087652322000002/0000876523-22-000002-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason A. Kulas resigned as Chief Executive Officer at EZCORP INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On January 12, 2022, Jason A. Kulas (principal executive officer) informed the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") that he was resigning from his position as Chief Executive Officer to accept a position at another company, and the Board accepted that resignation later that day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876523/000087652322000002/0000876523-22-000002-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Blair Powell, Jr. was appointed as co-Interim Chief Executive Officer at EZCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: co-Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On January 12, 2022, the Board appointed Lachlan P. Given and John Blair Powell, Jr. as co-Interim Chief Executive Officers (co-principal executive officers), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876523/000087652322000002/0000876523-22-000002-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.