---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000876523-22-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EZPW"
cik: "0000876523"
company_name: "EZCORP INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T02:13:14.468756+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EZCORP names Lachlan Given CEO, Blair Powell COO; approves 2022 equity plan

## Summary
- Lachlan P. Given appointed CEO, John Blair Powell Jr. appointed COO, effective March 3, 2022.
- Given gets $750K base, 150% STI target, $1.5M LTI target ($3.375M total); Powell gets $550K base, 100% STI, $825K LTI ($1.925M total).
- CFO Tim Jugmans base salary increased from $420K to $450K effective Jan 12, 2022.
- Voting stockholder approved 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan, adding 400,000 shares of Class A non-voting common stock.
- Voting stockholder re-elected six directors and elected Lachlan Given to board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000876523-22-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EZPW
- cik: 0000876523
- company_name: EZCORP INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876523/000087652322000023/0000876523-22-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876523/000087652322000023/ezpw-20220303.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000876523-22-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000876523-22-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000876523-22-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Blair Powell, Jr. was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at EZCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: John Blair Powell, Jr. has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (principal operating officer), effective March 3, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876523/000087652322000023/0000876523-22-000023-index.htm

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