---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-006290"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRMT"
cik: "0000799850"
company_name: "AMERICAS CARMART INC"
filed_at: "2023-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T22:59:14.077086+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Former CEO and Board member William 'Hank' Henderson passes away

## Summary
- William 'Hank' Henderson passed away on October 14, 2023.
- He served as CEO from October 2007 to December 2017 and on the Board since 2002.
- Henderson joined America's Car-Mart in 1987 and held various roles before becoming CEO.
- The company expressed condolences but announced no immediate leadership changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-006290
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRMT
- cik: 0000799850
- company_name: AMERICAS CARMART INC
- filed_at: 2023-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799850/000117184323006290/0001171843-23-006290-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799850/000117184323006290/f8k_101723.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-006290
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-006290.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-006290.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William 'Hank' Henderson departed as Director at AMERICAS CARMART INC.
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: Director
  source text: It is with great sadness that America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (the “Company”) announces that William “Hank” Henderson passed away on October 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799850/000117184323006290/0001171843-23-006290-index.htm

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