---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-005335"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRMT"
cik: "0000799850"
company_name: "AMERICAS CARMART INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:13:05.575175+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Car-Mart appoints Jamie Fischer as COO effective Oct 7, 2024; she joins from DriveTime.

## Summary
- Appointment effective October 7, 2024; Fischer reports to CEO Doug Campbell.
- Fischer joins from DriveTime where she was Head of Operations, overseeing 149 dealerships and 15 reconditioning centers.
- Compensation includes $400K base salary, $200K signing bonus (half at start, half at 12 months), and $250K restricted stock grant (1-year cliff vest).
- Entitled to annual bonus (100% base guarantee for FY2025, max 120%), long-term incentive awards, and severance of 12 months' salary if terminated without cause.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-005335
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRMT
- cik: 0000799850
- company_name: AMERICAS CARMART INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799850/000117184324005335/0001171843-24-005335-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799850/000117184324005335/f8k_091924.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-005335.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 5cc109b7ef
  claim: Jamie Fischer was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at AMERICAS CARMART INC.
  evidence_excerpt: On September 24, 2024, America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Jamie Fischer as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective October 7, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799850/000117184324005335/0001171843-24-005335-index.htm

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