secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAS CARMART INC (CRMT)
CIK:        0000799850
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-24-005335
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799850/000117184324005335/0001171843-24-005335-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799850/000117184324005335/f8k_091924.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-005335

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