---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-094775"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WKC"
cik: "0000789460"
company_name: "WORLD KINECT CORP"
filed_at: "2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T06:24:59.134512+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# World Kinect appoints former Deloitte partner Jeffrey Kottkamp to board

## Summary
- Jeffrey M. Kottkamp appointed to the Board of Directors effective April 23, 2025.
- Kottkamp is a retired Deloitte partner with 40 years of experience, including as National Managing Partner of US Securities Industry Audit Practice.
- Expected to join the Audit Committee after the 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting.
- Will receive standard non-employee director compensation, including 862 pro-rated restricted stock units vesting before the 2025 annual meeting.
- Kottkamp also entered into a director indemnification agreement with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-094775
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WKC
- cik: 0000789460
- company_name: WORLD KINECT CORP
- filed_at: 2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000119312525094775/0001193125-25-094775-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000119312525094775/d800450d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-094775
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-094775.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-094775.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey M. Kottkamp was appointed as director at WORLD KINECT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On April 23, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of World Kinect Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Jeffrey M. Kottkamp as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000119312525094775/0001193125-25-094775-index.htm

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