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Issuer:     MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP (MFIN)
CIK:        0001000209
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-253496
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Medallion Financial appoints Andrew Murstein CEO effective Jan 31, 2026; Alvin Murstein becomes Executive Chairman
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- Alvin Murstein will step down as CEO on Jan 31, 2026, becoming Executive Chairman until May 2027, then retire.
- Andrew Murstein appointed CEO effective Jan 31, 2026, while continuing as President, COO, and Board member.
- Employment agreements amended; all incentive equity awards for 2025-2027 to be in restricted stock and options.
- Board adopted amended bylaws to permit an Executive Chairman role.
- Legacy taxi medallion lending business now under 1% of total assets.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000209/000119312525253496/0001193125-25-253496-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000209/000119312525253496/mfin-20251024.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-253496

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