secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WORLD KINECT CORP (WKC)
CIK:        0000789460
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-253809
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

World Kinect appoints Ira Birns CEO effective Jan 1, 2026; Mike Tejada named CFO; adds Andrea Smith to board
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- Ira M. Birns, current President & CFO, appointed CEO effective Jan 1, 2026; Michael Kasbar becomes Executive Chairman.
- Jose-Miguel (Mike) Tejada promoted to EVP & CFO effective after Q3 10-Q; Michael Kroll named CAO effective Nov 1.
- Andrea B. Smith appointed to the Board effective Oct 24, 2025, increasing board size to 11; bylaws amended.
- John Rau promoted from COO to President effective Jan 1, 2026, continuing oversight of global commercial ops.
- Birns' CEO salary set at $900k/yr; Tejada receives $575k/yr salary plus $300k performance RSU.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000119312525253809/0001193125-25-253809-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000119312525253809/d23429d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-253809

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