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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-24-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MAYS"
cik: "0000054187"
company_name: "MAYS J W INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T10:17:56.354504+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director John Pearl dies Jan 29, 2024; served on audit, compensation, governance committees

## Summary
- John Pearl died on January 29, 2024, as disclosed in an 8-K filed Feb 2, 2024.
- Pearl had been a director of J.W. Mays, Inc. since 2016.
- He served on the Audit, Investment Advisory, Compensation, and Governance & Nominating Committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-24-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MAYS
- cik: 0000054187
- company_name: MAYS J W INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/54187/000120677424000074/0001206774-24-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/54187/000120677424000074/mays4292471-8k.htm

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