{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001206774-26-000561","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"MAYS","cik":"0000054187","company_name":"MAYS J W INC","filed_at":"2026-10-15T11:00:46+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-15T11:05:00.392653+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-15T11:05:12.217870+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"J.W. Mays promotes Kevin J. Guptar to CFO and Treasurer at $232,000 base salary","bullets":["Board appointed Kevin J. Guptar, 46, as Chief Financial Officer and Treasure on October 13, 2026; he had been serving as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer.","Guptar's compensation includes an annual base salary of $232,000 plus an annual discretionary bonus, as approved by the Board.","He succeeds Ward Lyke, Jr., who retired as CFO and Treasurer on September 25, 2026; the vacancy was filled by Guptar's promotion.","Guptar joined Mays in November 2021 as Controller and is a Certified Public Accountant in New York State; previously Controller of a private real estate partnership.","No arrangements or understandings with any other person, no family relationships with directors or officers, and no related-party transactions disclosed."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-26-000561","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-26-000561.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-26-000561.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-26-000561.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/54187/000120677426000561/0001206774-26-000561-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/54187/000120677426000561/mays4703791-8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-15T11:05:12.217870+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}