---
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"
generated_at: "2026-10-15T11:05:12.217870+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# J.W. Mays promotes Kevin J. Guptar to CFO and Treasurer at $232,000 base salary

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- 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

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