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Issuer:     WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP (WRLD)
CIK:        0000108385
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-012282
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

World Acceptance CEO Chad Prashad resigns; Janet Matricciani named Interim CEO
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- R. Chad Prashad resigned as President, CEO and Board member effective April 10, 2026; treated as termination without cause.
- Janet Matricciani, former CEO (2015-2018), appointed Interim President and CEO effective April 13, 2026.
- Matricciani receives $83,333/month salary, $350k signing bonus, and 7,095 stock grant vesting over 12 months.
- Board reduced size from 7 to 6 directors upon Prashad's departure.
- Company initiated search for permanent CEO; Matricciani to serve during transition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000143774926012282/0001437749-26-012282-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000143774926012282/wrld20260410_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-012282

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