---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-019480"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WRLD"
cik: "0000108385"
company_name: "WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-06-04T13:15:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T13:16:14.150148+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Interim CEO Matricciani departs; Turner named Principal Executive Officer

## Summary
- Janet L. Matricciani's interim CEO role terminated June 3, 2026; no disagreement with company.
- Matricciani to receive severance: base salary through Apr 12, 2027 ($38,461.54 biweekly), retains $350k cash award and 592 vested restricted shares.
- J. Tobin Turner appointed as Principal Executive Officer for SEC reporting; remains EVP/COO.
- Turner previously SVP Marketing & Analytics; joined Feb 2026; no compensation change in this designation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-019480
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WRLD
- cik: 0000108385
- company_name: WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-06-04T13:15:09+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000143774926019480/0001437749-26-019480-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000143774926019480/wrld20260602_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-019480
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-019480.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-019480.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  J. Tobin Turner was appointed as Principal Executive Officer at WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP.
  - Action: designated
  - Role: Principal Executive Officer
  source text: Effective June 3, 2026, Mr. J. Tobin Turner, age 51, has been designated to serve as the Company’s Principal Executive Officer for SEC reporting purposes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000143774926019480/0001437749-26-019480-index.htm
- Executive change
  Janet L. Matricciani was terminated as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP.
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On June 3, 2026, World Acceptance Corporation (the “Company”) and Janet L. Matricciani agreed that Ms. Matricciani’s role as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer would terminate effective June 3, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000143774926019480/0001437749-26-019480-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.