secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP (WRLD)
CIK:        0000108385
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-21T11:35:25+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-030771
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

World Acceptance appoints John Calmes Jr. CEO effective Sept 21, 2026
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- John L. Calmes Jr., 46, named President and CEO, effective Sept 21, 2026; previously EVP, CFO and Strategy Officer and Treasurer.
- Employment agreement: $600,000 base salary, up to 100% annual bonus (guaranteed $300,000 for FY2027), $500,000 equity grant, severance and change-in-control provisions.
- Scott McIntyre, 50, designated Principal Financial Officer, succeeding Calmes; remains SVP Accounting, no compensation change.
- Calmes replaces J. Tobin Turner as Principal Executive Officer; chairman Ken Bramlett Jr. cites deep business understanding and strong balance sheet.
- In first 2.5 months of Q2 FY2027, business producing strong results similar to Q1, per Calmes.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000143774926030771/0001437749-26-030771-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108385/000143774926030771/wrld20260917_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030771

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