--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001628280-23-022711" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "WKC" cik: "0000789460" company_name: "WORLD KINECT CORP" filed_at: "2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:03:20.488751+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.35 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # World Fuel Services changes name to World Kinect, declares $0.14 dividend, ticker to WKC ## Summary - Name change to World Kinect Corporation effective June 15, 2023; new ticker 'WKC' on NYSE from June 16. - Quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share declared, payable July 10, 2023 to holders of record June 26, 2023. - Shareholders approved name change (57.4M for, 0.2M against) and elected all 9 director nominees. - Non-binding say-on-pay vote narrowly passed (27.0M for, 26.9M against), and shareholders favored annual advisory frequency. - Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for FY2023 (55.9M for, 1.7M against). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001628280-23-022711 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: WKC - cik: 0000789460 - company_name: WORLD KINECT CORP - filed_at: 2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.35 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023022711/0001628280-23-022711-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023022711/int-20230615.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-022711 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-022711.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-022711.txt ## Key facts - Governance Changes WORLD KINECT CORP: Company amended Articles of Incorporation to change name to World Kinect Corporation, effective June 15, 2023 (effective 2023-06-15). - Change: charter amendment - Effective: 2023-06-15 source text: At the 2023 Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted in favor of an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the "Name Change Amendment") changing the Company’s name to World Kinect Corporation (the "Name Change"). The Name Change Amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, and was effective on June 15, 2023. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023022711/0001628280-23-022711-index.htm - Shareholder Votes WORLD KINECT CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal 2: Election of Directors The shareholders elected each of the Company’s nominees for director for a term expiring on the date of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Michael J. Kasbar 51,765,076 3,089,760 2,751,027 Ken Bakshi 44,959,688 9,895,148 2,751,027 Jorge L. Benitez 52,776,729 2,078,107 2,751,027 Sharda Cherwoo 53,731,511 1,123,325 2,751,027 Richard A. Kassar 33,336,373 21,518,463 2,751,027 John L. Manley 52,469,455 2,385,381 2,751,027 Stephen K. Roddenberry 34,394,619 20,460,217 2,751,027 Jill B. Smart 52,041,068 2,813,768 2,751,027 Paul H. Stebbins 52,601,620 2,253,216 2,751,027 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023022711/0001628280-23-022711-index.htm - Shareholder Votes WORLD KINECT CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal 5—Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm The shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 55,869,258 1,686,348 50,257 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023022711/0001628280-23-022711-index.htm - Shareholder Votes WORLD KINECT CORP shareholders approved Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation (Name Change Amendment). - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal 1: Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation As described above, the shareholders approved the Name Change Amendment. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 57,416,326 170,888 18,649 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023022711/0001628280-23-022711-index.htm - Shareholder Votes WORLD KINECT CORP shareholders approved Non-Binding, Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal 3: Non-Binding, Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation The shareholders approved, by a non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 27,044,346 26,945,124 865,366 2,751,027 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023022711/0001628280-23-022711-index.htm - Shareholder Votes WORLD KINECT CORP shareholders approved Non-Binding, Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal 4: Non-Binding, Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation The shareholders voted in favor of a frequency of every one year for future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions 49,035,142 14,344 5,740,903 64,447 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023022711/0001628280-23-022711-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.