UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 18, 2016

World Acceptance Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

South Carolina
 
0-19599
 
57-0425114
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

108 Frederick Street
Greenville, South Carolina 29607
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(864) 298-9800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or address, if changed from last report)

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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On July 18, 2016, World Acceptance Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Daniel Clinton Dyer, the Company’s Senior Vice President, South Eastern Division, to the position of Executive Vice President of Branch Operations, effective September 1, 2016.

Mr. Dyer, age 43, has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, South Eastern Division, since November 2015 and has over 20 years’ experience with World. He served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Central Division from June 2005 to October 2015.







SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date:  July 22, 2016
 
 
 
World Acceptance Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ John L. Calmes, Jr.
 
 
 
John L. Calmes, Jr.
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer