WRLD_8-6-2015_8-K



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) August 5, 2015

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 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

World Acceptance Corporation, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on August 5, 2015. Of the 8,970,598 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 8,197,577 shares were represented at the meeting, or a 91.38% quorum. The final results of voting for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the meeting are as follows:
 
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
 
Elected the following six individuals to the Board of Directors to serve as directors for a term of one year until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2016, or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:

 
 
Votes
Cast For
 
Votes
Withheld
 
Votes
Abstained
 
Broker
Non-Votes
A. Alexander McLean III
 
7,265,257

 
72,392

 
 
859,928

James R. Gilreath
 
7,143,957

 
193,692

 
 
859,928

Charles D. Way
 
7,274,749

 
62,900

 
 
859,928

Ken R. Bramlett, Jr.
 
7,274,814

 
62,835

 
 
859,928

Scott J. Vassalluzzo
 
7,258,531

 
79,118

 
 
859,928

Darrell E. Whitaker
 
7,307,013

 
30,636

 
 
859,928

Janet Matricciani
 
7,283,048

 
54,601

 
 
859,928

 
Proposal 2 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors
 
Ratified the selection of McGladrey, LLP as independent auditors for the year ending March 31, 2016:
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
8,177,342
 
3,879
 
16,356
 


Proposal 3 — Approval, on an advisory basis, of the executive compensation of the Company

Approved, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation of the Company:
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
7,226,112.00

 
81,943.00

 
29,594.00

 
859,928.00



 




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:  August 6, 2015
 
 
 
World Acceptance Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ John L. Calmes Jr.

 
 
 
John L. Calmes Jr.

 
 
 
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer