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)     April 25, 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 April 25, 2016, Mr. Francisco J. Sauza, Senior Vice President, Mexico Division, notified World Acceptance Corporation (the “Company”) that he is retiring, effective May 31, 2016. The Company intends to appoint Mr. Ricardo Cavazos as his successor. Mr. Cavazos has been Managing Vice President of the Company’s Mexico Division since July 2014 and has been with the Company since February 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cavazos held leadership positions with a variety of finance companies, including Grupo Financiero Afirme, AIG Consumer Finance Group, Inc., and GE Capital Bank.









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:  April 29, 2016
 
 
 
World Acceptance Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Janet Lewis Matricciani

 
 
 
Janet Lewis Matricciani
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer