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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 3, 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 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

World Acceptance Corporation held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on August 3, 2016. Of the 8,788,200 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 8,250,601 shares were represented at the meeting, or a 93.88% 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 2017, or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:

 
 
Votes
Cast For
 
Votes
Withheld
 
Votes
Abstained
 
Broker
Non-Votes
Ken R. Bramlett, Jr.
 
7,202,590

 
212,503

 
 
835,508

James R. Gilreath
 
7,183,709

 
231,384

 
 
835,508

Janet Lewis Matricciani
 
7,202,590

 
212,503

 
 
835,508

Scott J. Vassalluzzo
 
7,276,254

 
138,839

 
 
835,508

Charles D. Way
 
7,333,080

 
82,013

 
 
835,508

Darrell E. Whitaker
 
7,325,482

 
89,611

 
 
835,508

 
Proposal 2 — 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
6,780,802
 
584,696
 
49,594
 
835,509


Proposal 3 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors

Ratified the selection of RSM US LLP as independent auditors for the year ending March 31, 2016:
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
8,237,652
 
6,491
 
6,458
 
0


 




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:  September 2, 2016
 
 
 
World Acceptance Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ John L Calmes
 
 
 
John L Calmes
 
 
 
Senior Vice President
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer