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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · World Kinect (WKC)

World Kinect shareholders approve 2025 Omnibus Plan and elect nine directors

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 shareholder Written later

At its June 5, 2025 annual meeting, World Kinect shareholders approved the 2025 Omnibus Plan, which authorizes 1,850,000 shares of common stock for equity and cash awards and succeeds the 2021 Plan. All nine director nominees were elected, and shareholders ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent auditor for 2025. The filing matters to shareholders because it sets the share pool for future employee and director compensation, and it caps non-employee director pay at $850,000 per calendar year.

Key points

  • Shareholders approved the Plan on June 5, 2025, with 46,967,579 votes for and 3,023,149 against.
  • The Plan authorizes 1,850,000 shares, plus unused shares from prior World Fuel Services plans.
  • Richard A. Kassar received 31,642,647 votes for and 18,414,185 withheld, the lowest support of the nine nominees.
  • Shareholders ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for fiscal 2025 with 50,438,171 votes for.

The filing

CompanyWorld Kinect (WKC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJun 11, 2025, 4:15 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-139149

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change5.07 Shareholder Vote Results

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:55 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on June 11, 2025.

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