Company: WKC
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001193125-25-253809
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Company: WORLD KINECT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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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.  

Appointment of Andrea B. Smith

On October 22, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “ Board”) of World Kinect Corporation (the “ Company”) appointed Andrea B. Smith as a director of the Company, effective October 24, 2025, increasing the number of directors on the Board from 10 to 11. Ms. Smith will serve as a member of the Compensation Committee and Governance Committee of the Board.

Ms. Smith will receive the standard non-employeedirector compensation for serving on the Board and its committees, including restricted stock units representing a pro-rated portionof a $185,000 annual equity grant for service on the Board and the Governance Committee, which units will vest on the earlier of the day prior to the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders or the one-year anniversaryof the grant date. The Company also entered into a director indemnification agreement with Ms. Smith, the form of which was previously filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filedwith the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2025.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Smith and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Smith was selected as a director of the Company. Ms. Smith is also not a party to any transaction that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Executive Succession Appointments

On October 22, 2025, the Board appointed Ira M. Birns, the Company’s current President and Chief Financial Officer, as the Company’s next Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, effective January 1, 2026, at which time he will cease being the Company’s President. Mr. Birns, age 63, has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2007 and President since 2025. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Birns held leadership roles at Arrow Electronics, Inc., a global provider of technology products, services and solutions, including as Vice President and Treasurer from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Birns is the vice chairman of the board of trustees of the New World Symphony of Miami, Florida. Since 2023, Mr. Birns has also served as a member of the board of directors and the chair of the Audit Committee of