Sec Form 13D Filing - Prescott General Partners LLC filing for World Acceptance Corporation (WRLD) - 2025-02-20

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:"As described more fully in Item 5 below, as general partner of the Partnerships, PGP may be deemed to beneficially own 1,874,783 shares of Common Stock held by the Partnerships. PIPS may be deemed to beneficially own 67,640 shares of Common Stock held on behalf of the employee profit-sharing plan participants. Messrs. Smith and Vassalluzzo may be deemed to beneficially own 77,600 and 1,788 shares of Common Stock, respectively, in their capacities as investment managers for several managed accounts, which consist of investment accounts for: (i) a private charitable foundation established by Mr. Smith and for which Mr. Smith acts as trustee, and (ii) certain family members of Mr. Vassalluzzo and certain individual accounts managed by Mr. Smith. The Partnerships, PIPS and the managed accounts are referred to collectively herein as the "Managed Accounts". The 2,021,811 shares of Common Stock owned by the Managed Accounts (the "Managed Account Shares") were acquired by the Reporting Persons on behalf of the Managed Accounts for the purpose of achieving the investment goals of the Managed Accounts.Mr. Vassalluzzo currently serves as a director of the Issuer and beneficially owns 30,000 shares of Common Stock for his own account. In addition, Mr. Smith may be deemed to beneficially own 483,000 shares held by Ridgeview Smith Investments LLC, a limited liability company established by Mr. Smith, the sole member of which is a revocable trust established by Mr. Smith for the benefit of his family (the "Ridgeview Shares"). Mr. Smith acquired the Ridgeview Shares for investment purposes.Depending upon market conditions, the availability of funds, an evaluation of alternative investments, and such other factors as may be considered relevant, each of the Reporting Persons may purchase or sell shares of Common Stock if deemed appropriate and opportunities to do so are available, in each case, on such terms and at such times as such Reporting Person considers desirable. The Reporting Persons may talk or hold discussions with various parties, including, but not limited to, the Issuer's management, its board of directors, and other shareholders and third parties, for the purpose of developing and implementing strategies to maximize shareholder value, including strategies that may, in the future, result in the occurrence of one or more of the actions or events enumerated in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.Subject to the foregoing, none of the Reporting Persons has any present plan or proposal which relates to or would result in any of the actions or events enumerated in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. In addition, each Reporting Person disclaims any obligation to report any plan or proposal known to such Reporting Person solely as a result of Mr. Vassalluzzo's position as a director of the Issuer and his participation in such capacity in decisions involving an action or event described in clauses (a) through (j) in Item 4 of Schedule 13D.

Based on information included in the Form 10-Q filed by the Issuer on February 6, 2025, which disclosed that 5,746,677 shares of Common Stock were outstanding as of January 31, 2025, the aggregate number and percentage of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each of the Reporting Persons is as follows: PGP - 1,874,783 shares (32.6%); Prescott Associates - 1,245,016 shares (21.7%); Idoya Partners - 576,394 shares (10.0%); PIPS - 67,640 shares (1.2%); Mr. Smith - 560,600 shares (9.8%); and Mr. Vassalluzzo - 31,788 shares (0.6%).

PGP, as the general partner of the Partnerships, may be deemed to share the power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 1,874,783 shares. Prescott Associates has the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 1,245,016 shares. Idoya Partners has the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 576,394 shares. PIPS has the sole power to vote or to direct the vote of and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 67,640 shares. Messrs. Smith and Vassalluzzo have the sole power to vote or to direct the vote of and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 493,000 and 31,788 shares, respectively. In their capacities as investment managers for managed accounts, Messrs. Smith and Vassalluzzo may be deemed to share the power to vote or to direct the vote of 67,600 and no shares, respectively, and to share the power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 67,600 and no shares, respectively. Voting and investment authority over investment accounts established for the benefit of certain family members and friends of Messrs. Smith and Vassalluzzo is subject to each beneficiary's right, if so provided, to terminate or otherwise direct the disposition of the investment account.

On February 18, 2025, Prescott Associates sold 162,712 shares of Common Stock at a price of $147.50 per share to the Issuer pursuant to its share repurchase program. During the past 60 days, none of the other Reporting Persons effected any transactions involving shares of Common Stock.

Agreement relating to the joint filing of statement on Schedule 13D dated February 20, 2025.