8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 3, 2018

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CURO GROUP HOLDINGS CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Delaware	001-38315	90-0934597
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
3527 North Ridge Road, Wichita, Kansas		67205
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(316)425-1410

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 4, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CURO Group Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of David M. Kirchheimer effective December 3, 2018 to a newly-created position on the Board as a Class I director, with a term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2021. Mr. Kirchheimer will serve as a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. The Board has determined that Mr. Kirchheimer satisfies the director independence requirements of the New York Stock Exchange and is financially literate under New York Stock Exchange Listing Standards for purposes of his service on the Audit Committee. 

In connection with his appointment to the Board, Mr. Kirchheimer received an award of 3,709 restricted stock units, representing the right to receive that number of shares of the Company’s common stock determined by dividing $50,000 by the closing price of the Company’s common stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of Mr. Kirchheimer’s appointment to the Board, to vest at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2019, subject to Mr. Kirchheimer’s continued service on the Board through such date. Mr. Kirchheimer also will be entitled to receive future equity grants that may be made to non-employee directors. In addition, Mr. Kirchheimer will receive the standard non-management director compensation (pro-rated for his service in 2018), which is described in the section entitled “Director Compensation”in our definitive proxy statement for the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 4, 2018, which description is incorporated by reference herein. We have entered into an indemnification agreement with Mr. Kirchheimer on our standard form for directors filed as Exhibit 10.31 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 1) filed with the SEC on November 1, 2017.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Kirchheimer and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Kirchheimer was selected as a director. There are no transactions involving Mr. Kirchheimer or any of his immediate family members and the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Kirchheimer on December 4, 2018, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On December 4, 2018, we issued a press release, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.l. The information reported in this Item 7.01 (including the press release) is furnished to and not “filed” with the Commission for the purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 8.01 Other Events

In connection with the appointment of Mr. Kirchheimer to the Board as described above in Item 5.02, the Company has changed the composition of its committees. All members listed below meet the independence requirements applicable to directors and the committees under SEC rules and New York Stock Exchange Listing Standards.

Audit Committee	Compensation Committee	Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Dale Williams, Chairperson	Andrew Frawley, Chairperson	Chris Masto, Chairperson
Andrew Frawley	David M. Kirchheimer	Karen Winterhof
David M. Kirchheimer	Chris Masto	Dale Williams
	Karen Winterhof

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d). Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated December 4, 2018

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 on this 4th day of December, 2018.

CURO Group Holdings Corp.

By: /s/ Roger Dean______

Roger Dean

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

News Release CURO Announces David Kirchheimer Joining Board of Directors 12-04-2018 WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CURO Group Holdings Corp. (NYSE: CURO) (“CURO” or the “Company”), a market leader in providing short-term credit to underbanked consumers, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed David Kirchheimer, an advisory partner and retired Chief Financial Officer at Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., to the Company's Board of Directors effective December 3, 2018. Mr. Kirchheimer will also serve as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees of the Board of Directors. “With David joining the board, we gain significant leadership and management expertise," said Don Gayhardt, CURO’s President and CEO. "He comes with a distinguished professional career in finance, accounting and management. We are looking forward to David’s wealth of knowledge and guidance as we continue to execute on our long-term growth strategy.” Mr. Kirchheimer served as Oaktree’s CFO, Chief Administrative Officer and principal accounting officer upon the firm’s founding in 1995, and on its board from the board’s inception in 2007 until his retirement in March 2017. Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $124 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2018. Prior to Oaktree, Mr. Kirchheimer held senior financial management positions with Ticketmaster Corporation, Republic Pictures Corporation and The Zond Group. He started his career as an auditor at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Mr. Kirchheimer holds an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a BA from Colorado College. “I am thrilled to join the CURO family, to help it continue to scale in size, impact and resources as a relatively new public company,” said Mr. Kirchheimer. “As I’ve gotten to know Don, his senior management team, and my fellow directors, I have developed a great deal of respect for the organization and all the individuals that have made it a market leader.” With the addition of Mr. Kirchheimer to the Board of Directors, CURO now complies with the independence requirements of the New York Stock Exchange as described in our proxy filed with the SEC on April 4, 2018. About CURO: CURO (NYSE: CURO), operating in three countries and powered by its fully integrated technology platform, is a market leader by revenues in providing short-term credit to underbanked consumers. In 1997, the Company was founded in Riverside, California by three Wichita, Kansas childhood friends to meet the growing consumer need for short-term loans. Their success led to opening stores across the United States, and expanding to offer online loans and financial services across three countries. Today, CURO combines its market expertise with a fully integrated technology platform, omni-channel approach and advanced credit decisioning to provide an array of short-term credit products across all mediums. CURO operates under a number of brands including Speedy Cash, Rapid Cash, Cash Money, LendDirect, Avio Credit, WageDayAdvance, Juo Loans, and Opt+. With over 20 years of operating experience, CURO provides financial freedom to the underbanked. (CURO-NWS) View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181204005243/en/ CURO Group Holdings Corp. Investor Relations: Roger Dean, 844-200-0342 Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer IR@curo.com Gar Jackson, 949-873-2789 Global IR Group gar@globalirgroup.com Source: CURO Group Holdings Corp.