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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-009184"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KPLT"
cik: "0001785424"
company_name: "Katapult Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-18T10:01:53+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T10:05:18.853568+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Katapult amends merger agreements to expand board to 10, adds Philip Bartow III as director

## Summary
- Board size increased from 9 to 10 members; Philip Bartow III added to director slate alongside DeVault, Schutt, and Zayas.
- Post-closing, increasing board above 10 directors requires 80% board vote including at least one Jones Designee.
- Amendments executed June 17, 2026 to Merger Agreement and Stockholders Agreement dated Dec 11, 2025.
- All other terms of the pending all-stock merger with Aaron's and CCFI remain unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-009184
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KPLT
- cik: 0001785424
- company_name: Katapult Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-18T10:01:53+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1785424/000095010326009184/0000950103-26-009184-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1785424/000095010326009184/dp248651_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Katapult Holdings, Inc. amended Amendment to the Merger Agreement with CCF Holdings LLC and Aaron's Intermediate Holdco, Inc. (effective 2026-06-17).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: CCF Holdings LLC and Aaron's Intermediate Holdco, Inc.
  - Effective: 2026-06-17
  source text: On June 17, 2026, Katapult Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Katapult ”) entered into an amendment (the “ Amendment to the Merger Agreement ”) to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”), dated as of December 11, 2025, by and among Katapult, Katapult Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Katapult, Katapult Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Katapult, CCF Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ CCFI ”), and Aaron’s Intermediate Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Aaron’s ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1785424/000095010326009184/0000950103-26-009184-index.htm

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