---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-049986"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LMFA"
cik: "0001640384"
company_name: "LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:35:41.201902+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LM Funding names Martin Traber to board; Todd Zhang resigns

## Summary
- Todd Zhang resigned from board effective April 25, 2024; no disagreement cited.
- Martin Traber appointed as Class II director effective April 29, 2024, to fill vacancy.
- Traber previously served on board from 2015-2021; currently Chairman of Skyway Capital Markets.
- CEO Bruce Rodgers welcomed Traber, citing his investment banking insight for Bitcoin mining growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-049986
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LMFA
- cik: 0001640384
- company_name: LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640384/000095017024049986/0000950170-24-049986-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640384/000095017024049986/lmfa-20240425.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-049986.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Martin Traber was appointed as director at LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On April 29, 2024, the Board appointed Martin Traber, effective immediately, to serve as a director to fill the vacancy resulting from Mr. Zhang’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640384/000095017024049986/0000950170-24-049986-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tian "Todd" Zhang resigned as director at LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: Effective April 25, 2024, Tian “Todd” Zhang resigned as a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of LM Funding America, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640384/000095017024049986/0000950170-24-049986-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.