---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-026634"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLNT"
cik: "0001460329"
company_name: "Fluent, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T08:17:47.846337+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fluent appoints Walmart exec Sugandha Khandelwal as CFO; Alex Mandel to depart Dec 6

## Summary
- Alex Mandel resigns as CFO effective Dec 6, 2021; will stay as non-executive employee until Dec 31, 2021.
- Sugandha Khandelwal, formerly Sam's Club CFO, appointed CFO effective Dec 6, 2021.
- Khandelwal receives $350k base salary, minimum 100% bonus, 50k RSUs vesting Dec 6, 2022, and $100k retention bonus.
- Mandel's transition allows RSUs due Feb 1, 2022 to vest on schedule; options extended 18 months post-termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-026634
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLNT
- cik: 0001460329
- company_name: Fluent, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460329/000143774921026634/0001437749-21-026634-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460329/000143774921026634/flnt20211111_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alexander E. Mandel resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Fluent, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 9, 2021, Alexander E. Mandel, the Chief Financial Officer of Fluent, Inc. (the "Company"), gave notice of his resignation as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, to be effective on December 6, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460329/000143774921026634/0001437749-21-026634-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sugandha Khandelwal was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer at Fluent, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
  source text: Also on November 9, 2021, the Company appointed Sugandha Khandelwal to become the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer effective December 6, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460329/000143774921026634/0001437749-21-026634-index.htm

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