---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-001978"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLNT"
cik: "0001460329"
company_name: "Fluent, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T07:07:39.548199+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Sugandha Khandelwal resigns; Ryan Perfit named interim CFO starting Feb 1

## Summary
- Sugandha Khandelwal resigns as CFO effective Feb 3, 2023; resignation not due to disagreement with financial reporting.
- Ryan Perfit appointed Interim CFO and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer effective Feb 1, 2023.
- Perfit previously served as interim CFO in 2018-2019 and as SVP Finance at Fluent, LLC since 2015.
- Consulting agreement pays Perfit $50,000 per month; initial term through July 31, 2023, renewable monthly.
- No family relationships or material interests with company directors or officers per Regulation S-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-001978
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLNT
- cik: 0001460329
- company_name: Fluent, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460329/000143774923001978/0001437749-23-001978-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460329/000143774923001978/flnt20230125_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan Perfit was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer at Fluent, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
  source text: The Company has appointed Ryan Perfit to serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer effective February1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460329/000143774923001978/0001437749-23-001978-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sugandha Khandelwal resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Fluent, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 24, 2023, Sugandha Khandelwal, the Chief Financial Officer of Fluent, Inc. (the "Company"), gave notice of her resignation as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, effective February 3, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460329/000143774923001978/0001437749-23-001978-index.htm

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