---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001662991-24-000205"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEZL"
cik: "0001662991"
company_name: "Sezzle Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T18:33:45.887729+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sezzle appoints Stephen East and Kyle Brehm as directors; Cutter and Lahiff resign

## Summary
- Michael Cutter and Paul Alan Lahiff resigned as directors on July 18 and July 20, 2024, effective immediately.
- Appointed Stephen F. East (former Wells Fargo MD/analyst) and Kyle M. Brehm (Fredrikson & Byron attorney) to board effective July 18, 2024.
- East chairs Compensation, Nominating/Governance, and Audit/Risk Committees; Brehm serves as member on all three.
- Each new director gets $60,000 annual retainer plus committee fees; granted 500 RSUs (~$42,165) vesting over ~3.7 years.
- Both directors deemed independent under NASDAQ rules; appointments fill two board vacancies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001662991-24-000205
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEZL
- cik: 0001662991
- company_name: Sezzle Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299124000205/0001662991-24-000205-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299124000205/szl-20240718.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul Alan Lahiff resigned as director at Sezzle Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 18, 2024 and July 20, 2024 respectively, Michael Cutter and Paul Alan Lahiff resigned as directors of Sezzle Inc. (the “Company”) effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299124000205/0001662991-24-000205-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Cutter resigned as director at Sezzle Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 18, 2024 and July 20, 2024 respectively, Michael Cutter and Paul Alan Lahiff resigned as directors of Sezzle Inc. (the “Company”) effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299124000205/0001662991-24-000205-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen F. East was appointed as director at Sezzle Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: Also on July 18, 2024, the Company appointed Stephen F. East and Kyle M. Brehm to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective immediately, to fill two vacancies of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299124000205/0001662991-24-000205-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kyle M. Brehm was appointed as director at Sezzle Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: Also on July 18, 2024, the Company appointed Stephen F. East and Kyle M. Brehm to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective immediately, to fill two vacancies of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299124000205/0001662991-24-000205-index.htm

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