---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001662991-26-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEZL"
cik: "0001662991"
company_name: "Sezzle Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:28:03.795062+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sezzle appoints Lee Brading as CFO effective Feb 1, 2026; Karen Hartje retires

## Summary
- Brading, former SVP Corporate Development, succeeds retiring CFO Karen Hartje who served ~8 years.
- Brading to receive $450k base salary, $2M RSUs (4-year vest, 1-year cliff), 50% target bonus.
- Hartje will remain as consultant to ensure orderly transition per Nov 2025 consulting agreement.
- Brading joined Sezzle in 2020, led strategy, profitability transition, and NASDAQ uplisting.
- No material interest or family relationships; appointment follows executive search.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001662991-26-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEZL
- cik: 0001662991
- company_name: Sezzle Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299126000006/0001662991-26-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299126000006/sezl-20260123.htm

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