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Item 5.02.Departure of Directors or Certain Officer; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective February 28, 2018, LM Funding America, Inc. (the “Company”) the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, Dean Akers resigned from the Company.  

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.