ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;


          Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
          Officers.

Departure of Steven Dawson as Chief Financial Officer

Steven Dawson and Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. (the "Company") mutually agreed that Mr. Dawson would depart as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company as of and on 24 January 2020. On December 19, 2019, Mr. Dawson informed the Company that he would pursue other professional opportunities, and that his decision was also based on his completion of numerous objectives established for fiscal 2019. Mr. Dawson and the Company have negotiated for Mr. Dawson's departure since that time, with Mr. Dawson having minimal involvement with the Company since then. On the 24th of January, 2020, Mr. Dawson and the Company formally agreed on the terms for Mr. Dawson's departure, and they agreed to execute a mutual release agreement, to be prepared as soon as possible (the "Release Agreement"). It is anticipated that the Release Agreement will provide as follows:





  ? Mr. Dawson's employment with the Company, and his Employment Agreement,
    terminated as of 24 January 2020.

  ? All equity compensation previously earned by and owed to Mr. Dawson as 31
    December 2019 will be deemed cancelled as of 31 December 2019.

  ? The Company will issue to Mr. Dawson 500,000 shares of common stock as full
    and complete equity compensation for his services rendered to the Company. The
    shares will be issued to Mr. Dawson under the Company's previously filed Form
    S-8.

  ? Mr. Dawson and the Company will mutually release each other from all known and
    unknown claims.

The foregoing description of the terms and conditions of the Release Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, which will be filed by the Company subsequent to its execution by Mr. Dawson and the Company.

Appointment of Jason Remillard as Interim Chief Financial Officer

On, and effective, 24 January 2020, Jason Remillard was appointed as interim chief financial officer of the Company. Mr. Remillard is the chief executive officer of the Company, and is the founder of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. Mr. Remillard previously served as the Company's chief financial officer from December, 2017 up to and until the hiring of Mr. Dawson in May, 2019.





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