Company: SZZL
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001213900-25-027678
Chunk: 212

Company: Sizzle Acquisition Corp. II
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: 424B3
Chunk 212
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 our Non -ExecutiveVice Chairman since inception. Mr. Karson served as Non -ExecutiveChairman of Sizzle I from its inception in October 2020 until its initial business combination in February 2024. Since June 2018, Mr. Karson has served as Executive Chairman of Salis Holdings, a multi -brand, multi -platformholding company. Mr. Karson and Mr. Salis work closely together on a day to day basis. Mr. Karson assists in analyzing operating performance while working with the team, on all aspects of the business, including analyzing potential acquisitions and strategic partnerships. This includes negotiating strategic initiatives with funding sources such as private equity partners, family officers, and commercial banks. From 2001 to May 2008, Mr. Karson was the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Steve Madden Ltd., which is an international footwear and apparel wholesaler and retailer with a $3billion market cap, where he partnered with the executive team, developing and acquiring new brands and new channels of distribution, making retail store openings and closing decisions, managing shareholder communications and relationships, and oversight. Mr. Karson and his team regularly evaluated multiple acquisition opportunities to add to its portfolio of brands. As a result of these efforts, shareholder equity increased and Mr. Karson was named to the list of the “Top 10 Best Retail CEOs in America” in 2009 by HVS and the company was named “Company of the Year” by Footwear News in two separate years. From August 2015 to September 2017, Mr. Karson served as the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Original Soupman where he increased annual revenues by establishing distribution in key supermarket chains around the country including Kroger, Publix, ShopRite, Wegmans, Stop & Shop, and Costco. Soupman lacked sufficient capital to meet demand and ultimately a petition under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code in June 2017, which resulted in a sale of the assets of the company to an investor group as part of the formal bankruptcy auction process in October, 2017. Mr. Karson left the company after the bankruptcy sale was completed in October 2017. Thereafter, the Chapter 11 case was converted into a Chapter 7. Mr.Karson was named as a defendant in litigation regarding disclosures made by Original Soupman and regarding Original Soupman’s internal controls. Mr. Karson also purchased the southern Connecticut territory for Pinkberry restaurants through his personal investment entity, Think