Fluent, Inc.

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2025 (the “ Quarterly Report ”) of Fluent, Inc. (the “ Company ”) could not be filed within the prescribed time period without unreasonable effort or expense. As previously disclosed, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fluent, LLC, as Borrower, is party to a credit agreement (as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) with the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Borrower as as guarantors, Crystal Financial LLC d/b/a SLR Credit Solution, as administrative agent, lead arranger and bookrunner (“ SLR ”), and each other lender from time to time party thereto. The Company has been in discussions with SLR concerning a proposed fifth amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “ Fifth Amendment ”) to address the Company’s non-compliance with its financial covenants in the Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2025. The Company needs additional time to complete such discussions and the definitive documentation for the proposed Fifth Amendment and prepare appropriate disclosures. The Company is actively working on these discussions and documents related to the Fifth Amendment and intends to file its Quarterly within the five-day extension period (the “ Extension Period ”) afforded by Rule 12b-25 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-Looking Statements This Form 12b-25 contains “ forward-looking statements ” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,. These forward looking statements include statements regarding the Company ’ s expectation to file the Quarterly Report within the Extension Period, the Company ’ s expectations that it will complete activities necessary to permit such filing within the Extension Period and the Company ’ s expected results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2025

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2025 (the “Quarterly Report”) of Fluent, Inc. (the “Company”) could not be filed within the prescribed time period without unreasonable effort or expense. On May 15, 2025, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements (the " Purchase Agreements") with certain of the Company's officers and/or directors, the Company's largest stockholder, and institutional investors or others for whom they have or share beneficial ownership (the " Purchasers"), pursuant to which the Purchasers will invest an aggregate of $4.025 million. The Company required additional time to reflect the Purchase Agreements in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025, which will be filed concurrently with this notification

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2024 (the “Quarterly Report”) of Fluent, Inc. (the “Company”) could not be filed within the prescribed time period without unreasonable effort or expense. As previously disclosed, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fluent, LLC, as Borrower, is party to a credit agreement (as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) with the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Borrower as as guarantors, Crystal Financial LLC d/b/a SLR Credit Solution, as administrative agent, lead arranger and bookrunner (“SLR”), and each other lender from time to time party thereto. The Company has been in discussions with SLR concerning a third amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) to address the Company’s non-compliance with its financial covenants in the Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2024. The parties executed the Third Amendment on November 14, 2023, which is reflected in the Quarterly Report filed concurrently with this notification

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2024 (the “Quarterly Report”) of Fluent, Inc. (the “Company”) could not be filed within the prescribed time period without unreasonable effort or expense. As previously disclosed, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fluent, LLC, as Borrower, is party to a credit agreement (as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) with the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Borrower as as guarantors, Crystal Financial LLC d/b/a SLR Credit Solution, as administrative agent, lead arranger and bookrunner (“SLR”), and each other lender from time to time party thereto. The Company has been in discussions with SLR concerning a proposed second amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) to address the Company’s non-compliance with its financial covenants in the Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2024. The Company needs additional time to complete such discussions and the definitive documentation for the proposed Second Amendment and prepare appropriate disclosures. The Company is actively working on these discussions and documents related to the Second Amendment and intends to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “June 10-Q”) within the five-day extension period (the “Extension Period”) afforded by Rule 12b-25 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-Looking Statements This Form 12b-25 contains “ forward-looking statements ” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,. These forward looking statements include statements regarding the Company ’ s expectation to file the June 10-Q within the Extension Period, the Company ’ s expectations that it will complete activities necessary to permit such filing within the Extension Period and the Company ’ s expected results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2024

The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the “ Annual Report ”) of Fluent, Inc. (the “ Company ”) could not be filed within the prescribed time period without unreasonable effort or expense. On April 2, 2024, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fluent, LLC, as Borrower, entered into a Credit Agreement (the “ SLR Credit Agreement ”) with Crystal Financial LLC d/b/a SLR Credit Solutions, as Administrative Agent, Sole Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, and the guarantors and other lenders party thereto. This credit facility discharged the outstanding balance on the Fluent, LLC’s credit facility with Citizens Bank, N.A. and the other lenders thereto. The Company required additional time to reflect the SLR Credit Agreement in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, which will be filed concurrently with this notification

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2023 (the “Quarterly Report”) of Fluent, Inc. (the “Company”) could not be filed within the prescribed time period without unreasonable effort or expense. As previously disclosed, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fluent, LLC, is party to a credit agreement (as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) with Citizens Bank, N.A. (“Citizens Bank”) as administrative agent, lead arranger and bookrunner. The Company has been in discussions with Citizens Bank concerning a Temporary Waiver Under Credit Agreement (the “Waiver”) to address the Company’s non-compliance with a financial covenant in the Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2023. The parties executed the Waiver on November 15, 2023, which is reflected in the Quarterly Report filed concurrently with this notification

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2023 (the “Quarterly Report”) of Fluent, Inc. (the “Company”) could not be filed within the prescribed time period without unreasonable effort or expense. As previously disclosed, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fluent LLC, is party to a credit agreement (as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") with Citizens Bank, N.A. (“Citizens Bank”) as administrative agent, lead arranger and bookrunner. The Company is in discussions with Citizens Bank to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement to modify or waive certain covenants for future periods. The Company needs additional time to complete such discussions and the definitive documentation for the proposed amendment to the Credit Agreement, prepare appropriate disclosures, and reach a conclusion with respect to whether, giving effect to the proposed amendment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company expects to reach the conclusion that no such conditions or events exist and that the Company will be able to fund operations for at least the twelve months following the date the Company’s financial statements to be included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023 (the “Form 10-Q”) are issued. The Company is actively working on these activities and intends to file the Form 10-Q within the 5-day extension period (the “Extension Period”) afforded by Rule 12b-25 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-Looking Statements This Form 12b-25 contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable United States securities laws