---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-165770"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001723580"
company_name: "BurgerFi International, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T02:10:42.801431+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BurgerFi appoints Chris Jones as CFO; Mike Rabinovitch resigns effective July 31, 2023

## Summary
- CFO Mike Rabinovitch resigning effective no later than July 31, 2023; will assist transition until then.
- Chris Jones appointed CFO effective July 10, 2023; base salary $350,000 with bonus up to 50% of base.
- Jones eligible for 400,000 RSUs (200K performance-based, 200K time-based) vesting over 5 years.
- Jones previously CFO of Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX) and VP at Mohegan.
- Rabinovitch to become Senior Advisor at Lionheart Capital, the company's largest shareholder.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-165770
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001723580
- company_name: BurgerFi International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723580/000119312523165770/0001193125-23-165770-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723580/000119312523165770/d450273d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chris Jones was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at BurgerFi International, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Chris Jones, age 49, to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective July 10, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723580/000119312523165770/0001193125-23-165770-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Rabinovitch departed as Chief Financial Officer at BurgerFi International, Inc..
  - Action: resigning
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Michael Rabinovitch, Chief Financial Officer of BurgerFi International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), notified the Company that he is resigning from his positions with the Company effective no later than July 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723580/000119312523165770/0001193125-23-165770-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.