---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-22-074228"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RUM"
cik: "0001830081"
company_name: "Rumble Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T15:13:36.307937+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rumble enters employment agreements with GC, CFO, and COO; base salaries set at $400K (GC) and CDN$532K (CFO/COO)

## Summary
- Michael Ellis appointed as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary with base salary of $400,000/year, target bonus 50% of base, max 100%.
- CFO Brandon Alexandroff and COO Tyler Hughes each receive base salary of CDN$532,731/year, target bonus 50% of base, max 100%.
- Severance for all three includes base salary plus target bonus, 12-month COBRA subsidies, and continued equity vesting for 12 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-074228
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RUM
- cik: 0001830081
- company_name: Rumble Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830081/000121390022074228/0001213900-22-074228-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830081/000121390022074228/ea169010-8k_rumbleinc.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Ellis was appointed as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Rumble Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  source text: On November 16, 2022, Rumble Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an employment agreement with Michael Ellis (the “Ellis Employment Agreement”) that will govern the terms of Mr. Ellis’s employment as the Company’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830081/000121390022074228/0001213900-22-074228-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brandon Alexandroff was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Rumble Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 16, 2022, the Company entered into substantially similar employment agreements with each of Tyler Hughes, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, and Brandon Alexandroff, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, respectively
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830081/000121390022074228/0001213900-22-074228-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tyler Hughes was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Rumble Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On November 16, 2022, the Company entered into substantially similar employment agreements with each of Tyler Hughes, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, and Brandon Alexandroff, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, respectively
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830081/000121390022074228/0001213900-22-074228-index.htm

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