---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-041522"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RUM"
cik: "0001830081"
company_name: "Rumble Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:02:56.457549+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rumble acquires podcasting platform Callin for up to 2.5M shares; Sacks to board

## Summary
- Upfront consideration of 1,000,000 shares of RUM Class A common stock, subject to customary adjustments.
- Contingent additional 1,500,000 shares upon achievement of four milestones (375,000 each).
- Callin founder David Sacks to join Rumble’s board of directors in second half of June 2023.
- Callin team, including co-founder Axel Ericsson, will continue developing live streaming capabilities.
- SEC waiver obtained; Callin financial statements not required under Rule 3-05.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-041522
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RUM
- cik: 0001830081
- company_name: Rumble Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830081/000121390023041522/0001213900-23-041522-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830081/000121390023041522/ea178931-8k_rumbleinc.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-041522
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-041522.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-041522.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Sacks was appointed as member of the board of directors at Rumble Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: appoint David Sacks as a member of the board of directors of the Company until the next annual meeting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830081/000121390023041522/0001213900-23-041522-index.htm
- M&A Transactions
  Rumble Inc. completed an acquisition involving Callin Corp. for an upfront payment of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (closed 2023-05-15).
  - Action: acquisition
  - Counterparty: Callin Corp.
  - Consideration: an upfront payment of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
  - Closing: 2023-05-15
  source text: “ Merger Sub 2 ”), CallIn Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Callin ”), and, solely for the purposes of Section 7.16 therein, Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company solely in its capacity as the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830081/000121390023041522/0001213900-23-041522-index.htm

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