---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001399306-23-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001399306"
company_name: "BrewBilt Brewing Co"
filed_at: "2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T18:56:35.670976+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BrewBilt CEO Jef Lewis resigns; COO Bennett Buchanan appointed as CEO, Secretary & Treasurer

## Summary
- Jef Lewis resigned as CEO, Secretary, and Treasurer effective Sept 5, 2023; remains on board with $36,000/yr salary and 559 Preferred Series A shares ($150,000 stated value).
- Bennett Buchanan appointed CEO, Secretary, and Treasurer; salary $250,000/yr, 559 Preferred Series A shares ($150,000 value), term through Dec 31, 2024.
- Company issued 1,965 Preferred Series A shares ($527,500) to Lewis and 1,185 shares ($318,159) to Buchanan for unpaid wages.
- Employment agreement has 90-day termination notice clause; unpaid salary accrues 6% interest and may convert to Preferred Series A shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001399306-23-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001399306
- company_name: BrewBilt Brewing Co
- filed_at: 2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1399306/000139930623000021/0001399306-23-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1399306/000139930623000021/brbl-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001399306-23-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001399306-23-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001399306-23-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bennett Buchanan was appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Treasurer at BrewBilt Brewing Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
  source text: On September 5, 2023, the Company appointed Bennett Buchanan, a director of the Company and the Company’s COO prior to his appointment, to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Treasurer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1399306/000139930623000021/0001399306-23-000021-index.htm

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