---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-018906"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000855787"
company_name: "TRULEUM, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T05:16:03.642622+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Truleum Chairman Robert Flynn passes away; Harry McMillan appointed interim Chairman

## Summary
- Chairman Robert Flynn passed away unexpectedly on May 12, 2025; the Board expressed gratitude for his service.
- Board appointed Harry McMillan as interim director and Chairman, effective immediately, until next annual meeting.
- McMillan is manager of majority shareholder AEI Acquisition and has lending and consulting agreements with the Company.
- Press release issued May 14, 2025 announcing the leadership transition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-018906
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000855787
- company_name: TRULEUM, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855787/000143774925018906/0001437749-25-018906-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855787/000143774925018906/aphe20250529_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-018906.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Harry McMillan was appointed as Interim Chairman at TRULEUM, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chairman
  source text: The Board appointed Harry McMillan as a director of the Company and as its Chairman, on an interim basis, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Flynn’s passing, until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his successor is duly elected.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855787/000143774925018906/0001437749-25-018906-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert Flynn departed as Chairman at TRULEUM, INC..
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: Chairman
  source text: On May 12, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Truleum, Inc. (the “Company”) was notified of the passing of its Chairman, Robert Flynn.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855787/000143774925018906/0001437749-25-018906-index.htm

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