---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-026627"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBLR"
cik: "0001873722"
company_name: "Bubblr Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T22:40:01.778774+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bubblr removes CEO Timothy Burks; appoints founder Steve Morris as President and CEO

## Summary
- Shareholders holding 55.9% of shares voted to remove directors Timothy Burks and Paul Morrissey from the board.
- Board removed Burks as CEO, effective July 8, 2024; Morrissey also removed from board.
- Founder Steve Morris (formerly CTO) appointed President and CEO; David Chetwood named Secretary and Treasurer (retained CFO).
- Compensation unchanged: Morris at $90k/yr (reduced from $450k), Chetwood at $180k/yr (reduced from $450k).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-026627
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBLR
- cik: 0001873722
- company_name: Bubblr Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1873722/000149315224026627/0001493152-24-026627-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1873722/000149315224026627/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-026627
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-026627.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-026627.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steve Morris was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer at Bubblr Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective July 8, 2024, the Corporation’s Board of Directors elected Steve Morris as the Corporation’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1873722/000149315224026627/0001493152-24-026627-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Chetwood was elected as Secretary and Treasurer at Bubblr Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Secretary and Treasurer
  source text: Effective July 8, 2024, the Corporation’s Board of Directors elected David Chetwood to the additional offices of Secretary and Treasurer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1873722/000149315224026627/0001493152-24-026627-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy Burks was removed as Chief Executive Officer at Bubblr Inc..
  - Action: removed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the two remaining Directors, David Chetwood and Steve Morris, voted unanimously to remove Timothy Burks from the office of Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, effective July 8, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1873722/000149315224026627/0001493152-24-026627-index.htm

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