Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 6, 2023

Rumble Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-40079		85-1087461
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

444 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Longboat Key, FL 34228

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (941) 210-0196

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	RUM	The Nasdaq Global Market
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	RUMBW	The Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01. Other Information.

As Rumble Inc. (the “Company”) previously announced on its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2023, the Company filed a petition on February 17, 2023 in the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court of Chancery”) under 8 Del. C. §205, or Section 205 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Petition”) in order to resolve potential uncertainty with respect to the Company’s capitalization resulting from a recent Court of Chancery ruling. The Court of Chancery set a hearing date for March 6, 2023.

On March 6, 2023, the hearing took place and the Court of Chancery approved the Company’s request for relief. On the same date, the Court of Chancery entered an order under 8 Del. C. §205 (1) declaring the Company’s current certificate of incorporation (the “Current Certificate of Incorporation”), including the filing and effectiveness thereof, as validated and effective retroactive to the date of its filing with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 15, 2022, and all amendments effected thereby and (2) ordering that the Company’s securities (and the issuance of the securities) described in the Petition and any other securities issued in reliance on the validity of the Current Certificate of Incorporation are validated and declared effective, each as of the original issuance dates.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.