UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): ~~October~~January 1714, ~~2024~~2025

Bubblr, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Wyoming

333-260902

86-2355916

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

30 N Gould St., Ste R, Sheridan WY		82801
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		(646) 814 7184
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since the last report)

N/A (Former name or former address, if changed since the last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

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).

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SECTION 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective ~~October~~January 1714, ~~2024~~2025, ~~Stephen~~Manfred ~~Morris~~Ebensberger resigned as our Chief Executive Officer and Director.

On ~~October~~January 1715, ~~2024~~2025, we appointed ~~Stephen~~Tom ~~Morris~~Symonds as Chief ~~Technical Officer and Manfred Ebensberger as Chief~~ Executive Officer. Mr. ~~Ebensberger~~ Symonds has also been appointed to our Board of Directors. There were no known disagreements with Mr. Ebensberger on any matter relating to our operations, policies, or practices.

~~Our~~On ~~Current~~January ~~Report~~15, on2025, ~~Form~~our ~~8-K,~~Board ~~filed~~of ~~with~~Directors approved an Executive Employment Agreement in favor of Mr. Symonds. The description of the ~~Securities~~agreement is ~~and~~qualified ~~Exchange~~in ~~Commission~~its onentirety ~~January~~by ~~27,~~reference ~~2023~~to the complete terms of the agreement, a copy of which is ~~incorporated~~attached ~~herein~~hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein. Aside from the Agreement, ~~provides~~ there are no material direct or indirect interests in transactions between Mr. ~~Morris’s~~Symonds ~~employment~~and ~~history~~us over the last two years.

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~~Before joining Bubblr,~~ Mr. Symonds ~~Ebensberger~~has not held ~~senior~~other ~~roles~~directorships inover ~~European~~the ~~investment~~past ~~firms,~~five ~~serving~~years asin ~~Managing~~any ~~Director~~company ~~and~~with ~~Asset~~a ~~Manager~~class ~~for~~of ~~Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals~~securities ~~(UHNWIs).~~registered Hepursuant ~~also~~to ~~served~~Section 12 ~~as CEO~~ of athe ~~luxury~~Exchange ~~Italian~~Act ~~fashion~~or ~~brand~~subject into ~~New~~the ~~York.~~requirements ~~Earlier~~of inSection ~~his~~15(d) ~~career,~~of ~~Mr.~~the ~~Ebensberger~~Exchange ~~was Managing~~Act ~~Director~~or ~~for~~any ~~several~~company ~~U.S.~~registered ~~investment~~as ~~companies and was~~ an ~~Assistant~~investment company ~~Professor~~under at the ~~University~~Investment ofCompany ~~Innsbruck,~~Act ~~Austria. He holds a degree from the University~~ of ~~Innsbruck, Austria, and completed a certificate in General Business Studies at UCLA~~1940.

Mr. Ebensberger has not held other directorships over the past five years in any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act or any company registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Effective October 17, 2024, the Company and David Chetwood, CFO, amended Mr. Chetwood’s Employment Agreement to reduce his base annual salary from $180,000 to $90,000 and grant him 3,000,000 Stock Options.

SECTION 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Executive ~~Consulting~~Employment Agreement dated ~~October~~January 1715, ~~2024~~2025, with ~~Manfred~~Tom ~~Ebensberger~~Symonds
10.2		~~Third~~Stock ~~Amended~~Option ~~Executive~~Grant ~~Employment~~Notice. ~~Agreement,~~Dated ~~dated~~January ~~October 17~~15, 2024, ~~David~~with ~~Chetwood~~Tom Symonds
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SIGNATURES

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.

Dated: October 23, 2024	Bubblr, Inc.
Dated: January 21, 2025	Bubblr, Inc.
	By:	/s/ David Chetwood
	Name:	David Chetwood
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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