Bumble Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) On November 25, 2024, Anuradha B. Subramanian, Chief Financial Officer of Bumble Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of her decision to resign to pursue other opportunities, effective as of March 14, 2025 (the “Effective Date”). The Company has commenced a search process to identify Ms. Subramanian’s successor.
Ms. Subramanian will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer through the Effective Date, including through the release of the Company’s earnings for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2024 and the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2024, and will assist with the transition of her responsibilities. Ms. Subramanian’s decision to resign was not the result of any disagreement with the Company, the Company’s management or any member of the Company’s Board of Directors, or on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
The Company reaffirms its previously announced financial outlook for the fourth quarter and full-year 2024.
The Company’s press release, dated December 2, 2024, announcing the resignation of Ms. Subramanian is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information contained in Item 7.01 of this Report and in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Forward-Looking Statements
This current report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current views with respect to, among other things, statements related to its Chief Financial Officer transition and its financial outlook for the fourth quarter and full-year 2024. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “believe(s),” “expect(s),” “potential,” “continue(s),” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “seek(s),” “predict(s),” “intend(s),” “trends,” “plan(s),” “estimate(s),” “anticipates,” “projection,” “will likely result” and or the negative version of these words or other comparable words of a future or forward-looking nature. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors include but are not limited to those described under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company’s periodic filings with the SEC. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in the Company’s filings with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release of Bumble Inc. dated December 2, 2024 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
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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.
| BUMBLE INC. | ||||||
| Date: December 2, 2024 | By: | /s/ Elizabeth Monteleone | ||||
| Name: | Elizabeth Monteleone | |||||
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer | |||||
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