---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-019337"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HYPR"
cik: "0001833769"
company_name: "Hyperfine, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T05:09:37.825012+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hyperfine names Maria Sainz President and CEO, effective Oct 24, 2022

## Summary
- Maria Sainz appointed CEO; base salary $550,000, target bonus 90%, sign-on $125,000.
- Stock option award for 3,175,000 shares vesting over 4 years.
- Interim CEO Scott Huennekens becomes Executive Chairperson; $10,000/month compensation.
- Board amended Severance Plan to include CEO effective Oct 1, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-019337
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HYPR
- cik: 0001833769
- company_name: Hyperfine, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1833769/000095017022019337/0000950170-22-019337-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1833769/000095017022019337/hypr-20221003.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-019337
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-019337.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Maria Sainz was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Hyperfine, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 6, 2022, Hyperfine, Inc. (the 'Company') announced that Maria Sainz, one of the Company’s current directors, was appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the 'Board') as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of October 24, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1833769/000095017022019337/0000950170-22-019337-index.htm
- Executive change
  R. Scott Huennekens changed role as Executive Chairperson at Hyperfine, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  - Role: Executive Chairperson
  source text: R. Scott Huennekens, who has been serving as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will step down from that role effective as of the Appointment Date. Mr. Huennekens will continue to serve as Executive Chairperson of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1833769/000095017022019337/0000950170-22-019337-index.htm

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