---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-046764"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALHC"
cik: "0001832466"
company_name: "Alignment Healthcare, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:34:08.437516+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appoints Hyong (Ken) Kim, M.D., as CMO; $560k salary, $2.5M RSU grant, target bonus 85%

## Summary
- Dr. Kim returns to Alignment Healthcare having previously served as CMO from June 2013 to March 2018.
- Base salary $560,000; annual bonus target 85% (max 170%) of base; $2.5M RSU award (subject to Board approval).
- Severance upon without-cause termination: cash equal to 1x (base + target bonus) plus prorated bonus and COBRA subsidy.
- Effective September 25, 2023; reports to CEO; role includes officer positions at subsidiaries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-046764
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALHC
- cik: 0001832466
- company_name: Alignment Healthcare, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832466/000095017023046764/0000950170-23-046764-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832466/000095017023046764/alhc-20230906.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Hyong (Ken) Kim, M.D. was appointed as Chief Medical Officer at Alignment Healthcare, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Medical Officer
  source text: On September 6, 2023, Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Hyong (Ken) Kim, M.D., will serve as its Chief Medical Officer, effective as of September 25, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832466/000095017023046764/0000950170-23-046764-index.htm

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