---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-082400"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TDOC"
cik: "0001477449"
company_name: "Teladoc Health, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T09:09:08.038315+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Teladoc Health appoints Mike Waters as COO effective July 25, 2022

## Summary
- Waters joins from Providence (EVP, Ambulatory Care Network) to oversee operations, member services, and supply chain.
- Compensation includes $470K base salary, $775K sign-on bonus, target annual bonus of 75% of base.
- New-hire equity award of ~$5M in RSUs vesting over 3 years; additional annual equity ~$4M expected.
- Waters eligible for severance under Teladoc's Senior Leader Severance Plan with COC and non-COC provisions.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions requiring disclosure under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-082400
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TDOC
- cik: 0001477449
- company_name: Teladoc Health, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477449/000110465922082400/0001104659-22-082400-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477449/000110465922082400/tm2221512d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-082400
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-082400.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-082400.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Waters was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Teladoc Health, Inc..
  - Action: joined
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Effective July 25, 2022, Michael Waters joined Teladoc Health, Inc. (the “Company”) as its Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477449/000110465922082400/0001104659-22-082400-index.htm

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