---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-026731"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HYPD"
cik: "0001682639"
company_name: "HYPERION DEFI, INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T22:22:59.083470+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Stephen Benjamin resigns from Eyenovia board to join White House as Head of Office of Public Engagement

## Summary
- Stephen Benjamin resigned from Board and Audit Committee effective Feb 27, 2023, to become Head of White House's Office of Public Engagement.
- Resignation was not due to any disagreement with the company, its management, or the Board.
- Rachel Jacobson appointed to Audit Committee to fill the vacancy left by Benjamin's resignation.
- Board search for Benjamin's successor initiated; Board will continue with seven members.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-026731
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HYPD
- cik: 0001682639
- company_name: HYPERION DEFI, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682639/000110465923026731/0001104659-23-026731-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682639/000110465923026731/tm238071d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-026731
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-026731.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-026731.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Benjamin resigned as Director at HYPERION DEFI, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 28, 2023, Eyenovia, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the resignation of Stephen Benjamin from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and the Audit Committee, effective as of February 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682639/000110465923026731/0001104659-23-026731-index.htm

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