---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-081616"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HYPD"
cik: "0001682639"
company_name: "HYPERION DEFI, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-08T13:01:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-08T13:02:06.102053+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hyperion DeFi signs new employment pacts with CEO Jung, CFO Knox, GC Rubenstein

## Summary
- CEO Jung gets target bonus upon termination within 12 months after change in control, plus prior severance.
- CFO Knox and GC Rubenstein get 12 months base salary, health benefits, and target bonus if termination within 12 months after change in control.
- Equity awards time-vesting accelerates upon change in control for all three executives.
- Knox eligible for bonus up to 75% of base salary; Rubenstein up to 35%; Rubenstein base salary set at $325,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-081616
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HYPD
- cik: 0001682639
- company_name: HYPERION DEFI, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-08T13:01:16+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682639/000110465926081616/0001104659-26-081616-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682639/000110465926081616/tm2619949d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-081616.txt

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