---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-035584"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELDN"
cik: "0001404281"
company_name: "Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T07:31:43.793992+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eledon appoints Jan Hillson, M.D. as independent director; grants option for 40,000 shares

## Summary
- Jan Hillson, M.D. appointed to Eledon board effective July 1, 2021; qualifies as independent under Nasdaq rules.
- Received option to buy 40,000 shares at $7.68 per share; vests 20,000 on first anniversary, 20,000 on second anniversary.
- Dr. Hillson will enter Eledon's standard indemnification agreement; no family relationships with officers/directors.
- No arrangements or understandings with any other person regarding her appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-035584
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELDN
- cik: 0001404281
- company_name: Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404281/000156459021035584/0001564590-21-035584-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404281/000156459021035584/eldn-8k_20210701.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-035584.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jan Hillson, M.D. was appointed as Director at Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 1, 2021, Jan Hillson, M.D. was appointed to the board of directors (the “Board”) of Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (“Eledon”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404281/000156459021035584/0001564590-21-035584-index.htm

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