secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Health Catalyst, Inc. (HCAT)
CIK:        0001636422
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001636422-25-000156
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Health Catalyst appoints largest shareholder's CEO Matt Arens to board; Kolb not re-elected
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- Matt Arens, CEO/Founder of First Light (13.9M shares, ~19% ownership), appointed to Board effective Dec 1, 2025.
- Board expanded from 8 to 9 directors; Arens fills new seat as Class I director until 2026 annual meeting.
- Arens waives director compensation except expense reimbursement; enters voting/confidentiality agreement with First Light.
- Director Matthew Kolb will not stand for re-election at 2026 annual meeting; no disagreement cited.
- Board will reduce from 9 to 8 directors effective just before the 2026 annual meeting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636422/000163642225000156/0001636422-25-000156-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636422/000163642225000156/hcat-20251201.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001636422-25-000156

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