secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SHOULDER INNOVATIONS, INC. (SI)
CIK:        0001699350
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001699350-26-000003
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Shoulder Innovations appoints Drew Hykes to board; Geoff Pardo resigns
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- Geoff Pardo resigned as Class I director, effective February 26, 2026; no disagreement with management or board.
- Andrew (Drew) Hykes appointed as Class I director and Compensation Committee member, filling the vacancy.
- Hykes is President & CEO of Okami Medical; formerly CEO of Inari Medical and VP roles at Medtronic and Sequent Medical.
- Hykes brings over 25 years of medtech operating experience; board has determined he is independent.
- Resignation and appointment effective February 26, 2026, announced via press release on March 2, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699350/000169935026000003/0001699350-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699350/000169935026000003/si-20260226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001699350-26-000003

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