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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819395-25-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001819395"
company_name: "Sonder Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T22:22:46.925605+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonder appoints Michael Hughes as CFO effective January 22, 2025

## Summary
- Michael Hughes, former CFO of Spirit Realty Capital, joins Sonder as CFO effective Jan 22, 2025.
- Hughes led Spirit Realty's $9.3B sale to Realty Income; previous roles at FelCor Lodging and Wyndham.
- Compensation: $495K base salary, 75% target bonus, and 1,211,000 RSU grant (30% service, 70% performance).
- CEO cites progressing Marriott International integration and recent balance sheet strengthening.
- Hughes holds CFA designation; no reportable family relationships or arrangements exist.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819395-25-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001819395
- company_name: Sonder Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819395/000181939525000008/0001819395-25-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819395/000181939525000008/son-20250114.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Hughes was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Sonder Holdings Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 14, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sonder Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Michael Hughes as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective January 22, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819395/000181939525000008/0001819395-25-000008-index.htm

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