{"url_path":"/sec/hlyk/8-k/2026-07-16/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-16","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680139/0001213900-26-078695-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-078695","cik":"0001680139","ticker":"HLYK","issuer_name":"HealthLynked Corp","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680139/0001213900-26-078695-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001680139","primary_entity_name":"HealthLynked Corp"},"word_count":705,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item\n5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of\nCertain Officers.**\n\n \n\n*Appointment\nof Chief Financial Officer* \n\n \n\nEffective\nJuly 13, 2026, HealthLynked Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), appointed George O’Leary, age 63, as\nits part-time Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. O’Leary has served as a director of the Company since August 6, 2014 and previously\nserved as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer from August 6, 2014 until April 4, 2024.\n\n \n\nMr.\nO’Leary is a financially trained senior executive specializing in innovative strategic problem solving across functional and industry\nboundaries. Most recently, Mr. O’Leary was CEO of Sono Group NV (Nasdaq: SSM) from April 2024 through December 2025, where he took\nthe company from the OTCQB and uplisted to the Nasdaq Capital Market in September 2025 and as fractional CFO for New America Acquisition\nI Corp. (NYSE: NWAX-UN) participated in the SPAC IPO on the NYSE in December 2025. Mr. O’Leary is Vice Chairman of Referrizer,\nLLC, a private marketing automation company, currently offering AI agents to its clients, since January 2016. Mr. O’Leary was the\nVice-Chairman of the board of directors of Timios Holdings Corp. from March 2014 through January 2021. From June 2009 to May 2013 Mr.\nO’Leary was Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer of Protection Plus Securities Corporation until it was sold to Universal\nProtection Services. From February 2007 to June 2015, Mr. O’Leary was a member of the Board of Directors of NeoMedia Technologies.\nMr. O’Leary is founder and President of SKS Consulting of South Florida Corp. (“SKS”) since June 2006 where he works\nwith public and private companies in board representation and/or under consulting agreements providing executive level management expertise,\nas well as helping the implementation and execution of their companies’ strategic & operational plans.\n\n \n\nFrom\n1996 to 2000, Mr. O’Leary was Chief Executive Officer and President of Communication Resources Incorporated (“CRI”),\nwhere annual revenues grew from $5 million to $40 million during his tenure. Prior to CRI, Mr. O’Leary was Vice President of Operations\nof Cablevision Industries, where he ran $125 million of business until it was sold to Time Warner. Mr. O’Leary started his professional\ncareer as a senior accountant with Peat Marwick and Mitchell (KPMG). Mr. O’Leary holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting with honors\nfrom Siena College.\n\n \n\nPursuant\nto the terms of the Interim Chief Financial Officer Consulting Engagement Letter (the “Engagement Letter”) between the Company\nand Mr. O’Leary, the parties have agreed that Mr. O’Leary will work three days per week for compensation of $15,000 per month.\nThe Company also issued to Mr. O’Leary 35,000 stock options with an exercise price of $3.50 per share that shall vest upon the\nCompany’s successful approval for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market while Mr. O’Leary is actively serving as Interim Chief\nFinancial Officer or during any applicable thirty (30) day notice period following termination of this Agreement. The Engagement Letter\nis attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.\n\n \n\nThere\nare no arrangements or understandings between Mr. O’Leary and any other person pursuant to which he was selected for his position.\nIn addition, there are no family relationships between Mr. O’Leary and any directors or executive officers of the Company, and\nno transactions are required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K between Mr. O’Leary and the Company.\n\n \n\n1\n\n \n\n \n\n*Departure\nof Chief Financial Officer* \n\n \n\nEffective\nJuly 13, 2026, Jeremy Daniel ceased serving as Chief Financial Officer and transitioned to a corporate accounting role with the Company.\nMr. Daniel’s transition was not the result of any disagreement with the Company, its management, the Company’s Board of Directors\n(the “Board”), or any committee of the Board.\n\n \n\n*Departure\nof Chief Operating Officer*\n\n \n\nEffective\nJuly 24, 2026, the Company will eliminate the position of Chief Operating Officer as part of its ongoing efforts to optimize its executive\nmanagement structure and align its leadership responsibilities with the Company’s current operational priorities, financial resources,\nand strategic objectives. Accordingly, Duncan McGillivray will cease serving as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer effective\nJuly 24, 2026. In connection with this transition, the Company entered into an Independent Consulting Agreement with Mr. McGillivray\npursuant to which he will serve as Senior Strategic Advisor on an as-needed basis."}