HealthEquity appoints Noémie Heuland to its board
Heuland’s background includes 12 years in SAP finance leadership and CFO roles at Dayforce and Moody’s.
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Form Type
8-K
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
HealthEquity, Inc. appointed Noémie Heuland, Moody’s Corporation’s chief financial officer, to its board effective September 24, 2026, expanding the board from 10 to 11 members. She will serve on the Audit and Risk Committee and Cybersecurity and Technology Committee. Heuland will receive the company’s standard non-employee director compensation, including retainer fees and annual equity awards. HealthEquity paid approximately $146,519 to Moody’s controlled subsidiaries in the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, for ratings services on its outstanding bonds and data sets for internal modeling. It expects to pay those subsidiaries an amount exceeding $120,000 in the fiscal year ending January 31, 2027.
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8-K Event Classification
3 items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
3 items
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers
Governance
Key personnel changes including departures, elections, or appointments of directors and executive officers.
Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure
Disclosure
Material non-public information disclosed under Regulation Fair Disclosure, often investor presentations or guidance.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibits
Financial statements, pro forma financial information, or exhibit attachments filed with this report.
Key Figures
Payments to Moody’s controlled subsidiaries: Approximately $146,519
Expected payments to Moody’s controlled subsidiaries: An amount exceeding $120,000
Board size after appointment: 11 members
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Payments to Moody’s controlled subsidiaries
Approximately $146,519
Fiscal year ended January 31, 2026; ratings services and data sets for internal modeling.
Expected payments to Moody’s controlled subsidiaries
An amount exceeding $120,000
Fiscal year ending January 31, 2027.
Board size after appointment
11 members
The appointment expanded the board from 10 members.
Independent directors
9 directors
Board composition after Heuland’s appointment.
Key Terms
health savings account (HSA), consumer-directed benefits (CDB), indemnification agreement
3 terms
health savings account (HSA) medical
"administer HSAs and other consumer-directed benefits"
A health savings account (HSA) is a tax-advantaged savings account people use to pay qualified medical expenses; money put in is often tax-deductible, can grow tax-free if invested, and is withdrawn tax-free for eligible health costs. Think of it as a locked piggy bank for healthcare that also acts like a mini investment account. For investors, HSA balances and usage affect consumer healthcare spending, demand for medical services and products, and flows into financial products that firms manage.
consumer-directed benefits (CDB) technical
"a leader in consumer-directed benefits (CDB)"
Consumer-directed benefits (CDB) are employee benefit accounts and plans—such as health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, and similar programs—that give individuals direct control over how to spend allocated funds for medical care, prescriptions, or other eligible services. For investors, CDBs matter because they change how employers, insurers, and benefit administrators handle cash flow, risk and administrative fees; think of them as giving employees a preloaded wallet with rules that shifts spending patterns and can affect costs and revenue for firms in the benefits ecosystem.
indemnification agreement regulatory
"standard form of indemnification agreement"
An indemnification agreement is a contract in which one party promises to cover losses, costs, or legal claims that another party might face, acting like a tailored safety net or private insurance policy. For investors, it matters because such agreements shift potential financial risk away from a company or its officers and onto the indemnifier, which can affect a company’s future liabilities, cash flow and how risky the investment appears during deal-making or litigation.
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Which committees will Noémie Heuland join at HQY?
Noémie Heuland will serve on HealthEquity’s Audit and Risk Committee and Cybersecurity and Technology Committee. She was appointed effective September 24, 2026, and the appointment expanded the board from 10 to 11 members.
What payments to Moody’s subsidiaries did HQY disclose?
HealthEquity paid approximately $146,519 to Moody’s controlled subsidiaries during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, for ratings services on its outstanding bonds and data sets for internal modeling. It expects to pay those subsidiaries an amount exceeding $120,000 in the fiscal year ending January 31, 2027.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Item 5.02(b) Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On September 24, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of HealthEquity, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Noémie Heuland as a member of the Board, effective immediately. In connection with Ms. Heuland’s appointment to the Board, the Board expanded the size of the Board to eleven members from its current ten members. Ms. Heuland will serve on the Audit and Risk Committee and Cybersecurity and Technology Committee of the Board.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Heuland or any other person and the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to which she was appointed as a member of the Board. Ms. Heuland is the Chief Financial Officer of Moody’s Corporation (“Moody’s”). During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, the Company paid approximately $146,519 to Moody’s controlled subsidiaries for (1) ratings services for the Company’s outstanding bonds, and (2) data sets used for internal modeling. The Company expects to pay Moody’s controlled subsidiaries an amount that exceeds $120,000 in the fiscal year ending January 31, 2027.
Ms. Heuland will receive the standard director compensation that the Company provides to its non-employee directors pursuant to the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (the “Policy”). Ms. Heuland will receive retainer fees and additional annual equity awards in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Policy, the form of which has been previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Ms. Heuland will also enter into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement, the form of which has been previously filed with the SEC. The Policy and such form of indemnification agreement are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Heuland to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished herewith and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | Form | Exhibit No. | Exhibit Filing Date | ||||||||||
| 10.1 | Form of Indemnification Agreement | S-1/A | 10.1 | July 16, 2014 | ||||||||||
| 10.2 | Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy | 10-K | 10.28 | March 17, 2026 | ||||||||||
| 99.1+ | Press release issued by HealthEquity, Inc. on September 30, 2026 | |||||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL) | |||||||||||||
+ Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HEALTHEQUITY, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: September 30, 2026 | By: | /s/ James Lucania | |||||||||
| Name: | James Lucania | ||||||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||
HealthEquity Appoints Moody’s CFO Noémie Heuland
to Board of Directors
DRAPER, Utah, September 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HealthEquity, Inc. (NASDAQ: HQY) (“HealthEquity” or the “Company”), the largest independent health savings account (HSA) custodian by account volume and a leader in consumer-directed benefits (CDB), today announced that Noémie Heuland, Chief Financial Officer of Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO), has been elected to its board of directors (the “Board”) effective Sept.24, 2026. Heuland will also serve on the Audit and Risk Committee and Cybersecurity and Technology Committee of the Board. Her appointment expands the Board to 11 directors, nine of whom are independent.
“Noémie has built her career at the intersection of finance and technology, with deep experience leading through periods of growth and change,” said Robert Selander, Chairman of the Board. “Her financial and strategic perspective will be valuable as we continue to scale HealthEquity, invest for the future and navigate the opportunities that come with our next phase of growth.”
“HealthEquity has built a strong business grounded in an important mission: helping people better manage and pay for healthcare," said Heuland. "I look forward to contributing my experience as the Company continues to grow, innovate, and create value for its members, clients and shareholders."
Heuland has served as Chief Financial Officer of Moody’s since April 2024. Before becoming CFO of Moody’s, Heuland was the Chief Financial Officer at Dayforce, Inc. from October 2020 to February 2024. Before joining Dayforce, Heuland spent 12 years working for SAP in finance leadership roles. Heuland holds an M.S. in Finance and Accounting from Nantes Business School of Management, now known as Audencia. Ms. Heuland is a Certified Public Accountant.
About HealthEquity
HealthEquity and its subsidiaries administer HSAs and other consumer-directed benefits for nearly 18 million accounts in partnership with employers, benefits advisors, and health and retirement plan providers who share our mission to save and improve lives by empowering healthcare consumers. For more information, visit www.healthequity.com.
Investor Relations Contact:
Richard Putnam
801-727-1000
rputnam@healthequity.com