Company: BL
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001666134-25-000011
Chunk: 63

Company: BLACKLINE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 63
---
 based upon regular monitoring of applicable laws and practices and the competitive market.

Perquisites, Special Bonuses and Other Personal Benefits

Currently, we do not view perquisites, special bonuses, or other personal benefits as a significant component of our executive compensation program. Accordingly, we do not provide perquisites, special bonuses, or other personal benefits to our NEOs, except in situations where we believe it is appropriate to assist an individual in the performance of his or her duties, to make our NEOs more efficient and effective, and for recruitment and retention purposes.

#### Employment Arrangements
We have entered into written employment agreements with each of Ms. Tucker, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Duan, and Mr. Ung, and an employment offer letter with Ms. Morgan-Prager. Prior to his retirement from the Company on March 1, 2025, we were party to an employment offer letter with Mr. Partin. Each of these employment arrangements was approved on our behalf by the Compensation Committee or, in certain instances, by our Board. Each of these employment arrangements provides for “at will” employment and set forth the compensation arrangements for the NEO, including base salary and an annual cash bonus opportunity.

In filling each of our executive positions, our Board or the Compensation Committee, as applicable, recognized that it would need to develop competitive compensation packages to attract qualified candidates in a dynamic labor market. At the same time, our Board and the Compensation Committee were sensitive to the need to integrate new executive officers into the executive compensation structure that we were seeking to develop, balancing both competitive and internal equity considerations.

For information on the specific terms and conditions of the employment arrangements of the NEOs, see the discussion of “Executive Employment Arrangements” below.

#### Post-Employment Compensation
We entered into a written employment agreement with each of Ms. Tucker, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Duan, and Mr. Ung, and written participation agreements under our Change of Control and Severance Policy (the “Policy”) with each of Mr. Partin and Ms. Morgan-Prager, providing for change of control and severance payments and benefits.

We believe that having in place reasonable and competitive post-employment compensation arrangements is essential to attracting and retaining highly qualified executive officers. Our post-employment compensation arrangements are designed to provide reasonable compensation to executive officers who leave our Company under certain circumstances to facilitate their transition to new employment. Further, we seek to mitigate any potential employer liability and avoid future disputes or litigation by requiring a departing executive officer to sign