Company: APPN
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001441683-25-000031
Chunk: 35

Company: APPIAN CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 35
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 ONo guaranteed salary increases                          |
| PMaintain a “clawback” policy which mandates recoupment of executive officers’ incentive-based compensation in the event of an accounting restatement. |     | ONo significant perquisites                              |
|                                                                                                                                                        |     | ONo Section 280G tax gross-ups                           |

#### Elements of Executive Compensation
Our compensation program generally consists of, and is intended to strike a balance among, three principal elements for each NEO: base salary, short-term cash incentive payments, and stock-based compensation. Set forth below is a description of these elements, their principal features, and why we pay them.

Base Salary

Base salary is one component of each NEO’s cash compensation. We establish base salary after considering a number of factors, including the scope of each NEO’s responsibilities, the performance of the NEO, and current economic and competitive market conditions. Base salaries are used to attract, motivate, and retain outstanding employees with a set amount and consistent payments. Base salaries for our NEOs are reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee and at the time of an NEO’s promotion or other changes in responsibility and may be adjusted after considering the above factors.

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Short-Term Cash Incentive Payments

We believe short-term cash incentives are an important and effective way to align NEO pay with Company performance because short-term cash incentives are actually earned only when our NEOs help us achieve certain business objectives. We measure short-term cash incentive award achievement on a quarterly and annual basis, which also helps us more closely equate executive pay with real-time performance. The NEOs participate in the following bonus plans designed to achieve these objectives.

Senior Executive Cash Incentive Bonus Plan

Each NEO, other than Mr. Lynch, who is employed on an interim basis, is entitled to participate in the Senior Executive Cash Incentive Bonus Plan (the “Bonus Plan”), a performance-based incentive payment program. Under the Bonus Plan, the NEO is eligible to receive a cash incentive payment based on one or more corporate performance goals. The target amount for each NEO is determined each year, generally at the beginning of such year. The Bonus Plan is intended to provide an incentive for superior work and to motivate eligible executives toward even higher achievement and business results, to tie their goals and interests to those of the Company and its stockholders, and to attract and retain highly qualified executives.

Customer Success Bonus Plan

As the Chief Customer Officer, Mr. Zamudio-Ramirez is eligible to participate in the Customer Success Bonus Plan