Company: APPN
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001441683-25-000031
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Company: APPIAN CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 34
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ance costs related to involuntary reductions in our workforce, and (9) lease impairments and lease-related charges associated with actions taken to reduce the footprint of our leased office spaces. A reconciliation from GAAP net loss to adjusted EBITDA is set forth in Appendix A to this Proxy Statement.

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#### Executive Compensation Philosophy and Practices
Philosophy and Objectives

Our compensation philosophy is driven by our objective to attract and retain exceptional individuals across the Company. We seek to reward those who take on additional responsibility, are innovative, and are making an impact in a way that incorporates our core values of Respect, Ambition, Work to Impact, and Constructive Dissent & Resolution. These principles and people are the pillars of our organization. Our objective is to signal to these individuals they have a future at the Company and are valued.

Our executive compensation program fits within this philosophy and aims to achieve these objectives. In addition, we also believe that, as a public company, certain elements of our executive compensation programs should align employee interests with those of our stockholders.

Practices and Policies

The Compensation Committee uses its judgment to establish a total compensation program for each Named Executive Officer that is a mix of current, short-term, and long-term incentive compensation as well as cash and non-cash compensation it believes are appropriate to achieve the goals of our executive compensation program and our corporate objectives. We do not have formal policies for allocating compensation among base salary, annual performance bonuses, and equity awards or among cash and non-cash compensation. Except with respect to his own compensation, our Chairman and CEO Matt Calkins advises the Compensation Committee with respect to the compensation of our NEOs.

The following is a summary of our guiding principles and practices with respect to executive compensation:

| What We Do                                                                                                                                             |     | What We Don't Do                                         |
| PConduct annual executive compensation review                                                                                                          |     | ONo “single trigger” change in control payments          |
| PPlace a significant amount of targeted compensation at risk                                                                                           |     | ONo stock option repricing                               |
| PTie performance bonus opportunities to corporate objectives                                                                                           |     | ONo automatic acceleration of vesting under equity plans |
| PDesign our compensation programs to discourage excessive risk-taking                                                                                  |     | ONo executive retirement plans                           |
| PPlace a cap on performance bonuses                                                                                                                    |     | ONo special welfare or health benefits                   |
| PConduct a say-on-pay vote on an annual basis                                                                                                          |     |