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 51
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 Cash bonuses and commissions - For purposes of the calculation, our CEO's bonus was calculated as a cash bonus earned in 2024. For all other employees, cash bonuses and commissions reflect actual bonuses or commissions paid in 2024.

• Equity compensation - For all employees, equity compensation is calculated as the aggregate grant date fair value (as determined in accordance with footnote 1 of the Summary Compensation Table) of any equity awards granted in fiscal year 2024.

• Group term and basic life insurance premiums

• ESPP employer matches

• Health Savings Account employer matches

• 401(k) employer matching contributions or employer retirement contributions to other government sponsored retirement plans.

For employees paid other than in U.S. dollars, we converted their compensation to U.S. dollars using exchange rates in effect as of December 31, 2024, as provided in our system of record for compensation information. We did not make any cost-of-living adjustments for employees outside of the United States. We believe our methodology provides a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and based upon our reasonable judgment and assumptions. The SEC rules do not specify a single methodology for identification of the Median Employee or calculation of the pay ratio, and other companies may use assumptions and methodologies that are different from those used by the Company in calculating their pay ratio. Accordingly, the pay ratio disclosed by other companies may not be comparable to our pay ratio as disclosed above.

For our last completed fiscal year, which ended December 31, 2024:

• The median of the annual total compensation of all of our employees (other than Mr. Calkins), including employees of our consolidated subsidiaries, was approximately $161,267.

• Mr. Calkins' annual total compensation for 2024, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table included in this Proxy Statement, was $1,150,276.

• Based on the above, for fiscal year 2024, the ratio of Mr. Calkins' annual total compensation to the median of the annual total compensation of all employees was approximately 7.13 to 1.

#### PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE
As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act and Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following information about the relationship between executive compensation actually paid and certain financial performance of the Company.

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#### Pay Versus Performance Table