Company: APPF
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001433195-25-000032
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Company: APPFOLIO INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) On April 3, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “ Board”) of AppFolio, Inc. (the “ Company”) (1) increased the number of directors that comprise the Board from eight to nine directors in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, and (2) upon the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee, elected Robert Donald Casey III to the Board as a Class II Director effective immediately to fill the director’s office created by such increase. Mr. Casey will serve on the Board until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

In connection with his election, the Board determined that Mr. Casey qualifies as an independent director under the Nasdaq rules. There were no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Casey and any other persons, pursuant to which Mr. Casey was selected as a director. No information is required to be disclosed with respect to Mr. Casey or his immediate family members pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Casey will receive the same compensation and equity awards as the Company’s other non-employee directors as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the caption “ Director Compensation Policy.” The Company will enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Casey.

Mr. Casey has over 10 years of experience as a director, officer, investor and advisor to technology companies. Mr. Casey is currently the founder and CEO of Santa Barbara Management, a multifamily office founded in 2024. He is also a Partner at Partners Fund Capital, an investment firm that invests primarily in software companies, a position he has held since 2022. From 2018-2024, Mr. Casey served as President and a member of the Board of Directors, and later, as CFO, of Tegus, Inc., a research software provider for financial service firms. From 2016-2022, Mr. Casey served as a Partner at the Investment Group of Santa Barbara (“ IGSB”), a private investment firm. While at IGSB, Mr. Casey also served as the CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of Mindflash