Company: YEXT
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001614178-25-000046
Chunk: 70

Company: Yext, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 70
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es-Oxley Act of 2002, the audit committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of our independent registered public accounting firm and may determine to change the firm selected at such time and based on such factors as it determines to be appropriate.

Representatives of Ernst & Young LLP are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting to answer appropriate questions. They also will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so.

#### Required Vote
Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026 requires the approval of a majority of the voting power of the shares present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions are considered shares present and entitled to vote, and thus, will have the same effect as votes "against" the proposal. Broker non-votes are not expected to result from this proposal.

#### Recommendation

#### of our Board
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026.

#### Audit and Non-Audit Fees
The following table presents fees for professional audit services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and internal control over financial reporting for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2024 and 2025 and fees billed for audit-related, tax, and other services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP during those periods. All of these fees were approved by the audit committee.

|                       |     |   |      2024 |     |   |      2025 |
|:----------------------|:----|:--|----------:|:----|:--|----------:|
| Audit fees(1)         |     | $ | 2,387,040 |     | $ | 3,236,645 |
| Audit-related fees(2) |     |   |    25,000 |     |   |   500,200 |
| Tax fees(3)           |     |   |    98,304 |     |   |   177,300 |
| All other fees        |     |   |         — |     |   |         — |
| Total fees            |     | $ | 2,510,344 |     | $ | 3,914,145