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
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 recently served as Vice President for Cisco’s Global Service Provider business. He has also been serving as an Advisory Board Member at Bull City Venture Partners since 2014. Mr. McCarthy holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing from Illinois State University. Our Board of Directors believes Mr. McCarthy’s experience in operating revenue operations at large scale companies qualifies him to serve on our Board of Directors.

### THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

#### A VOTE IN FAVOR OF EACH NAMED NOMINEE.
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### INFORMATION REGARDING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

#### INDEPENDENCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Because our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Calkins, owns in excess of 50% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock, we are eligible for the “controlled company” exemption to the corporate governance rules for publicly-listed companies, which means we are exempt from the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) listing standards requirement for a majority of the members of our Board of Directors to qualify as “independent,” as affirmatively determined by the Board of Directors, and to have our Compensation Committee as well as Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee composed solely of independent directors.

The Board consults with the Company’s counsel to ensure the independence determinations are consistent with relevant securities and other laws and regulations regarding the definition of “independent,” including those set forth in pertinent listing standards of Nasdaq, as in effect from time to time. Currently, four of our Board of Directors qualify as “independent.”

Consistent with these considerations, our Board of Directors has undertaken a review of the independence of the nominated directors and considered whether any has a material relationship with us that could compromise his or her ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or her responsibilities. Based upon information requested from and provided by each director and director nominee concerning their background, employment, and affiliations, including family relationships, our Board of Directors determined that Messrs. Biddle and Hartman and Mses. Edwards and Kilberg, representing four of our nine nominated directors, would be “independent directors” as defined under current rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing standards of Nasdaq. Messrs. Beckley, Calkins, Kramer, and Lynch are not considered independent because they are or were executive officers of the Company within the past three years, and Mr. McCarthy is not considered independent because of his compensated consulting work as former Acting Chief