Company: APPN
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001441683-25-000031
Chunk: 37

Company: APPIAN CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 37
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 to operate his function with the purposes of meeting the

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overall performance objectives of the Company and to maximize the productivity of his own functional area of responsibility. While our Compensation Committee solicits the recommendations of our CEO, the Compensation Committee uses these recommendations as only one factor in making compensation decisions. No NEO participates in portions of any meetings during which decisions are made regarding his own compensation. The final salary adjustments and equity incentive awards to NEOs are approved solely by the Compensation Committee.

Our CEO does not make recommendations as to his own compensation. In the case of the CEO, his individual performance evaluation is conducted solely by the Compensation Committee, which determines his compensation changes and awards.

Say-on-Pay; Stockholder Engagement

At our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our stockholders approved the advisory resolution on executive compensation with over 95% of votes cast voting in favor of the resolution. We considered the results of this vote and view this vote as confirmation our stockholders support our executive compensation policies and decisions.

We value our stockholders' feedback and actively engage with our stockholders, including through our quarterly earnings calls, investor conferences, and outreach through our Investor Relations department.

#### 2024 Executive Compensation Program
Base Salary

The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing and setting the base salaries of the NEOs. Base salaries are reviewed on a periodic basis by the Compensation Committee for all executive officers, including the NEOs. The Compensation Committee considers the performance of the Company, internal pay equity and market rates, among other factors. The Compensation Committee did not change the base salaries for any of the NEOs in 2024.

The following table is a summary of each NEO's base salary levels for fiscal years 2024 and 2023 (all amounts presented are in whole dollars):

| Name                  |     | 2024 |           |     | 2023             |     |           |
|:----------------------|:----|:-----|----------:|:----|:-----------------|:----|----------:|
| Matthew Calkins       |     | $    | 1,000,000 |     | $                |     | 1,000,000 |
| Mark Lynch            |     | $    | 1,000,000 |     | N/A              |     |           |
| Mark Matheos          |     | $    |   750,000 |     | $                |     |   750,000 |
| Robert Kramer