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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 proposal, commonly known as a “say-on-pay” proposal, gives our stockholders the opportunity to express their views on our named executive officers’ compensation as disclosed in this Proxy Statement under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis.” The Board determined our stockholders should vote on a say-on-pay proposal every year, consistent with the preference expressed by our stockholders at the 2020 Annual Meeting.

In considering their vote, we urge our stockholders to review carefully our compensation policies and decisions regarding our named executive officers in this Proxy Statement. As described in detail under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” our executive compensation program is designed to attract, motivate, and retain the named executive officers who are critical to our success and to align their interests with the long-term interests of our stockholders. Under this program, the named executive officers are rewarded for the achievement of both corporate and individual performance goals, which are intended to result in increased stockholder value.

Accordingly, the Board is asking our stockholders to indicate their support for the compensation of our named executive officers as described in this Proxy Statement by casting a non-binding advisory vote “FOR” the following resolution:

“RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables, and the related narrative disclosure, is hereby APPROVED.”

Because the vote on this proposal is advisory, the result will not be binding on the Board, the Compensation Committee, or us. Nevertheless, the views expressed by our stockholders, whether through this say-on-pay vote or otherwise, are important to management and the Board and, accordingly, the Board and the Compensation Committee intend to consider the results of this vote in making determinations in the future regarding executive compensation arrangements.

Advisory approval of Proposal 3 requires the approval of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock (voting together as a single class) present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal at the Annual Meeting.

### THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

#### A VOTE IN FAVOR OF PROPOSAL 3.
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### INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth our executive officers and their respective ages and positions with us as of the record date:

| Name                  |     | Age |     | Position Held Within