Company: YEXT
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001614178-25-000046
Chunk: 69

Company: Yext, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 69
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 been duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of the director’s death, resignation or retirement. The proxy holders named on the proxy card intend to vote the proxy (if you are a stockholder of record) for the election of Ms. Smith and Messrs. Walrath and Waugh, unless you indicate on the proxy card that your vote should be cast against him or her.

Each of the Class II directors and director nominee has consented to be named as a nominee in this proxy statement and to serve if elected. If the nominee is not able to serve, proxies may be voted for a substitute nominee, unless the Board chooses to reduce the number of directors serving on the Board.

#### Required Vote
The election of the three nominees as Class II directors requires a plurality of the voting power of the shares present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. “Plurality” means that the three nominees for Class II director who receive the largest number of votes cast “for” are elected as directors. As a result, any shares not voted “for” a particular nominee (whether as a result of stockholder abstention or a broker non-vote) will not be counted in such nominee’s favor and will have no effect on the outcome of the election. You may vote “for” or “withhold” for the nominee for election as a director.

#### Recommendation

#### of our Board
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the election of each of Hillary Smith, Michael Walrath and Seth Waugh as a Class II director.

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## ITEM 2 —

## Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The audit committee has selected Ernst & Young LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026. Ernst & Young LLP has served as Yext's auditors since 2014.

We are asking our stockholders to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. Although ratification is not required by our bylaws or otherwise, we are submitting the selection of Ernst & Young LLP to our stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice and because we value our stockholders’ views on the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. In the event that our stockholders fail to ratify the selection, the audit committee will review its future selection of independent auditors. Even if this selection is ratified, pursuant to the Sarban