EX-10.23



 Exhibit 10.23 

DROPBOX, INC. 
 OUTSIDE
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY 
 Adopted and approved by the Board of Directors on February 22, 2018 

Dropbox, Inc. (the “Company”) believes that providing cash and equity compensation to its members of the Board of
Directors (the “Board,” and members of the Board, the “Directors”) represents an effective tool to attract, retain and reward Directors who are not employees of the Company (the “Outside
Directors”). This Outside Director Compensation Policy (the “Policy”) is intended to formalize the Company’s policy regarding cash compensation and grants of equity to its Outside Directors. Unless otherwise
defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Policy will have the meaning given to such terms in the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), or if the Plan is no longer in place, the meaning given to such terms or
any similar terms in the equity plan then in place. Each Outside Director will be solely responsible for any tax obligations incurred by such Outside Director as a result of the equity and cash payments such Outside Director receives under this
Policy. 
 Subject to Section 8 of this Policy, this Policy will be effective as of the effective date of the registration statement in
connection with the initial public offering of the Company’s securities (the “Registration Statement”) (such date, the “Effective Date”). 

1. CASH COMPENSATION 

Annual Cash Retainer 
 Each Outside
Director will be paid an annual cash retainer of $50,000. There are no per-meeting attendance fees for attending Board meetings. This cash compensation will be paid quarterly in arrears on a prorated basis.

 Committee Annual Cash Retainer 

Effective as of the Registration Date, each Outside Director who serves as the chair of the Board, the lead Outside Director, or the chair or a
member of a committee of the Board will be eligible to earn additional annual fees (paid quarterly in arrears on a prorated basis) as follows: 
  

					
	 Lead Independent Director:
	  	$	20,000	 
	 Chair of Audit Committee:
	  	$	25,000	 
	 Member of Audit Committee:
	  	$	12,500	 
	 Chair of Compensation Committee:
	  	$	20,000	 
	 Member of Compensation Committee:
	  	$	10,000	 
	 Chair of Nominating and Governance Committee:
	  	$	10,000	 
	 Member of Nominating and Governance Committee:
	  	$	5,000	 








 For clarity, each Outside Director who serves as the chair of a committee will receive both the
additional annual fee as the chair of the committee and the additional annual fee as a member of the committee. 
 2.
EQUITY COMPENSATION 
 Outside Directors will be eligible to receive all types of
Awards (except Incentive Stock Options) under the Plan (or the applicable equity plan in place at the time of grant), including discretionary Awards not covered under this Policy. All grants of Awards to Outside Directors pursuant to
Section 2 of this Policy will be automatic and nondiscretionary, except as otherwise provided herein, and will be made in accordance with the following provisions: 

(a) No Discretion. No person will have any discretion to select which Outside Directors will be granted any Awards under this
Policy or to determine the number of Shares to be covered by such Awards. 
 (b) Initial Award. Subject to 4 of this Policy, each
individual who first becomes an Outside Director following the Effective Date will be granted an award of restricted stock units (an “Initial Award”) covering a number of Shares having a grant date fair value (determined in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles) (the “Grant Value”) equal to (x) $300,000 multiplied by (y) the fraction obtained by dividing (A) the number of full months during the period beginning on
the date the individual first becomes an Outside Director and ending on the one-year anniversary of the date of the then-most recent Annual Meeting (the “Initial Award Vesting Period”) by (B)
12, rounded to the nearest whole Share. The Initial Award will be made on the first trading date on or after the date on which such individual first becomes an Outside Director, whether through election by the stockholders of the Company or
appointment by the Board to fill a vacancy. If an individual was a member of the Board and also an employee, becoming an Outside Director due to termination of employment will not entitle the Outside Director to an Initial Award. 

Subject to Section 3 of this Policy, each Initial Award will vest on the earlier of (i) the last day of the Initial Award Vesting
Period or (ii) the day prior to the date of the Annual Meeting next following the date the Initial Award is granted, in each case, subject to the Outside Director continuing to be a Service Provider through the applicable vesting date. 

(c) Annual Award. Subject to Section 4 of this Policy, on the date of each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders
following the Effective Date (each, an “Annual Meeting”), each Outside Director will be automatically granted an award of restricted stock units (an “Annual Award”) covering a number of Shares having a Grant Value
of $300,000, rounded to the nearest whole Share. 
 Subject to Section 3 of this Policy, each Annual Award will vest on the earlier of
(i) the one-year anniversary of the date the Annual Award is granted or (ii) the day prior to the date of the Annual Meeting next following the date the Annual Award is granted, in each case, subject
to the Outside Director continuing to be a Service Provider through the applicable vesting date. 

  
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 (d) Deferral of Awards. Unless and until otherwise determined by the Board or the
Compensation Committee, as applicable, each Outside Director may elect to defer the delivery of the proceeds of any Initial Award or Annual Award that would otherwise be delivered to such Outside Director on or following the date such Award vests
pursuant to the terms of Sections 2(b) and 2(c) above (the “Deferral Election”). Unless otherwise determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee, for any such Deferral Election to be effective, it must be submitted on or
prior to the end of the calendar year prior to the date the Award will be granted (or, in the case of any individual who first becomes an Outside Director following the Effective Date, within 30 days after the individual first becomes an
Outside Director) (in each case, the “Deferral Election Deadline”). Any Deferral Election will be irrevocable, and will be subject to such rules, conditions and procedures as shall be determined by the Board or the
Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, which rules, conditions and procedures shall at all times comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, unless otherwise specifically determined by the Board or the Compensation
Committee. Deferral Elections shall be made pursuant to a form of deferral election in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or such other form as approved by the Board or the Compensation Committee. 

3. CHANGE IN CONTROL 

In the event of a Change in Control, each Outside Director will fully vest in his or her outstanding Company equity awards, including any
Initial Award or Annual Award, provided that the Outside Director continues to be an Outside Director through such date. 
 4.
ANNUAL COMPENSATION LIMIT 
 No Outside Director may be paid, issued
or granted, in any Fiscal Year, cash compensation and Awards with an aggregate value greater than $1,200,000 (with the value of each Award based on its Grant Value for purposes of the limitation under this Section 4). Any cash compensation paid
or Awards granted to an individual for his or her services as an Employee, or for his or her services as a Consultant (other than as an Outside Director), will not count for purposes of the limitation under this Section 4. 

5. TRAVEL EXPENSES 

Each Outside Director’s reasonable, customary and documented travel expenses to Board meetings will be reimbursed by the Company. 

6. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 

All provisions of the Plan not inconsistent with this Policy will apply to Awards granted to Outside Directors. 

7. ADJUSTMENTS 

In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities or other property),
recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other
securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares occurs, the Administrator, in order to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available
under this Policy, will adjust the number of Shares issuable pursuant to Awards granted under this Policy. 

  
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 8. SECTION 409A 

In no event will cash compensation or expense reimbursement payments under this Policy be paid after the later of (i) 15th day of the 3rd
month following the end of the Company’s fiscal year in which the compensation is earned or expenses are incurred, as applicable, or (ii) 15th day of the 3rd month following the end of the calendar year in which the compensation is earned
or expenses are incurred, as applicable, in compliance with the “short-term deferral” exception under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the final regulations and guidance thereunder, as may be amended
from time to time (together, “Section 409A”). It is the intent of this Policy that this Policy and all payments hereunder be exempt from or otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 409A so that none
of the compensation to be provided hereunder will be subject to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A, and any ambiguities or ambiguous terms herein will be interpreted to be so exempt or comply. In no event will the Company reimburse
an Outside Director for any taxes imposed or other costs incurred as a result of Section 409A. 
 9. STOCKHOLDER
APPROVAL 
 This Policy will be subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders. 

10. REVISIONS 

The Board may amend, alter, suspend or terminate this Policy at any time and for any reason. No amendment, alteration, suspension or
termination of this Policy will materially impair the rights of an Outside Director with respect to compensation that already has been paid or awarded, unless otherwise mutually agreed between the Outside Director and the Company. Termination of
this Policy will not affect the Board’s or the Compensation Committee’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it under the Plan with respect to Awards granted under the Plan pursuant to this Policy prior to the date of such
termination. 

  
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 EXHIBIT A 

DROPBOX, INC. 
 OUTSIDE
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY 
 Restricted Stock Unit Deferral Election Form 

For Outside Directors 
 Please
complete and return this Restricted Stock Unit Deferral Election Form (the “Election Form”), as described below, [for existing outside directors: on or before December 31 of each year] [for new outside directors only:
within 30 days following the date you join the Board] (the “Submission Deadline”), to Stock Administration, Dropbox, Inc. 333 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94107. 

Neither the provision of this Election Form nor your completion of this Election Form represents a commitment by the Company to grant an Award to you. The
grant of an Award remains subject to the terms of the Company’s Outside Director Compensation Policy as may be hereinafter amended (the “Policy”). Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the
Policy. 
 I understand that my Election Form will become irrevocable effective as of the Submission Deadline. 

I. PERSONAL INFORMATION 
 (Please print)

 Participant Name:
                                      
               (the “Participant”) 
 II. RSU
DEFERRAL ELECTION 
 By signing below, I elect to defer in accordance with Article III below 100% of my Annual Award that may
be granted to me, if any, under the Plan and pursuant to the Policy for services performed by me during the calendar year following the year in which I tender this election. If I do not make this deferral election, then my Annual Award will vest on
the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the date the Annual Award is granted or (ii) the day prior to the date of the Annual Meeting next following the date the Annual Award is granted, in
each case, subject to my continuing to be a Service Provider through the applicable vesting date, and further subject to Section 3 of the Policy. 

For new outside directors only: 

By signing below, I elect to defer in accordance with Article III below 100% of my Initial Award that may be granted to me, if any,
under the Plan and pursuant to the Policy. If I do not make this deferral election, then my Initial Award will vest on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the date of the then-most recent
Annual Meeting or (ii) the day prior to the date of the Annual Meeting next following the date the Initial Award is granted, in each case, subject to my continuing to be a Service Provider through the applicable vesting date, and further
subject to Section 3 of the Policy. 

  
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 All Awards that are deferred pursuant to this Section II shall be referred to as “Deferred
Awards” in this Election Form. 
 III. DEFERRED SETTLEMENT 

By signing below, I elect to have my Deferred Awards settled as follows: 

1. Subject to the following paragraph, my Deferred Awards will be settled in a single lump sum installment in whole shares on the earlier of
(a) immediately prior to a Change in Control or (b) within 60 days following my Separation Date or my death, whichever is earlier. For these purposes, “Separation Date” means the date of my retirement or other separation
from service with the Company and all of its Affiliates (as determined in accordance with Section 409A(2)(A)(i) of the Code and Treasury regulation section 1.409A-1(h)). 

2. If a distribution hereunder is triggered because of my Separation Date and I am a “specified employee” within the meaning of
Section 409A at the time of my Separation Date, then the distribution that I would otherwise be entitled to receive upon the Separation Date will not be settled until the date that is 6 months and 1 day following the Separation Date, unless I
die following my Separation Date, in which case, my distribution will commence as soon as practicable following my death. 
 IV. PARTICIPANT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SIGNATURE 
 1. I agree to all of the terms and conditions of this Election Form. 

2. I acknowledge that I have received and read a copy of the Plan’s prospectus and that I am familiar with the terms and provisions of the
Plan. 
 3. I agree to the right of the Administrator to amend or terminate this election at any time and for any reason, with or without
notice; provided that such termination or amendment is performed in compliance with Section 409A (as determined by Company legal counsel in its sole and absolute discretion). 

4. I understand that the obligation of the Company to settle any Deferred Awards is unfunded and that no assets of any kind have been
segregated in a trust or otherwise set aside to satisfy any obligation under this Election Form. I also understand that any election to defer the settlement of any Awards pursuant to this Election Form will make me only a general, unsecured creditor
of the Company. 
 5. I understand that any amounts deferred will be taxable as ordinary income in the year settled. Notwithstanding, I agree
and understand that the Company does not guarantee in any way whatsoever the tax treatment of any deferrals or payments made under the Policy or this Election Form. I will be responsible for all taxes and any other costs owed with respect to any
deferrals or payments made with respect to my Awards. 

  
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 6. I understand that the Company will be under no obligation to settle any Deferred Awards until
any income and employment tax withholding obligations are satisfied and that if I fail to satisfy any such tax withholding obligations I may forfeit my right to receive the shares subject to my Deferred Award. I understand that the Company has the
right (but not the obligation) to withhold taxes from my Deferred Awards (including pursuant to net share withholding) in any amount and through such procedure as the Company deems necessary or desirable to satisfy any income or other tax
obligations incurred with respect to my Awards. 
 7. I understand that, upon receipt of any Deferred Awards, in addition to federal taxes, I
may owe taxes to the state where I resided at the time of vesting in the Award and/or to the state where I reside when the Deferred Awards are settled, if different. 

8. I understand, acknowledge and agree that the Administrator has the discretion to make all determinations and decisions regarding any
elections set forth on this Election Form. 
 9. I understand that this Election Form and the elections made hereunder are intended to comply
with the requirements of Section 409A so that none of the Deferred Awards issuable will be subject to the tax acceleration and additional penalty taxes imposed under Section 409A, and any ambiguities herein will be interpreted to so
comply. If applicable, I understand that I am solely responsible for any accelerated income taxes and additional taxes and tax penalties imposed by Section 409A. 

10. I also understand that this Election Form and the elections made hereunder will in all respects be subject to the terms and conditions of
the Policy and the Plan, as applicable. Should any inconsistency exist between this Election Form, the Policy, the Plan, the Award Agreement under which an Award was granted, and/or any applicable law, then the provisions of either the applicable
law (including, but not limited to, Section 409A) or the Plan will control, with the Plan subordinated to the applicable law and the Award Agreement and the Policy subordinated to this Election Form. 

  
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 By signing this Election Form, I authorize the implementation of the above elections. I understand that my
deferral election is irrevocable effective as of the Submission Deadline and may not be changed in the future, except in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A and the procedures specified by the Administrator. 

 

			
	Signed:
                                         
           	  	Date: _______________, ______
	                    PARTICIPANT	  	
		
	Agreed to and accepted:	  	
		
	DROPBOX, INC.	  	
		
	By:
                                         
                                         
      	  	Date: ________________, ______

 IMPORTANT DEADLINE: Please remember that if you wish to make any election set forth on this
Election Form, then the properly completed Election Form must be signed by you and returned ON OR BEFORE THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE to Stock Administration, Dropbox, Inc., Inc., 333 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, or by e-mail to stock.administration@dropbox.com.  

  
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