# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001441683
**File Stem:** 0001441683-26-000036
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 9929
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001441683-26-000036.hdr.sgml**: 20260608

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001441683-26-000036

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260603

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260608

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260608

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** APPIAN CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001441683
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 541956084
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-38098
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261072770

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE
- **CITY:** MCLEAN
- **STATE:** VA
- **ZIP:** 22102
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 703-442-8844

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE
- **CITY:** MCLEAN
- **STATE:** VA
- **ZIP:** 22102

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM 8-K** 

**CURRENT REPORT** 

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934** 

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 3, 2026**

**Appian Corporation** 

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)** 

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| Delaware | 001-38098 | 54-1956084 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction**<br>**of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |
| 7950 Jones Branch Drive<br>McLean, VA | | 22102 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (703) 442-8844** 

**Not Applicable**

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

<u>Title of each class</u> <u>Trading symbol</u> <u>Name of each exchange on which registered</u> <br> Class A Common Stock APPN The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. □

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**Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

On June 3, 2026, the Company held a virtual annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). There were 65,563,774 shares of Class A and Class B common stock of the 74,363,075 shares of Class A and Class B common stock outstanding on April 8, 2026 (the "Record Date") present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, which represented approximately 92.79% of the combined voting power of the shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting (voting together as a single class), and which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business. Holders of the Company's Class A common stock were entitled to one vote for each share held as of the close of business on the Record Date, and holders of the Company's Class B common stock were entitled to ten votes for each share held as of the Record Date.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted on the following five proposals: (i) election of eight nominees to serve as directors until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified ("Proposal 1"); (ii) ratification of the selection by the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors of BDO USA, P.C. as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 ("Proposal 2"); (iii) approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2026 ("Proposal 3"); (iv) indication of the preferred frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on named executive office compensation ("Proposal 4"); and (v) approval of the amended and restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan ("Proposal 5"). The final results of the voting on each proposal are set forth below.

**Proposal 1 – Election of Directors**

The Company's stockholders elected all nominees for director. The votes were cast as follows:

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| **Name** | **Votes For** | **Votes Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| Matthew Calkins | 316583373 | 5707344 | 6336379 |
| Michael Beckley | 316664296 | 5626421 | 6336379 |
| Robert C. Kramer | 316694476 | 5596241 | 6336379 |
| Shirley A. Edwards | 315706899 | 6583818 | 6336379 |
| Carl "Boe" Hartman II | 321883825 | 406892 | 6336379 |
| Barbara "Bobbie" Kilberg | 310152726 | 12137991 | 6336379 |
| David Link | 322080474 | 210243 | 6336379 |
| Mark Lynch | 317056136 | 5234581 | 6336379 |

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**Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm** 

The Company's stockholders approved Proposal 2. The votes were cast as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstained** |
| 328,493,007 | 64,169 | 69,920 |

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**Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation**

The Company's stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, Proposal 3. The votes were cast as follows:

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| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstained** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 321,617,550 | 630,831 | 42,336 | 6,336,379 |

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**Proposal 4 - Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation**

The Company's stockholders indicated, on a non-binding advisory basis, the preferred frequency for the solicitation of future advisory stockholder approval of compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers be held every year. The votes were cast as follows:

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| **1 year** | **2 years** | **3 years** | **Abstained** |
| 322,210,378 | 16,527 | 17,032 | 46,780 |

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Consistent with the stockholder voting results above and the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, the Company has determined to solicit a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers every year until the next required stockholder vote on the frequency of such non-binding advisory vote or until the Board of Directors of the Company determines that a different frequency of such non-binding advisory vote is in the best interest of the Company's stockholders.

**Proposal 5 - Approval of the Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan** 

The Company's stockholders approved Proposal 5. The votes were cast as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstained** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 303,474,350 | 18,783,302 | 33,065 | 6,336,379 |

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**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 10.1 | <u>[A](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001441683/000144168326000021/appn-20260421.htm#i411b6316cda84289a8bab4376aef7522_884)[mended and Restated 2017 Equity Plan (](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001441683/000144168326000021/appn-20260421.htm#i411b6316cda84289a8bab4376aef7522_884)[incorporated](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001441683/000144168326000021/appn-20260421.htm#i411b6316cda84289a8bab4376aef7522_884)[by reference to Appendix B to the Com](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001441683/000144168326000021/appn-20260421.htm#i411b6316cda84289a8bab4376aef7522_884)[pany's Defini](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001441683/000144168326000021/appn-20260421.htm#i411b6316cda84289a8bab4376aef7522_884)[tive P](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001441683/000144168326000021/appn-20260421.htm#i411b6316cda84289a8bab4376aef7522_884)[roxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on April 22, 2026)](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001441683/000144168326000021/appn-20260421.htm#i411b6316cda84289a8bab4376aef7522_884)</u> |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Appian Corporation** | **Appian Corporation** |
| Date: June 8, 2026 | By: | /s/ Srdjan Tanjga |
|  |  | **Srdjan Tanjga** |
|  |  | **Chief Financial Officer** |

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