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Exhibit 10.13

 

YEXT, INC.

 

OUTSIDE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY

 

Yext, Inc. (the “Company”) believes that the granting of equity and cash compensation to the members of its 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 such term in the Company’s 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  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 the Outside Director receives under 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”), with such date referred to as the “Effective Date”.

 

1.              CASH COMPENSATION

 

Annual Cash Retainer

 

Each Outside Director will be paid an annual cash retainer of $30,000.  There are no per-meeting attendance fees for attending Board meetings or meetings of any committee of the Board.

 

Chair, Committee Membership, and Committee Chair Annual Cash Retainer

 

Effective as of the Registration Date, each Outside Director who serves as chairman of the Board, chairman of a committee of the Board, or member of a committee of the Board will be eligible to earn additional annual cash retainers as follows:

 

	
Chair of the   Board:
    	
 
    	
$
    	
20,000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Chair of Audit   Committee:
    	
 
    	
$
    	
20,000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Member of Audit Committee (excluding Committee   Chair):
    	
 
    	
$
    	
10,000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Chair of   Nominating and Governance Committee
    	
 
    	
$
    	
7,500
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Member of   Nominating and Governance Committee (excluding Committee Chair):
    	
 
    	
$
    	
3,750
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Chair of   Compensation Committee:
    	
 
    	
$
    	
15,000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Member of   Compensation Committee (excluding Committee Chair):
    	
 
    	
$
    	
7,500
    	
 
    

 

Payment.  Each annual cash retainer under this Policy will be paid quarterly in arrears on a prorated basis to each Outside Director who has served in the relevant capacity at any point during the immediately

 

 

preceding fiscal quarter, and such payment shall be made no later than thirty (30) days following the end of such immediately preceding fiscal quarter.  For purposes of clarification, an Outside Director who has served as an Outside Director or a member of an applicable committee (or chairman thereof), as applicable, during only a portion of the relevant Company fiscal quarter will receive a pro-rated payment of the quarterly payment of the applicable annual retainer(s), calculated based on the number of days such Outside Director has served in the relevant capacities.  For purposes of clarification, an Outside Director who has served as an Outside Director or as a member of an applicable committee (or chairman thereof), as applicable, from the Effective Date through the end of the fiscal quarter containing the Effective Date (the “Initial Period”) will receive a prorated payment of the quarterly payment of the applicable annual retainer(s), calculated based on the number of days during the Initial Period that such Outside Director has served in the relevant capacities.  An Outside Director will be permitted to elect to receive cash compensation under this Policy in the form of an equity Award pursuant to an election form approved by the Board.  An election under this paragraph must be made in an open trading window under the Company’s Insider Trading Policy and in accordance with Section 409A (as defined below).

 

2.              EQUITY COMPENSATION

 

Outside Directors will be entitled 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, except pursuant to Section 6 below.

 

(b)           Initial Awards.  Subject to Section 11 of the Plan, each person who first becomes an Outside Director following the Registration Date automatically will be granted an Award with a Value of $300,000 (the “Initial Award”), which grant will be effective on the date on which such person first becomes an Outside Director on or following the Registration Date, whether through election by the stockholders of the Company or appointment by the Board to fill a vacancy; provided, however, that the number of Shares covered by an Initial Award will be rounded down to the nearest whole Share.  For the avoidance of doubt, an Initial Award will not be provided to a Director who was an Inside Director but then ceases to be an Employee and thereby becomes an Outside Director.   Subject to Section 14 of the Plan, each Initial Award will vest as to one-third (1/3) of the Shares subject to the Initial Award on the one (1)-year anniversary of the date of grant and as to one-third (1/3) of the shares subject to the Initial Award on each anniversary of the date of grant thereafter, in each case, provided that the Outside Director continues to serve as a Service Provider through the applicable vesting date. The Initial Award will be either Restricted Stock Units or Restricted Stock.  Directors will be permitted to defer the settlement of an Initial Award in accordance with an election form approved by the Board in accordance with Section 409A.

 

(c)           Annual Awards.  Subject to Section 11 of the Plan, each Outside Director automatically will be granted an Award (an “Annual Award”) with a Value of $150,000, provided that the number of Shares covered by each Annual Award will be rounded down to the nearest whole Share, which grant will be effective on the date of each annual meeting of stockholders (each, an “Annual Meeting”), beginning with the first Annual Meeting following the Registration Date, if, as of such Annual Meeting date, he or she will have served on the Board as a Director for at least the preceding six (6) months; provided that any Outside Director who is not continuing as a Director following the applicable Annual Meeting will not receive an Annual Award with respect to such Annual Meeting.  Subject to Section 14 of the Plan, 

 

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each Annual Award will vest as to 100% of the Shares subject thereto upon the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date, provided that the Outside Director continues to serve as a Service Provider through the vesting date. The Annual Award will be either Restricted Stock Units or Restricted Stock.  Directors will be permitted to defer the settlement of an Annual Award in accordance with an election form approved by the Board in accordance with Section 409A.  For 2017, the Annual Award will be granted at the regularly scheduled June meeting of the Board.

 

(d)           Value.  For purposes of this Policy, “Value” means a three-month recency-biased average determined as follows: (i) the mean closing price of a Share for the three prior fully completed calendar months is calculated, excluding the highest and lowest closing Share prices from the equation; (ii) a Share price is then calculated by using a weighted mean of the prior three month prices calculated in clause (i) above; (iii) the weightings applied to the prior months’ prices are: (x) 50% for the most recently ended month; (y) 30% for the next ended month; and (z) 20% for the earliest ended month; and (iv) this recency-weighted price is the Value of a Share.  The Board may determine prior to the grant of an Award such other methodology to determine the Value in its discretion.

 

(e)           Terms Applicable to all Awards Granted Under this Policy. The vesting of such Awards will accelerate and vest upon a Change in Control in accordance with Section 14(d) of the Plan.

 

3.              TRAVEL EXPENSES

 

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

 

4.              ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

 

All provisions of the Plan and form of award agreement approved for use under the Plan not inconsistent with this Policy will apply to Awards granted to Outside Directors.

 

5.              SECTION 409A

 

In no event will cash compensation or, or to the extent taxable to the Outside Director, travel reimbursement payments, under this Policy be paid after the later of (a) the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the end of the Company’s fiscal year in which the compensation is earned or expenses are incurred, as applicable, or (b) the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (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.

 

6.              REVISIONS

 

The Board in its discretion may at any time change and otherwise revise the terms of the cash compensation granted under this Policy, including, without limitation, the amount of cash and timing of unearned compensation to be paid on or after the date the Board determines to make any such change or revision.  The Board in its discretion may at any time change and otherwise revise the terms of Awards granted under this Policy, including, without limitation, the number of Shares subject thereto, for Awards of the same or different type granted on or after the date the Board determines to make any such change 

 

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or revision.  If, on the date of an Award grant under this Policy, an equity incentive plan other than the Plan is the primary equity incentive plan used by the Company, all references to the Plan in this Policy shall, with respect to such Award, be deemed to refer to the Company’s primary equity incentive plan in use at the time of such Award grant, including that references to Section 11 of the Plan shall be deemed to refer to the section(s) of such primary equity incentive plan relating to the per person limits on the number or value of Shares that an Outside Director may receive under such plan during the period specified therein, and references to Section 14 of the Plan shall be deemed to refer to the section(s) of such primary equity incentive plan relating to adjustments to the Shares, dissolution or liquidation or the Company, and/or merger or Change in Control (or similar transactions) of the Company.  The Board in its discretion may at any time suspend or terminate the Policy.

 

4Exhibit 10.15

 

 

[DATE]

 

[NAME]

 

Dear [NAME],

 

This letter agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into between Yext, Inc. (the “Company,” “Yext,” or “we”) and you.  This Agreement is effective as of the date signed below.  The purpose of this Agreement is to confirm the current terms and conditions of your employment.

 

1.                                      Position.  Your current title is [TITLE], and you currently report to [NAME].  During your period of employment with the Company, you are also expected to devote your entire working time for or at the direction of the Company or its affiliates.  While working for Yext, employees are not permitted to engage in any other paid activities without the prior written consent of an authorized Company officer or to engage in any other unpaid activities that inhibit or prohibit the performance of your duties to the Company or inhibit or conflict in any way with the business of the Company.

 

2.                                      Cash Compensation.

 

(a)                                 Base Salary.  Your current annual base salary is $[ANNUALIZED SALARY AMOUNT]  per year, less applicable withholding, which will be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll procedures.

 

(b)                                 Annual Incentive Compensation.  Your current target cash incentive compensation is equal to [##] % of your annual base salary, less applicable withholding, subject to achievement of performance metrics determined by the Company’s Compensation Committee. [However, you will receive a guaranteed full target cash incentive for your first 180 days of employment which will be paid out on the Company’s regular quarterly target cash incentive pay dates.](1)

 

You should note that the Company reserves the right to modify salaries and/or incentive compensation opportunities and pay discretionary bonuses  from time to time as it deems necessary or appropriate.

 

[In addition, the Company will continue to provide you with corporate housing in New York City at a place of mutual convenience and at a cost of up to $10,000 per month. The Company will provide you with corporate housing for up to 2 year after your start date.](2)

 

3.                                      Benefits.  During your employment with the Company you will be entitled to participate in all of our then current customary employee benefit plans and programs, subject to eligibility requirements, enrollment criteria, and the other terms and conditions of such plans and programs.  The Company reserves the right to

 

(1)  Jim Steele only

(2)  Jim Steele only

 

1 Madison Ave, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10010, Yext.com

 

 

change or rescind its benefit plans and programs and alter employee contribution levels in its discretion and in accordance with the plans.

 

4.                                      Change of Control Severance Policy.  As an executive of the Company, you will be eligible to receive severance and change of control benefits under certain circumstances pursuant to the Company’s Change of Control and Severance Policy and your individual participation agreement thereunder (the “COC Policy”).  Accordingly, your potential severance and change in control benefits and the terms and conditions thereof shall be set forth in the COC Policy.

 

4.                                      Exempt Status.  Your position is exempt from state and federal requirements regarding overtime.  Your days and hours of work will normally coincide with the Company’s normal work days and work hours.  However, the nature of your employment with the Company requires flexibility in the days and hours that you must work, and may necessitate that you work on other or additional days and hours.  The Company reserves the right to require you, and you agree, to work during other or further days or hours than the Company’s normal business hours for no additional consideration.

 

5.                                      Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement.  As an employee of the Company, you will continue to have access to certain confidential information of the Company and you may, during the course of your employment, develop certain information or inventions that will be the property of the Company.  To protect the interests of the Company, your acceptance of this Agreement reaffirms that the terms of the Company’s Employee Proprietary Information, Inventions and Covenants Agreement that you executed in connection with your hire (the “Covenants Agreement”) continue to be in effect.

 

6.                                      Employment Relationship.  Although we hope that your employment with us is mutually satisfactory, employment at the Company is not for any specific period of time; but instead your employment is at all times “at will.”  This means that you may terminate your employment with or without cause or prior notice, and the Company has the same right.  In addition, the Company may change your compensation, duties, assignments, responsibilities or location of your position at any time to adjust to the changing needs of our dynamic company.  These provisions expressly supersede any previous representations, oral or written.  Your at-will employment status cannot be modified unless it is written and signed by both you and an authorized officer of the Company.

 

7.                                      Severability and Governing Law. If any term herein is unenforceable in whole or in part, the remainder shall remain enforceable to the extent permitted by law.  This letter will be governed under New York law.

 

8.                                      Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, together with the COC Policy and the Covenants Agreement, constitutes the complete agreement with respect to your employment relationship with the Company and supersede and replace any  prior agreements, representations or understandings (whether written, oral, implied or otherwise) between you and the Company, including, but not limited to your offer letter with the Company dated [DATE].

 

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We are extremely excited about your continued employment with Yext!

 

Please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement, and confirmation that it contains our complete agreement regarding the terms and conditions of your employment, by signing the bottom portion of this Agreement and returning a copy to me.

 

Sincerely,

Yext, Inc.

 

	
By:
    	
[NAME]
    
	
 
    	
[TITLE]
    

 

Yext, Inc.

 

I accept this offer of employment with Yext and agree to the terms and conditions outlined in this letter.

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
[EXECUTIVE NAME]
    	
Date

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