---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001441683-22-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APPN"
cik: "0001441683"
company_name: "APPIAN CORP"
filed_at: "2022-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T02:42:28.889839+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appian grants CEO Calkins option for 700k shares at $50.63; vests at $175-$250 avg price; proceeds to charity

## Summary
- CEO Calkins awarded performance-based option to buy 700,000 shares at $50.63; vests in 25% tranches at $175, $200, $225, $250 average closing price over 365 days by 2030.
- Calkins pledges to donate 100% of income from any future sales of shares acquired upon exercise of the option.
- Annual meeting results: all nine director nominees elected; BDO USA ratified as auditor (346M for, 131K against); advisory say-on-pay approved (337M for, 386K against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001441683-22-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APPN
- cik: 0001441683
- company_name: APPIAN CORP
- filed_at: 2022-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441683/000144168322000063/0001441683-22-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441683/000144168322000063/appn-20220610.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001441683-22-000063.txt

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