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accession: "0001441683-22-000111"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APPN"
cik: "0001441683"
company_name: "APPIAN CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T19:51:25.478215+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appian settles Pegasystems litigation in Massachusetts; $2.04B award unaffected

## Summary
- Confidential settlement with Pegasystems and BPM.com resolves Massachusetts case (No. 19-cv-11461).
- Court dismissed all claims and counterclaims in the Massachusetts case on November 10, 2022.
- $2.036 billion damages and $23.6 million attorneys' fees from Virginia case (Appian v. Pega) remain intact.
- Terms of the settlement are confidential; no further details disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001441683-22-000111
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APPN
- cik: 0001441683
- company_name: APPIAN CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441683/000144168322000111/0001441683-22-000111-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441683/000144168322000111/appn-20221114.htm

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