---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001614178-25-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YEXT"
cik: "0001614178"
company_name: "Yext, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T05:24:41.323628+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yext director Julie Richardson resigns; CEO Michael Walrath awarded $500,000 bonus

## Summary
- Julie Richardson resigns from Yext board effective Jan 31, 2025, after ~10 years; no disagreement cited.
- Compensation Committee awards CEO Michael Walrath a one-time cash bonus of $500,000.
- Bonus recognizes success in operational efficiency; Walrath had not received cash compensation for CEO role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001614178-25-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YEXT
- cik: 0001614178
- company_name: Yext, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1614178/000161417825000002/0001614178-25-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1614178/000161417825000002/yext-20250128.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001614178-25-000002
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001614178-25-000002.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001614178-25-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julie Richardson resigned as Director at Yext, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 28, 2025, Julie Richardson notified the board of directors (the “Board”) of Yext, Inc. (the “Company”) that, after nearly 10 years of service to the Company, she intended to resign as a member of the Board, effective at the conclusion of the Company's current fiscal year on January 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1614178/000161417825000002/0001614178-25-000002-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.