secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Yext, Inc. (YEXT)
CIK:        0001614178
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-07T20:16:11+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-047499
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Yext elects Cynthia Paul to board of directors, expands board to eight members
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- Board increased from 7 to 8; Cynthia Paul elected as Class I director, term expires at 2027 annual meeting.
- Paul is CEO/CIO of Lynrock Lake LP; previously portfolio manager at Soros Fund Management (2002-2017).
- Received initial RSU grant of $350,000 (89,058 RSUs) vesting in equal annual installments over three years.
- Eligible for standard outside director compensation: annual cash retainer, committee fees, and annual equity grant of $175,000.
- No material interest in any transaction required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1614178/000162828026047499/0001628280-26-047499-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1614178/000162828026047499/yext-20260707.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-047499

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