Appian Corp 8-K, filed Apr 21, 2025
Appian Corp (APPN)
8-K
2025-04-21
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About this 8-K
Appian Corp filed this 8-K on April 21, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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FORM 8-K
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 21, 2025
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
On April 21, 2025, Appian Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Srdjan “Serge” Tanjga has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective May 27, 2025 (the “Effective Date”). Mr. Tanjga will be serving as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer as of the Effective Date. Mr. Tanjga succeeds Mark Lynch, who has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since November 2024.
Mr. Tanjga, age 46, previously served as Interim Chief Financial Officer at MongoDB Inc. from February 2025. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President, Finance at MongoDB from February 2021 and as Vice President of Finance and Business Operations from May 2019 to February 2021. Mr. Tanjga holds a B.A. and an MBA from Harvard University.
Pursuant to Mr. Tanjga's offer letter dated April 16, 2025 (the “Offer Letter”), Mr. Tanjga will receive an annual base salary of $750,000 and an annual target bonus of $450,000 under the Senior Executive Cash Incentive Bonus Plan, a performance-based target incentive payment program, each subject to modification by the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) in their sole discretion. The Offer Letter also provides he will receive a one-time sign-on grant of restricted stock units with a value of $5,000,000 with a four-year vest, subject to Board or Compensation Committee approval. Mr. Tanjga will also receive recurring annual grants of restricted stock units and performance stock units, each with a value of $1,500,000. Both grants vest over a four-year period, with the first 25% of the performance stock units vesting immediately upon grant.
The Company also entered into an employment agreement on April 17, 2025 with Mr. Tanjga containing the following terms: Mr. Tanjga will be employed on an “at-will” basis and will be entitled to a payment equal to six months’ salary, acceleration of any unvested equity, and payment of premiums for continued health benefits under COBRA for up to six months if his employment is terminated immediately prior to or within six months after a change of control without cause or if he resigns for good reason.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Tanjga and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as an officer. Furthermore, there is no family relationship between Mr. Tanjga and any of the Company’s other directors or executive officers, and Mr. Tanjga is not a party to any transactions of the type listed in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
The foregoing description of Mr. Tanjga’s offer letter and employment agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the offer letter and employment agreement, which the Company expects to file with its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2025. A copy of the press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Tanjga is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated in this report by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: | By: | /s/ Mark Lynch | |||||||||
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Exhibit 99.1
Appian Appoints Serge Tanjga as Chief Financial Officer
McLean, VA – April 21, 2025 – Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) today announced the appointment of Serge Tanjga to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective as of May 27, 2025. He will report directly to Matt Calkins, CEO of Appian.
Tanjga brings more than 20 years of financial experience to Appian. He was the Senior Vice President of Finance at MongoDB where he led financial planning, strategic finance, business operations, and analytics; and most recently, served as MongoDB’s interim CFO.
Prior to MongoDB, Serge was a Managing Director at Emerging Sovereign Group, a subsidiary of The Carlyle Group. Tanjga also held leadership positions at the Harvard Management Company and 40 North Industries. He received a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.
About Appian
Appian is The Process Company. We deliver a software platform that helps organizations run better processes that reduce costs, improve customer experiences, and gain a strategic edge. Committed to client success, we serve many of the world’s largest companies across industries. For more information, visit appian.com. [Nasdaq: APPN]
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