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FORM 8-K
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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 Accounting Officer
On July 24, 2023, Junko Swain was appointed to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Workiva Inc. (the “Company”, “we” or “us”), effective August 14, 2023.
Jill E. Klindt, who served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Treasurer, will no longer act as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, effective August 14, 2023, but will continue to serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
Pursuant to the terms of Ms. Swain's offer letter, the Company has set the compensation of Ms. Swain, including an initial annual base salary at $365,000, and a target bonus opportunity of 40% for 2023. Additionally, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee") has approved a grant of restricted stock units with a grant date value of $2,000,000 pursuant to the Workiva Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, vesting in four equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date. The compensation amounts and targets are subject to review and change for future periods as determined by the Compensation Committee and as described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of the 2023 Proxy Statement.
Ms. Swain, 59, has served on the board of Velocity Global, LLC as an independent director and chair of the audit committee since October 2022. Prior to joining Workiva, Ms. Swain served as Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer at Upwork Inc. (NASDAQ: UPWK) from January 2020 to June 2022; and as its VP, Corporate Controller and Treasurer from November 2015 to December 2019, where she led the transformation of its finance operations throughout the IPO process. Prior to that, Ms. Swain held senior leadership positions at several technology companies, including KIXEYE, Worldpay, Inc. (formerly Vantiv, Inc.) (NYSE: WP), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), VMWare, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) and eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), and also served as an auditor at Deloitte. Ms. Swain holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Accounting from University of Hawaii.
There are no family relationships between Ms. Swain and any director, executive officer or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer of the Company, and Ms. Swain does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this 26th day of July, 2023.
WORKIVA INC. | |||||
By: | /s/ Brandon E. Ziegler | ||||
Name: | Brandon E. Ziegler | ||||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary | ||||