Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) outlines 2026 meeting, auditor shift and executive pay plans
Fastly, Inc. will hold its 2026 virtual annual stockholder meeting on June 3, 2026, asking investors to elect three directors, ratify KPMG as the new independent auditor, and approve an advisory vote on 2025 executive pay. The board remains mostly independent, with an independent chair and active audit, compensation, and nominating/governance committees overseeing risk, cybersecurity, AI, and ESG matters.
In 2025 Fastly reports revenue growth of 15%, security product revenue growth of 21%, cash from operations of $94 million versus $16 million in 2024, and Q4 2025 revenue of $172.6 million, up 23% year over year. After a CEO transition mid‑2025, the compensation committee reset CEO pay and increased the use of performance stock units, adding relative total shareholder return metrics and expanding financial performance measures in response to prior say‑on‑pay support of 59.6% and direct stockholder feedback.
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1. | To elect each of the Board of Directors’ three nominees, Aida Álvarez, Charles (“Kip”) Compton, and Richard Daniels, as a Class I director, to serve until our annual meeting of stockholders in 2029; |
2. | To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026; |
3. | To conduct an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers; and |
4. | To conduct any other business properly brought before the annual meeting. |
The record date for the annual meeting is April 13, 2026. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on that date may vote at the annual meeting or any adjournment thereof. We intend to mail the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials on or about April 22, 2026 to all stockholders of record entitled to vote at the annual meeting. | ||
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholders’ Meeting to Be Held on June 3, 2026 via live interactive webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FSLY2026. | ||
The proxy statement and annual report to stockholders are available at http://materials.proxyvote.com. | ||
You are cordially invited to attend the virtual annual meeting. Whether or not you expect to attend the annual meeting, please complete, date, sign and return the proxy mailed to you, or vote over the telephone or the internet as instructed in these materials, as promptly as possible in order to ensure your representation at the annual meeting. Even if you have voted by proxy, you may still vote online if you attend the virtual meeting. Please note, however, that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to vote at the annual meeting, you must obtain a proxy issued in your name from that record holder. | ||
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THESE PROXY MATERIALS AND VOTING | 1 | ||
PROPOSAL NO. 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | 8 | ||
INFORMATION REGARDING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 12 | ||
Independence of the Board of Directors | 12 | ||
Board of Directors Leadership Structure | 12 | ||
Role of the Board of Directors in Risk Oversight | 12 | ||
Meetings of the Board of Directors and Committees | 13 | ||
Information Regarding Committees of the Board of Directors | 13 | ||
Audit Committee | 14 | ||
Report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors | 15 | ||
Compensation Committee | 15 | ||
Report of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors | 16 | ||
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation | 16 | ||
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | 16 | ||
Stockholder Communications with the Board of Directors and Engagement with Stockholders | 19 | ||
Environmental, Social, and Governance Matters | 19 | ||
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics | 19 | ||
Corporate Governance Guidelines | 20 | ||
PROPOSAL NO. 2 RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM | 21 | ||
PROPOSAL NO. 3 ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 23 | ||
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS | 24 | ||
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | 26 | ||
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 27 | ||
Compensation Discussion and Analysis | 27 | ||
Executive Summary | 27 | ||
2025 Chief Executive Officer and Leadership Transitions | 27 | ||
2025 Business Highlights | 27 | ||
2025 “Say-on-Pay” Advisory Stockholder Vote on Executive Compensation & Stockholder Engagement | 28 | ||
2025 Compensation Highlights | 31 | ||
Preview of Changes for Fiscal Year 2026 | 31 | ||
Compensation Philosophy and Objectives | 32 | ||
Executive Compensation Program Design | 33 | ||
Fiscal Year 2025 Target Pay Mix | 34 | ||
Compensation Decision-Making Process | 35 | ||
Principal Elements of Compensation | 37 | ||
Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Long-Term Incentive Equity | 40 | ||
Additional Information | 44 | ||
401(k) Plan | 45 | ||
Executive Change in Control and Severance Plan | 45 | ||
Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 46 | ||
Insider Trading Policy | 46 | ||
Policies and Practices Related to the Grant of Equity Awards Close in Time to the Release of Material Nonpublic Information | 46 | ||
Perquisites and Employee Benefits | 46 |
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Tax and Accounting Treatment of Compensation | 46 | ||
2025 Summary Compensation Table | 48 | ||
2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table | 49 | ||
2025 Outstanding Equity Awards as of Fiscal Year-End Table | 51 | ||
2025 Options Exercised and Stock Vested Table | 52 | ||
Employment Arrangements | 52 | ||
Other Named Executive Officers | 55 | ||
Potential Payments on Termination or Change of Control | 56 | ||
Pay vs. Performance | 57 | ||
CEO Pay Ratio | 61 | ||
SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS | 62 | ||
COMPENSATION OF NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS | 63 | ||
Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy | 63 | ||
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED-PERSON TRANSACTIONS | 65 | ||
DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS | 66 | ||
HOUSEHOLDING AND PROXY MATERIALS | 67 | ||
OTHER MATTERS | 68 | ||
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | A-1 |
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1. | Election of each of the Board of Directors’ three nominees, Aida Álvarez, Charles Compton, and Richard Daniels, as a Class I director, to serve until our annual meeting of stockholders in 2029 (Proposal 1); |
2. | Ratification of selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 (Proposal 2); and |
3. | To conduct an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers (our “Named Executive Officers”), as disclosed in this Proxy Statement (Proposal 3). |
• | To vote online during the annual meeting, follow the provided instructions to join the annual meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FSLY2026, which begins at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on June 3, 2026. |
• | To vote online before the annual meeting, go to www.proxyvote.com. |
• | To vote by telephone, call 1-800-690-6903. |
• | To vote by mail, simply complete, sign and date the proxy card or voting instruction card, and return it promptly in the envelope provided. |
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• | You may submit another properly completed proxy card with a later date. |
• | You may grant a subsequent proxy by telephone or through the internet. |
• | You may send a timely written notice that you are revoking your proxy to our Secretary at 475 Brannan Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94107. |
• | You may attend the annual meeting and vote online during the annual meeting. Simply attending the annual meeting will not, by itself, revoke your proxy. |
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• | Proposal No. 1 – For the election of directors, the three nominees receiving the most “For” votes will be elected. “Withhold” votes and “broker non-votes” will have no effect. Only votes “For” will affect the outcome. |
• | Proposal No. 2 – To ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026, the proposal must receive the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes). Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect. |
• | Proposal No. 3 – For the advisory vote to approve the compensation of our Named Executive Officers, the proposal must receive the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes). Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect. |
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | |||
Our Board of Directors is divided into three classes. Each class consists, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of directors, and each class has a three-year term. Vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled only by persons elected by a majority of the remaining directors. A director elected by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy in a class, including vacancies created by an increase in the number of directors, shall serve for the remainder of the full term of that class and until the director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. | |||
There are three directors in the class whose term of office expires in 2026, Aida Álvarez, Charles Compton, and Richard Daniels. Ms. Álvarez, Mr. Compton, and Mr. Daniels have served as members of our Board of Directors since August 2019, June 2025, and November 2021, respectively. If elected at the annual meeting, these nominees would serve until the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until a successor has been duly elected and qualified, or, if sooner, until the director’s death, resignation, or removal. Our policy is to encourage directors and nominees for director to attend the annual meeting of stockholders; however, we do not maintain a formal policy regarding director attendance at annual meetings. Ms. Álvarez, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Meyers, Mr. Paisley, Mr. Daniels, Ms. Loop, and Ms. Smith attended our annual meeting in 2025. | |||
Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes of the holders of shares present online or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Accordingly, the three nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative votes will be elected. “Withhold” votes will have no effect. Each person nominated for election has agreed to serve if elected. The Company’s management has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve. | |||
The following is a brief biography of each nominee and each director whose term will continue after the annual meeting, including their ages as of March 15, 2026. | |||
Nominees for Election for a Three-year Term Expiring at the 2029 Annual Meeting | |||
![]() | The Honorable Aida Álvarez Fastly Committees: Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Age: 76 has served as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2019. Ms. Álvarez has led important financial and government agencies and served in the cabinet of U.S. President William J. Clinton as the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Ms. Álvarez serves on the board of directors of Stride, Inc., a for-profit education company, since April 2017 and Bill.com Holdings, Inc., a provider of automated, cloud-based software for financial operations, since April 2022. She previously served on the board of Oportun Financial Corporation, a financial services company, from August 2011 to November 2022. She has also previously served on the board of directors of HP Inc., a technology company, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a retail company, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation, a banking corporation, Zoosk, an online dating company, and PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc., a national health consumer services company. Ms. Álvarez was the founding Chair of the Latino Community Foundation, and currently serves as its Board Chair Emerita. Ms. Álvarez holds a B.A. from Harvard College. We believe that Ms. Álvarez is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors because of her extensive experience in the technology and finance industries and her service on public company boards. | ||
![]() | Charles “Kip” Compton Fastly Committees: None Age: 51 has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2025. He previously served as Fastly’s Chief Product Officer since January 2024. Prior to joining Fastly, Mr. Compton served as the Senior Vice President of Strategy & Business Development of the Cisco Networking business from 2020 to August 2023, where he led teams responsible for strategy, portfolio management, investments and acquisitions. Prior to that, he held various roles at Cisco since January 2006. Mr. Compton brings more than 25 years of senior leadership experience driving innovation in cloud, video, Internet of Things (IoT) and networking. He has a long and proven track record of growing teams and businesses, including creating partnerships and investments to drive growth and open new markets. Mr. Compton holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. We believe that Mr. Compton’s deep industry experience, including product engineering and business leadership roles in networking, qualifies him to serve as a member of our Board of Directors. | ||
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![]() | Richard Daniels Fastly Committees: Audit Age: 71 has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2021. Mr. Daniels retired from Kaiser Permanente, an integrated managed care consortium, in 2020, where he was most recently Executive Vice President & CIO. He serves on the Board of CSAA Insurance Group and is on the Board of the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation. Mr. Daniels previously served on the Board of SVB Financial Group from October 2020 to November 2024. He also served on the Board of Playworks from December 2015 to January 2023. Before Kaiser Permanente, Mr. Daniels held technology leadership roles at Capital One and JPMorgan. Mr. Daniels holds a B.A.Sc. in Business Administration and Management from Texas State University. We believe that Mr. Daniels is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors because of his leadership experience in technology roles, service as a member of the board of directors for other companies, and deep knowledge of information security risks. |
![]() | The Board of Directors Recommends a Vote in Favor of Each Named Nominee. |
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![]() | David Hornik Fastly Committees: Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Age: 58 has served as the Chairperson of our Board of Directors since April 2023, Lead Independent Director of our Board of Directors from February 2020 to April 2023, and as a member of our Board of Directors since February 2013. Mr. Hornik has been a partner at Lobby Capital and August Capital, venture capital funds, since 2021 and 2000, respectively. From January 2019 to March 2022, Mr. Hornik served as a member of the board of directors of Gitlab Inc., a DevSecOps platform delivered as a single application. From August 2004 to September 2017, Mr. Hornik served as a member of the board of directors of Splunk Inc., a software and data solutions company. Mr. Hornik has served as a member of the board of directors of Bill.com, a cloud-based software company that automates back-office financial operations, since May 2016. Prior to joining August Capital, Mr. Hornik was an intellectual property and corporate attorney at the law firms of Venture Law Group and Perkins Coie LLP, and a litigator at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Mr. Hornik holds an A.B. from Stanford University, an M.Phil from Cambridge University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. We believe that Mr. Hornik is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors because of his extensive experience with technology companies in our industry, his service on public and private company boards, and the historical knowledge and continuity he brings to our Board of Directors. | ||||
| Charles Meyers Fastly Committees: Compensation Age: 60 has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2021. Mr. Meyers has served as the Executive Chairman of Equinix, Inc., a provider of network colocation, interconnection, and managed services, since June 2024. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer from September 2018 to June 2024, President, Strategy, Services & Innovation, as well as Chief Operating Officer, after joining Equinix in 2010 as President, Americas Region. Mr. Meyers also previously held senior operating roles at Level 3 Communications and Verisign and was a member of the pre-IPO executive team at Internet Security Systems. Mr. Meyers holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder, an M.S. in Engineering Management from Northwestern University, and an M.B.A. in Marketing, Strategy from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. We believe that Mr. Meyers’ leadership experience in the technology industry and his deep knowledge of cybersecurity risks faced by leading telecommunications and information technology companies qualifies him to serve on our Board of Directors. | ||||
| Vanessa Smith Fastly Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance Age: 50 has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2021. Since October 2025, Ms. Smith has served as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for ServiceNow, Inc., a software company, in addition to serving as President of ServiceNow.org since May 2023, Ms. Smith previously served as Senior Vice President of Industries at ServiceNow, Inc. from September 2020 to May 2023. From October 2004 to August 2020, Ms. Smith served in a variety of go-to-market roles, most recently Regional Vice President, Strategic Customers and Senior Vice President, Human Capital Management LOB, for SAP, a software company. She holds a B.S. in Commerce from The McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. We believe that Ms. Smith’s leadership experience in technology and go-to-market roles and her experience in human capital management qualifies her to serve on our Board of Directors. | ||||
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![]() | Artur Bergman Fastly Committees: None Age: 46 has served as our Chief Technology Officer since April 2024. He served as our Chief Architect from February 2020 to April 2024, as our Chief Executive Officer from Fastly’s founding in March 2011 until February 2020, Chairperson of the Board of Directors from February 2020 to April 2023, and as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2011. From September 2007 to June 2011, Mr. Bergman served as Manager, Vice President, then Chief Technology Officer of Wikia, Inc., a global community knowledge-sharing platform. From November 2005 to March 2007, Mr. Bergman served as Engineering Manager for Six Apart Ltd., a social networking service. From the second half of 2003 to August 2005, Mr. Bergman served as Engineering Manager of Fotango, Ltd., a subsidiary of Canon Europe. We believe that Mr. Bergman is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors because of his industry knowledge, his experience as our founder, and his leadership experience and deep technical expertise, including with respect to protecting against, understanding, and responding to cybersecurity risks. | ||||
| Paula Loop Fastly Committees: Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance Age: 64 has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2021. Ms. Loop previously served as an Assurance Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an international professional services accounting firm, where her career spanned over 30 years. At PwC she served on the Board of Partners as the Risk and Quality Committee chair and was the leader of PwC’s Governance Insights Center. She was also previously the New York Metro Regional Assurance Leader leading one of PwC’s largest Assurance practices. She has served as a director of APi Group, a construction equipment and services company, since March 2022 and Robinhood Markets, a financial services company, since June 2021. Ms. Loop holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. We believe that Ms. Loop is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors because of her significant experience working with boards and audit committees across multiple markets and industry sectors on governance, accounting, sustainability, and SEC reporting matters. | ||||
| Christopher B. Paisley Fastly Committees: Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance Age: 73 has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2018. Since January 2001, Mr. Paisley has served as the Dean’s Executive Professor of Accounting at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. Mr. Paisley also serves as lead independent director of Equinix, Inc., a provider of network colocation, interconnection, and managed services, since July 2007, and a member of the board of directors of Ambarella, Inc., a developer of low-power, high-definition video compression and image processing semiconductors, since August 2012. Mr. Paisley previously served as a director of Fortinet, Inc., a cybersecurity software company, from 2004 until May 2021, and as Chief Financial Officer and a director of Enterprise 4.0 Technology Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition corporation from May 2021 to March 2023. Mr. Paisley holds a B.A. in business economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School at the University of California at Los Angeles. We believe that Mr. Paisley’s substantial experience in the technology industry and his service on public company boards and audit committees qualifies him to serve on our Board of Directors. | ||||
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Charles Compton(1) | |||||||||||||||||
Richard Daniels | • | ||||||||||||||||
David Hornik | • | • | |||||||||||||||
Paula Loop | • | • | |||||||||||||||
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Christopher B. Paisley | ![]() | • | |||||||||||||||
Vanessa Smith | • | ||||||||||||||||
Total Number of Meetings in 2025 | 8 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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(1) | Mr. Bergman and Mr. Compton do not serve on any committees. |
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• | selecting a qualified firm to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit our financial statements; |
• | helping to ensure the independence and performance of the independent registered public accounting firm; |
• | discussing the scope and results of the audit with the independent registered public accounting firm, and reviewing, with management and the independent accountants, our interim and year-end operating results; |
• | reviewing with the independent registered public accounting firm any communications with respect to auditing or accounting issues; |
• | developing procedures for employees to submit concerns anonymously about questionable accounting or audit matters; |
• | reviewing our policies on risk assessment and risk management related to financial reporting, accounting and auditing matters, investment risks and foreign exchange risks, and tax matters; |
• | reviewing related party transactions; |
• | overseeing our investment philosophy, allocation and performance of our investment portfolio, management of investment risk, policies and procedures to comply with laws pertinent to our investment portfolio, and foreign exchange risk management; |
• | overseeing significant tax matters and approving policies related to these matters; |
• | reviewing internal audit’s scope and annual plan; |
• | obtaining and reviewing a report by the independent registered public accounting firm at least annually, that describes its internal quality-control procedures, any material issues with such procedures, and any steps taken to deal with such issues when required by applicable law; |
• | approving (or, as permitted, pre-approving) all audit and all permissible non-audit services, other than de minimis non-audit services, to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm; and |
• | reviewing and discussing any reports of evidence of material violation of securities laws and breaches of fiduciary duty and other similar violations. |
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• | reviewing and approving, or recommending that our Board of Directors approve, the compensation of our executive officers, including evaluating the performance of our chief executive officer and, with his assistance, that of our other executive officers; |
• | reviewing and recommending to our Board of Directors the compensation of our non-employee directors; |
• | reviewing and approving, or recommending that our Board of Directors approve, the terms of compensatory arrangements with our executive officers; |
• | reviewing and approving the list of companies used to benchmark our compensation practices and programs; |
• | administering our equity and non-equity incentive plans; |
• | assisting the Board of Directors in its oversight of the development, implementation and effectiveness of our policies and strategies relating to our human capital management function; |
• | reviewing and approving, or recommending that our Board of Directors approve, incentive compensation, equity plans and, as applicable, clawback policies; and |
• | reviewing and establishing general policies relating to compensation and benefits of our employees and reviewing our overall compensation philosophy. |
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• | identifying, evaluating, and selecting, or recommending that our Board of Directors approve, nominees for election to our Board of Directors and its committees; |
• | evaluating the performance of our Board of Directors, its committees, and of individual directors; |
• | considering and making recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding the composition of our Board of Directors and its committees; |
• | reviewing and making recommendations regarding indemnification and insurance matters related to our Board of Directors and officers; |
• | reviewing developments in corporate governance practices and making recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding corporate governance guidelines and matters; |
• | evaluating the adequacy of our corporate governance practices and reporting; and |
• | reviewing and considering social responsibility, environmental and sustainability matters and making recommendations to our Board of Directors, or taking action, with respect to such matters. |
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Business and Management | Customer Experience | International Business | Technology or Innovation | Cybersecurity, Information Security or Privacy | Operations | Finance and Capital Allocation | Strategic Transactions | Environmental and Social Responsibility | |||||||||||||||||||||
Aida Álvarez | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Artur Bergman | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Compton | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Daniels | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Hornik | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paula Loop | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Meyers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher B. Paisley | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanessa Smith | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM | ||||||||||||||
As disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 5, 2026 (the “Form 8-K”), on March 4, 2026, following the completion of a process to review the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors selected KPMG as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, and dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors has further directed that management submit the selection of its independent registered public accounting firm for ratification by the stockholders at the annual meeting. Representatives of KPMG are expected to be present at the virtual annual meeting. They will have an opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. Representatives of Deloitte, our former independent registered public accounting firm, will not be present at the annual meeting and will not be available to respond to questions or make a statement. | ||||||||||||||
Deloitte’s reports on our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. | ||||||||||||||
During our fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no (i) disagreements (within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto) with Deloitte on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure that, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte, would have caused Deloitte to make reference thereto in its reports covering our consolidated financial statements for such periods and (ii) reportable events (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K), except for the disclosure of the material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting as disclosed in Part II, Item 9A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, we have concluded that this material weakness has been remediated. | ||||||||||||||
This reportable event was discussed among the Audit Committee and Deloitte. Deloitte has been authorized by the Company to respond fully to the inquiries of KPMG, the successor independent registered public accounting firm, concerning this reportable event. | ||||||||||||||
We provided Deloitte with a copy of the disclosures made in the Form 8-K and requested Deloitte furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Company in Item 4.01 of the Form 8-K and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of Deloitte’s letter to the SEC dated March 5, 2026, which confirmed agreement with the disclosures in the Form 8-K is filed as Exhibit 16.1 of the Form 8-K. | ||||||||||||||
During our fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the subsequent interim period in fiscal year 2026 prior to KPMG’s appointment, neither the Company nor anyone on our behalf has consulted with KPMG regarding: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to us that KPMG concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue; (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement (within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto); or (iii) any reportable event, as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K. | ||||||||||||||
Neither our Amended and Restated Bylaws nor other governing documents or law require stockholder ratification of the selection of KPMG as our independent registered public accounting firm. However, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is submitting the selection of KPMG to the stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If the stockholders fail to ratify the selection, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether or not to retain KPMG. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may direct the appointment of different independent auditors at any time during the year if they determine that such a change would be in the best interests of us and our stockholders. | ||||||||||||||
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The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) will be required to ratify the selection of KPMG. | | |||||||||||||
| Principal Accountant Fees and Services | |||||||||||||
The following table represents aggregate fees billed to the Company by Deloitte for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. | ||||||||||||||
Fiscal Year Ended | ||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
Audit Fees(1) | $3,519 | $3,112 | ||||||||||||
Audit-related Fees(2) | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||
Tax Fees(3) | $72 | $85 | ||||||||||||
All Other Fees(4) | $7 | $7 | ||||||||||||
Total Fees | $3,598 | $3,204 | ||||||||||||
(1) Consists of fees and expenses billed for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of our consolidated financial statements and audit of internal control over financial reporting, reviews of our quarterly consolidated financial statements, related accounting consultations, and other regulatory filings. | ||||||||||||||
(2) Consists of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our consolidated financial statements and not reported under “Audit Fees,” such as due diligence related to mergers and acquisitions. | ||||||||||||||
(3) Tax Fees consist of fees for professional services for domestic and international tax advisory services for tax planning, compliance, and advice. | ||||||||||||||
(4) Consists of aggregate fees billed for services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm other than those disclosed above. | ||||||||||||||
All services rendered for these fees were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with the Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures. | ||||||||||||||
Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures | ||||||||||||||
The Audit Committee has adopted a policy and procedures for the pre-approval of audit and non-audit services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG. The policy generally pre-approves specified services in the defined categories of audit services, audit-related services, and tax services up to specified amounts. Pre-approval may also be given as part of the Audit Committee’s approval of the scope of the engagement of the independent auditor or on an individual, explicit, case-by-case basis before the independent auditor is engaged to provide each service. The pre-approval of services may be delegated to one or more of the Audit Committee’s members, but the decision must be reported to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee has determined that the rendering of services, such as tax advice, other than audit services by KPMG is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence. | | |||||||||||||
![]() | The Board of Directors Recommends a Vote in Favor of Proposal 2. |
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ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | ||
We are asking our stockholders to vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers for 2025 as disclosed in this Proxy Statement, in accordance with the requirements of Section 14A of the Exchange Act. As described in detail under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” our executive compensation program is designed to drive and reward performance and align the compensation of our Named Executive Officers with the long-term interests of our stockholders. Please read the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and the compensation tables and narrative disclosure that follow for additional details about our executive compensation program, including information about the 2025 compensation of our Named Executive Officers. | ||
This proposal, commonly known as a “say-on-pay” proposal, gives our stockholders the opportunity to express their views on our Named Executive Officers’ compensation as a whole. This vote is not intended to address any specific element of compensation but rather the overall compensation of our Named Executive Officers and the philosophy, policies and practices described in this Proxy Statement. Our Board of Directors and our Compensation Committee believe that these policies and practices are effective in implementing our compensation philosophy and in achieving our compensation program goals. | ||
Since 2023, we have conducted ongoing and extensive outreach to connect directly with our stockholders and get their feedback on various pay and governance topics, including regarding the results of our most recent say-on-pay vote. In response to the feedback we received, we made meaningful changes to our executive compensation program for 2024 and 2025, and we continue to improve our programs with changes for 2026 that are directly responsive to stockholder feedback. Our outreach initiatives, as well as the related changes to our executive compensation programs for 2025, are described in more detail below under the section titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — 2025 “Say-on-Pay” Advisory Stockholder Vote on Executive Compensation & Stockholder Engagement.” | ||
Accordingly, we are asking our stockholders to vote “For” the following resolution: | ||
RESOLVED, that the stockholders hereby approve, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers, as disclosed in this Proxy Statement, pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the narrative discussions that accompany the compensation tables. | ||
Vote Required | ||
The approval of this advisory proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes). | ||
As an advisory vote, the outcome of the vote on this proposal is not binding. However, our management team, our Board of Directors and our Compensation Committee, which is responsible for designing and administering our executive compensation program, value the opinions expressed by our stockholders, whether through this vote or otherwise, and will consider the outcome of this vote when making future executive compensation decisions. | ||
We currently conduct annual advisory votes on executive compensation and expect to conduct the next advisory vote at our next annual meeting of stockholders in 2027. | ||
![]() | The Board of Directors Recommends a Vote in Favor of Proposal 3. |
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Total Beneficial Ownership | ||||||||
Common Stock | ||||||||
Name of Beneficial Owner | Shares | % | ||||||
5% Stockholders: | ||||||||
Entities Affiliated with Blackrock(1) | 11,333,297 | 7.3 | ||||||
Entities Affiliated with Morgan Stanley(2) | 8,073,950 | 5.2 | ||||||
Entities Affiliated with Vanguard(3) | 16,111,511 | 10.3 | ||||||
Named Executive Officers and Directors: | ||||||||
Aida Álvarez(4) | 89,839 | * | ||||||
Artur Bergman(5) | 5,326,063 | 3.4 | ||||||
Charles Compton(6) | 179,459 | * | ||||||
Richard Daniels(7) | 46,449 | * | ||||||
David Hornik(8) | 253,603 | * | ||||||
Ronald Kisling(9) | 78,348 | * | ||||||
Paula Loop(10) | 81,947 | * | ||||||
Scott Lovett(11) | 132,462 | * | ||||||
Charles Meyers(12) | 81,947 | * | ||||||
Todd Nightingale(13) | 824,044 | * | ||||||
Christopher B. Paisley(14) | 284,485 | * | ||||||
Vanessa Smith(15) | 82,439 | * | ||||||
Richard Wong | 0 | — | ||||||
All current executive officers and directors as a group (11 persons)(16) | 6,558,693 | 4.2% | ||||||
* | Less than one percent. |
(1) | Based solely on a report on Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 25, 2024. BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power of 11,004,000 shares of our common stock and sole dispositive power over 11,333,297 shares of our common stock. The Schedule 13G contained information as of December 31, 2023 and may not reflect current holdings of our common stock. The address for BlackRock, Inc. is 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. |
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(2) | Based solely on a report on Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 11, 2026. Morgan Stanley has shared voting power of 1,019,395 shares of our common stock and shared dispositive power over 8,073,950 shares of our common stock. The Schedule 13G/A contained information as of December 31, 2025 and may not reflect current holdings of our common stock. The address for Morgan Stanley is 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. |
(3) | Based solely on a report on Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on July 29, 2025. The Vanguard Group has shared voting power of 85,746 shares of our common stock, sole dispositive power over 15,873,520 shares of our common stock, and shared dispositive power over 237,991 shares of our common stock. The Schedule 13G/A contained information as of June 30, 2025 and may not reflect current holdings of our common stock. The address for The Vanguard Group is 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, PA 19355. |
(4) | Consists of 89,839 shares of common stock held by Ms. Álvarez. |
(5) | Consists of (i) 1,395,011 shares of common stock held by Mr. Bergman, (ii) 376,460 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options granted to Mr. Bergman that are exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2026, (iii) 1,604,901 shares of common stock held by The Per Artur Bergman Revocable Trust, of which the reporting person is settlor, sole trustee, and sole beneficiary, (iv) 840,005 shares of common stock held by The Artur Bergman Remainder Trust One DTD as of May 2, 2019, of which the reporting person is the investment advisor, (v) 109,686 shares of common stock held by The Artur Bergman Remainder Trust Three DTD as of May 2, 2019, of which the reporting person is the investment advisor, (vi) 156,521 shares of common stock held by The PAB 2021 Remainder Trust, of which the reporting person is the investment advisor, (vii) 588,671 shares of common stock held by The Per Artur Bergman Grantor Retained Annuity Trust No. 4, of which the reporting person is trustee, and (viii) 254,808 shares of common stock held by The Per Artur Bergman Grantor Retained Annuity Trust No. 5, of which the reporting person is trustee. |
(6) | Consists of 157,165 shares of common stock held by Mr. Compton and 22,294 shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of RSUs issued to Mr. Compton within 60 days of March 15, 2026. |
(7) | Consists of 46,449 shares of common stock held by Mr. Daniels. |
(8) | Consists of 253,603 shares of common stock held by Mr. Hornik. |
(9) | Consists of 78,348 shares of common stock held by Mr. Kisling. |
(10) | Consists of 81,947 shares of common stock held by Ms. Loop. |
(11) | Consists of 132,462 shares of common stock held by Mr. Lovett. |
(12) | Consists of 81,947 shares of common stock held by Mr. Meyers. |
(13) | Consists of 824,044 shares of common stock held by Mr. Nightingale. |
(14) | Consists of 284,485 shares of common stock held by Mr. Paisley, 265,806 of which are held by the Christopher Paisley TTEE Paisley Living Trust DTD 12/28/94. |
(15) | Consists of 82,439 shares of common stock held by Ms. Smith. |
(16) | Consists of (i) 6,159,939 shares of common stock held by all current executive officers and directors as a group, (ii) 376,460 shares of common stock that all current executive officers and directors as a group have the right to acquire from us within 60 days of March 15, 2026 pursuant to the exercise of options, and (iii) 22,294 shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of RSUs within 60 days of March 15, 2026. |
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Name | Age | Position | ||||||
Artur Bergman | 46 | Chief Technology Officer and Director | ||||||
Charles Compton | 51 | Chief Executive Officer and Director | ||||||
Scott Lovett | 60 | President, Go to Market | ||||||
Richard Wong | 51 | Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| Scott Lovett AGE: 60 has served as our President, Go To Market since August 2025. Mr. Lovett previously served as Fastly’s Chief Revenue Officer from August 2024 to August 2025. From August 2021 to May 2024, Mr. Lovett served as Chief Revenue Officer at Imperva, Inc., a cybersecurity software and services provider. From April 2018 to April 2021, Mr. Lovett served as Senior Vice President of Global Web & Security Sales at Akamai Technologies, Inc., a cybersecurity and cloud computing company. Mr. Lovett holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Eastern Illinois University. | ||
| Richard Wong AGE: 51 has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2025. Previously, Mr. Wong served as Chief Financial Officer of Benchling, a cloud-based platform for biotechnology research and development, from November 2020 to May 2024. From May 2018 to November 2020, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Houzz Inc. Prior to that, he held senior finance roles at LinkedIn and Yahoo!, and started his career as an investment banker at JPMorgan and Banc of America Securities. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. | ||
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• | Charles “Kip” Compton, our Chief Executive Officer (our “CEO”); |
• | Artur Bergman, our Chief Technology Officer; |
• | Richard Wong, our Chief Financial Officer; |
• | Scott Lovett, our President, Go to Market; |
• | Todd Nightingale, our former Chief Executive Officer; and |
• | Ronald Kisling, our former Chief Financial Officer. |
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• | Total revenue of $624.0 million, representing 15% growth year-over-year |
• | U.S. GAAP gross margin of 57.1%, compared to 54.4% in fiscal year 2024; non-GAAP gross margin of 60.9%, compared to 58.8% in fiscal year 2024 |
• | U.S. GAAP net loss of $121.7 million, compared to $158.1 million in fiscal year 2024; non-GAAP net income of $19.7 million, compared to non-GAAP net loss of $12.1 million in fiscal year 2024 |
• | U.S. GAAP net loss per basic and diluted shares of $0.83 compared to $1.14 in fiscal year 2024; non-GAAP net income per basic and diluted shares of $0.13, compared to non-GAAP net loss of $0.09 in fiscal year 2024 |
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What We Heard from Stockholders | What We Did | Rationale and Other Context | ||||||
Design of PSUs Stockholders expressed a preference for diversified metrics and multi-year performance measurement periods creating differentiation with annual incentive programs | • Added rTSR PSUs (2025) • Adjusted Financial PSU metrics to capture additional measures aligned with value creation and business strategy: committed monthly recurring revenue (“CMRR”) and free cash flow (“FCF”), which will make up a majority of the Financial PSUs’ performance measurement (2026) | These changes are responsive to stockholder feedback by (i) introducing a three-year performance period to align with stockholder interests and experiences over a longer time horizon and (ii) meaningfully reducing the overlap between the short-term incentive and long-term incentive equity grants. The Financial PSUs, following the design changes made in 2026, continue to measure and focus on revenue growth goals, a critical business metric. These Financial PSUs now also include other operational metrics (CMRR and FCF) that are important drivers of stockholder value creation. The company continues to measure financial goals over a one-year period due to the broader macroeconomic challenges in forecasting long-term goals. The Compensation Committee will continue to evaluate the design of the PSUs with respect to the metrics and weightings over time. | ||||||
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What We Heard from Stockholders | What We Did | Rationale and Other Context | ||||||
Mix of Performance-Based LTI Stockholders expressed a preference for 50% performance-based LTI | CEO Annual PSU Mix: • Increased to 60% from 50% (2024) • Decreased to 50% (2025) • Maintained at 50% (2026) Non-CEO Named Executive Officers’ Annual PSU Mix: • Increased to 40% from 30% (2025) • Increased to 50% (2026) | The Compensation Committee annually assesses the mix of the Named Executive Officers’ LTI equity grants and percentage that is connected to performance-based vesting conditions. The Compensation Committee has gradually increased the annual mix of PSUs awarded (based on target value) to our non-CEO Named Executive Officers in order to align with stockholder feedback. The Compensation Committee revisits the CEO annual LTI equity grant mix each year. The Compensation Committee initially elected to increase the CEO’s annual mix of PSUs to 60% in 2024 in direct response to stockholder feedback received in 2023. However, with the introduction of the rTSR PSUs measured over a three-year period, the Compensation Committee adjusted the CEO’s mix of PSUs back to 50% in 2025. This was done to enhance the annual LTI program’s stability at a time of volatility for the Company, while considering the changes made to the design of PSUs. This also aligns the CEO’s LTI equity grant mix with the LTI equity grant mix adjustments made to non-CEO Named Executive Officers’ grants that were implemented in 2026. In 2025 and 2026, the Compensation Committee increased the percentage of PSUs in the LTI equity grant mix for the non-CEO Named Executive Officers. In 2026, the Compensation Committee elected to grant all Named Executive Officers their annual LTI equity at a mix of 50% PSUs (based on target value). This resulted in all eligible Named Executive Officers having the same annual LTI equity grant mix in 2026 (based on target value of PSUs): 50% time-based RSUs, 35% Financial PSUs, and 15% rTSR PSUs. These changes enhanced the performance orientation of our Named Executive Officers’ compensation. The Compensation Committee considered several factors when arriving at this approach, including stockholder feedback and the competitive market context for similarly sized industry peers. The Compensation Committee will continue to evaluate the mix of PSUs to ensure a strong pay-for-performance orientation. | ||||||
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• | Did Not Make Changes to Cash and Annual Incentive (Bonus) Compensation for 2025 Outside of Leadership Transitions: The Compensation Committee made no changes to cash and annual incentive (bonus) compensation for 2025 outside of the changes made in connection with the leadership transitions described in Executive Summary—2025 Chief Executive Officer and Leadership Transitions and Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Long-Term Incentive Equity—August 2025 CEO and President, Go to Market Promotional Equity Awards. |
• | Did Not Make Increases to Annual Equity Grant Values for 2025 Outside of Leadership Transitions: The Compensation Committee made no change to Mr. Bergman’s annual equity grant and decreased annual equity awards made in early 2025 to Messrs. Nightingale and Kisling. These decisions reflect a comprehensive evaluation of both Company performance milestones and individual executive performance. |
• | Maintained At Least 50% of CEO’s Equity Tied to Performance-based Vesting Conditions: For 2025, the Compensation Committee granted 50% of our CEO’s promotional equity in the form of PSUs and intends to continue to grant at least 50% of the CEO’s annual refresh equity in the form of performance-based equity. |
• | Introduced New Metric to our PSUs: Relative TSR (“rTSR”) measured against the Russell 2000 Index over three years was added to our PSUs (“rTSR PSUs”) granted in 2025. This metric diversified both types of measures used in our plans (to include market performance) and introduced a longer performance period for a portion of the annual performance-based equity. |
• | Earned Above Target Incentive Outcomes for 2025 Full Year Performance: At the end of 2025, the annual incentive (bonus) and PSUs based on revenue and profitability goals (“Financial PSUs”) were achieved at 135.4% of target based on the financial goals established at the beginning of 2025 and reflect the strong performance referenced in the Business Highlights section above. |
• | Introducing two new Financial PSU metrics that measure both top- and bottom-line performance to meaningfully reduce overlap with the annual incentive measures: CMRR and FCF. These two metrics will make up a majority of the Financial PSUs’ performance measurement beginning in 2026: |
2025 | 2026 | |||||||
Performance Measure for Financial PSUs | • 66.7% Revenue • 33.3% Non-GAAP Operating Loss % of Revenue | • 34% Revenue • 33% CMRR • 33% FCF |
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• | All our eligible Named Executive Officers’ annual refresh LTI awards in 2026 consisted of 15% rTSR PSUs measured over three years, 35% Financial PSUs based on revenue, CMRR, and FCF, and 50% time-based RSUs. |
• | Supporting our ability to recruit, retain and motivate top talent; |
• | Aligning the interests of our executives with those of our stockholders; |
• | Reinforcing a strong pay-for-performance culture; and |
• | Balancing short- and long-term corporate goals and strategy. |
Link Pay to Performance | We link pay to performance by delivering a substantial portion of total compensation for our executive officers in the form of annual and long-term incentive programs. | ||||
Engage with independent compensation consultant | Our Compensation Committee directly engages an independent compensation consultant to provide analysis for the annual executive compensation review and guidance on other executive compensation matters independent of management. | ||||
Double-Trigger acceleration | Equity awards held by our Named Executive Officers provide for “double-trigger” acceleration meaning that vesting accelerates only in the event of a change in control of the Company plus a qualifying termination of employment. | ||||
Robust Ownership Guidelines | We require our Named Executive Officers and non-employee directors to acquire and maintain a meaningful equity stake in the Company through robust ownership guidelines. | ||||
Maintain a Clawback Policy | We maintain a clawback policy applicable to all Named Executive Officers for incentive compensation (cash and equity). | ||||
Set rigorous and measurable performance goals | Our Named Executive Officers are eligible for LTI opportunities based on rigorous and measurable performance goals. | ||||
Annual Say-on-Pay Vote | Our stockholders are provided with the opportunity to cast a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers. | ||||
Engage with stockholders on compensation and governance matters | Our Compensation Committee conducted stockholder outreach to discuss our executive compensation and governance program, policies, and practices, and to solicit feedback to ensure that we received insight into the issues that were most important to our stockholders. | ||||
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Consider Peer Group and Market Data | Our Compensation Committee, with support from its independent compensation consultant, reviews competitive market data and selects companies to include in our peer group. | ||||
Provide Limited Perquisites | We do not generally provide perquisites or other personal benefits to our executive officers, including the Named Executive Officers. | ||||
• | We do not provide guaranteed bonuses to our executive officers. |
• | We do not provide any excise tax reimbursement payments (including “gross-ups”) with respect to payments or benefits contingent upon a change in control of our Company. |
• | We do not offer pension arrangements, or nonqualified deferred compensation plans or arrangements to our executive officers, other than our 401(k) plan, which is open to all United States salaried employees. |
• | We do not provide enhanced health and welfare benefits to executive officers. Our Named Executive Officers participate in broad-based company-sponsored health and welfare benefits programs on the same basis as our other full-time, salaried employees. |
• | We prohibit our employees, including our Named Executive Officers, and the members of our Board of Directors from hedging or similar transactions designed to decrease risks associated with holding our equity securities. |
• | We do not strictly benchmark compensation to a specific percentile of our compensation peer group. |
• | We do not provide “single-trigger” acceleration of equity awards upon a change in control of the Company. |
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Compensation Element | Relationship to Business Objectives | ||||
Base Salary | Base salaries are set to be competitive within our industry and are important in attracting and retaining talented executives. Base salaries may be adjusted based on numerous factors, including a change in a Named Executive Officer’s responsibilities, demonstrated performance or relevant competitive market data. | ||||
Annual Incentive | In 2025, our Named Executive Officers, except for Mr. Lovett, were eligible for annual incentives tied to our level of achievement of annual revenue and profitability goals pursuant to our 2025 Bonus Program. Awards under the 2025 Bonus Program were paid as fully vested RSUs. Mr. Lovett was eligible to participate in our Commission Plan (as defined below), which tied his annual compensation directly to achievement of certain sales metrics. | ||||
Annual Long-Term Incentive Equity | In our annual LTI design, we primarily rely on a combination of PSUs and time-based RSUs. All our Named Executive Officers, except for Mr. Wong who was not employed by us when we granted our annual refresh equity in February and March 2025, received both PSUs and RSUs in 2025. PSUs represent 50% of the annual refresh LTI opportunity for our CEO, and RSUs represent the other 50% of the CEO’s annual refresh LTI opportunity. PSUs represent 40% of the annual refresh LTI opportunity for our other Named Executive Officers, and RSUs represent the other 60% of their annual refresh LTI opportunity. As further described in “Employment Arrangements–Artur Bergman” below, Mr. Bergman was eligible to make an election to receive equity in the form of (i) a stock option grant or (ii) restricted stock units (which may include RSUs and PSUs) on the same terms as generally applicable to other senior Company executives for such year. Mr. Bergman elected restricted stock units for 2025. The Company may grant equity awards, as needed, outside of our annual refresh long-term incentives in connection with promotions, hiring, and other purposes as the Compensation Committee may deem appropriate. These grants may be made in a combination of time-based RSUs and performance-based PSUs depending on the context of each grant (see “August 2025 CEO and President, Go to Market Promotional Equity Awards” and “Chief Financial Officer Equity Awards” below for details on equity awards tied to leadership transitions in 2025). | ||||
Benefits | We offer competitive health and welfare benefits, as well as participation in the ESPP, 401(k) plan for United States employees, and other employee benefit plans. | ||||
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• | market data, including practices among companies in our compensation peer group; |
• | each executive officer’s scope of responsibilities; |
• | each executive officer’s tenure, skills, and experience; |
• | internal pay equity across the executive management team; |
• | our overall performance, taking into consideration performance versus internal plans and industry peers; |
• | the recommendations of our CEO; and |
• | general market conditions. |
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• | assisted in the review and updating of our compensation peer group; |
• | analyzed the executive compensation levels and practices of the companies in our compensation peer group; |
• | provided advice with respect to compensation best practices and market trends for executive officers and directors; |
• | reviewed and provided input on our Compensation Discussion and Analysis; |
• | assisted with the design of the short-term and long-term incentive compensation plans with appropriate performance goals and targets for our Named Executive Officers and other executive officers; |
• | assisted the Compensation Committee in reviewing our stockholder feedback in light of our 2025 “say-on-pay” vote and determining potential responses for 2026; and |
• | provided ad hoc advice and support throughout the year. |
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• | BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. (BIGC) | • | Semrush Holdings, Inc. (SEMR) | ||||||||
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• | DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (DOCN) | • | Tenable Holdings, Inc. (TENB) | ||||||||
• | Five9 Inc. (FIVN) | • | Varonis Systems, Inc. (VRNS) | ||||||||
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Executive | 2024 Base Salary(1) | 2025 Base Salary(1) | % Change | ||||||||
Charles Compton(2) | — | $500,000 | — | ||||||||
Artur Bergman | $500,000 | $500,000 | 0% | ||||||||
Richard Wong(3) | — | $450,000 | — | ||||||||
Scott Lovett(4) | $450,000 | $450,000 | 0% | ||||||||
Todd Nightingale(5) | $600,000 | $600,000 | 0% | ||||||||
Ronald Kisling(6) | $600,000 | $600,000 | 0% |
(1) | The amounts reported in this table are annualized. Please see the 2025 Summary Compensation Table below for actual amounts paid as base salary. |
(2) | Mr. Compton was appointed as Fastly’s Chief Executive Officer on June 16, 2025. The amount shown in this table is his 2025 CEO annual base salary and does not reflect proration due to his start date, or incorporate proration for his prior role as our Chief Product Officer. |
(3) | Mr. Wong joined Fastly as its Chief Financial Officer on August 11, 2025. The amount shown in this table is his 2025 Chief Financial Officer annual base salary and does not reflect proration due to his start date. |
(4) | Mr. Lovett was appointed as our President, Go to Market effective August 6, 2025, and his base salary remained unchanged from his prior role as Chief Revenue Officer. |
(5) | Mr. Nightingale served as our Chief Executive Officer until June 16, 2025. The amount shown in this table is his 2025 annual base salary and does not reflect proration due to his partial year of service. |
(6) | Mr. Kisling served as our Chief Financial Officer until August 11, 2025. The amount shown in this table is his 2025 annual base salary and does not reflect proration due to his partial year of service. |
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Executive | Target Bonus | ||||
Charles Compton(1) | $500,000 | ||||
Artur Bergman | $165,000 | ||||
Richard Wong(2) | $315,000 | ||||
Todd Nightingale(3) | $600,000 | ||||
Ronald Kisling(4) | $150,000 |
(1) | Mr. Compton served as our CEO from June 16, 2025. The amount shown in this table is his 2025 CEO Target Bonus and does not reflect proration due to his start date. For Mr. Compton’s service as our Chief Product Officer prior to June 16, 2025, his 2025 Target Bonus was $200,000. His prorated 2025 Target Bonus is $363,562. |
(2) | Mr. Wong served as our Chief Financial Officer from August 11, 2025. The amount shown in this table is his 2025 Target Bonus and does not reflect proration due to his start date. His prorated 2025 Target Bonus is $123,417. |
(3) | Mr. Nightingale resigned from his position as CEO effective June 16, 2025 and did not receive any portion of his Target Bonus. |
(4) | Mr. Kisling ceased serving as our Chief Financial Officer on August 11, 2025 and did not receive any portion of his Target Bonus. |
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Revenue Performance Goal | |||||||||||||||||
Threshold 50% Payout | Target 100% Payout | Max 150% Payout | Actual Achievement | Payout Factor | Weighted Payout Factor | ||||||||||||
$557.4M | $600.0M | $642.6M | $624M | 128.2% | 85.4% of Target | ||||||||||||
Non-GAAP Operating Loss% of Revenue Goal | |||||||||||||||||
Threshold 50% Payout | Target 100% Payout | Max 150% Payout | Actual Achievement | Payout Factor | Weighted Payout Factor | ||||||||||||
-4.8% | -1.6% | 1.1% | 3.6% | 150.0% | 50.0% of Target | ||||||||||||
Component | Component Weight | Target Variable | Quota | Attainment | ||||||||||
Revenue | 50% | $225,000 | YTD-QTR-1: $148.5 million YTD-QTR-2: $299.8 million YTD-QTR-3: $457.6 million YTD-QTR-4: $621.8 million | 100.7% | ||||||||||
Incremental Commit Bookings | 50% | $225,000 | We do not publicly disclose bookings information as we believe it would cause competitive harm. | 132.1% |
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Annual Equity Grants | ||||||||||||||||||||
Executive | Financial PSUs at Target | Financial PSU Grant Date Fair Value(1) | rTSR PSUs at Target | rTSR PSU Grant Date Fair Value(1) | RSU Grant | RSU Grant Date Fair Value(1) | ||||||||||||||
Charles Compton(2) | 64,446 | $449,833 | — | — | 150,375 | $1,049,618 | ||||||||||||||
Artur Bergman | 124,462 | $868,745 | 74,677 | $1,090,284 | 298,711 | $2,085,003 | ||||||||||||||
Scott Lovett(2) | 80,558 | $562,295 | 48,335 | $705,691 | 193,340 | $1,349,513 | ||||||||||||||
Todd Nightingale(3) | 253,759 | $1,649,434 | 108,754 | $1,464,916 | 362,513 | $2,356,335 | ||||||||||||||
Ronald Kisling(3) | 67,132 | $468,581 | 40,279 | $588,073 | 161,117 | $1,124,597 | ||||||||||||||
(1) | The grant date fair value of RSUs and PSUs is computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 for stock-based compensation transactions (“ASC Topic 718”). Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in Note 10 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2026. |
(2) | These do not reflect additional equity grants granted to Mr. Compton or Mr. Lovett in connection with their promotions to CEO and President, Go to Market, respectively. |
(3) | As described under “Employment Arrangements,” Mr. Nightingale’s awards were forfeited upon his resignation, and Mr. Kisling’s awards were adjusted as set forth in the Kisling Separation Agreement. The numbers in the table above reflect grant date totals. |
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Executive | Financial PSUs at Target | Intended PSU Target Value(1) | Financial PSUs Actually Earned | ||||||||
Charles Compton(2) | 64,446 | $600,000 | 87,259 | ||||||||
Artur Bergman | 124,462 | $1,158,750 | 168,521 | ||||||||
Scott Lovett(2) | 80,558 | $750,000 | 109,075 | ||||||||
Ronald Kisling | 67,132 | $625,000 | 45,448(3) |
(1) | We determine the number of PSUs at target by dividing the Intended PSU Target Value by the average closing trading price of a share of our common stock over the 30 calendar days ending one day prior to the expected date of grant. The grant date fair value of the PSUs is reported in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table below. |
(2) | These do not reflect additional Financial PSUs granted to Mr. Compton or Mr. Lovett in connection with their promotions to CEO and President, Go to Market, respectively. |
(3) | Fully vested. As adjusted pursuant to the Kisling Separation Agreement. |
Threshold | Target | Target to Maximum | Maximum | |||||||||||
rTSR vs. Russell 2000 Index (Percentile) | 25th percentile | 50th percentile | 75th percentile | ≥90th percentile | ||||||||||
Achievement Factor (as % of target) | 50% | 100% | 200% | 300% |
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August 2025 CEO and President, Go to Market Promotional PSUs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Executive | Financial PSUs at Target | Financial PSU Grant Date Fair Value(1)(2) | PSUs Actually Earned | rTSR PSUs at Target | rTSR PSU Grant Date Fair Value(1)(3) | RSU Grant | RSU Grant Date Fair Value(1)(4) | ||||||||||||||||
Charles Compton | 194,444 | $1,359,164 | 263,277 | 83,333 | $1,149,995 | 277,777 | $1,941,661 | ||||||||||||||||
Scott Lovett | 27,777 | $194,161 | 37,610 | 16,666 | $229,991 | 66,666 | $465,995 | ||||||||||||||||
Scott Lovett | 277,777 | $1,941,661 | 376,110 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
(1) | The grant date fair value of RSUs and PSUs is computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in Note 10 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2026. |
(2) | Consistent with the Financial PSUs granted in February and March 2025, the Financial PSUs granted to Messrs. Compton and Lovett in August 2025 were subject to the same 2025 Objectives, and attainment was certified in February 2026 as described above. |
(3) | The performance-based vesting conditions for the August 2025 rTSR PSUs granted to Messrs. Compton and Lovett are identical to those applicable to our other executive officers. Specifically, these awards remain subject to the three-year performance period ending February 26, 2028, and their ultimate achievement will be determined by the Company’s relative TSR percentile rank against the Russell 2000 Index, as described above. |
(4) | These time-based vesting RSUs have vesting schedules such that 1/12th of the RSUs vested on August 15, 2025 and the remainder vest in 11 quarterly installments thereafter, for a total 36 month vesting period. |
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Position | Ownership Guidelines | ||||
CEO | 6x annual base salary | ||||
Other Executive Officers | 3x annual base salary | ||||
Non-Employee Directors | 4x annual cash retainer for Board of Directors and committee service | ||||
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Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary ($) | Bonus ($) | Stock Awards ($)(1) | Options ($) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(2) | All Other Compensation ($)(3) | Total ($) | ||||||||||||||||||
Charles Compton(4) CEO and Director | 2025 | 438,782 | — | 6,313,831 | — | — | 45,719 | 6,798,332 | ||||||||||||||||||
Artur Bergman(5) | 2025 | 500,000(5) | — | 4,215,606(6) | — | — | — | 4,715,606 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chief Technology Officer and Director | 2024 | 500,000 | — | 4,035,170 | — | — | 28 | 4,535,198 | ||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 500,000 | — | 5,269,622 | 6,619,695 | — | 26 | 12,389,343 | |||||||||||||||||||
Richard Wong(7) Chief Financial Officer | 2025 | 180,682 | — | 8,442,594 | — | — | 3,607 | 8,626,883 | ||||||||||||||||||
Scott Lovett(8) President, Go to Market | 2025 | 450,000 | — | 5,449,308 | — | 606,584 | 2,000 | 6,507,892 | ||||||||||||||||||
2024 | 262,500 | — | 8,742,507 | — | 236,583 | 2,105 | 9,243,695 | |||||||||||||||||||
Todd Nightingale(9) Former CEO and Director | 2025 | 300,000 | — | 6,070,684 | — | — | 2,000 | 6,372,684 | ||||||||||||||||||
2024 | 600,000 | — | 6,862,414 | — | — | 2,180 | 7,464,594 | |||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 600,000 | — | 8,978,088 | — | 586,200 | 1,180 | 10,165,468 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ronald Kisling(10) Former Chief Financial Officer | 2025 | 411,154 | — | 2,331,251 | — | — | 570,605 | 3,313,011 | ||||||||||||||||||
2024 | 600,000 | — | 2,654,968 | — | — | 2,180 | 3,257,148 | |||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 600,000 | — | 4,016,131 | — | — | 1,180 | 4,617,311 |
(1) | Amounts shown in this column do not reflect dollar amounts actually received by our Named Executive Officers. Instead, in accordance with SEC rules, these amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of RSUs and PSUs granted, and the incremental fair value of RSUs and PSUs modified, in each case, computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in Note 10 to our Consolidated Financial Statements and included in our Annual Report, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2026. The value of the Financial PSU awards granted in 2025 on the grant date, assuming the highest level of performance would have been achieved, is $674,750 and $2,038,745 for Mr. Compton’s PSU awards granted in his role as Chief Product Officer and CEO, respectively, $1,303,117 for Mr. Bergman, $843,442, $291,238, and $2,912,488 for Mr. Lovett’s PSU awards granted in his role as Chief Revenue Officer and the two PSU awards granted in his role as President, Go to Market, respectively, $2,474,147 for Mr. Nightingale, and $702,872 for Mr. Kisling, which is based on maximum vesting of the 2025 PSU awards multiplied by the closing price of our common stock on the grant date. The Kisling Separation Agreement also modified certain outstanding RSUs and PSUs, including Financial PSUs and Stock Price Hurdle PSUs (as defined in footnote 15 to the Outstanding Equity Awards as of Fiscal Year-End Table); however, because the incremental fair value of those modifications was negative under ASC 718, they are treated as $0 and no amounts are reported in this table for those awards in accordance with SEC rules. |
(2) | Amounts reported in this column for 2025 represent commissions for Mr. Lovett. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Principal Elements of Compensation—Commission Plan.” |
(3) | The amounts included in this column include, for (i) Mr. Compton, $20,000 for reimbursement for legal fees as set forth in his offer letter dated June 13, 2025 as included as Exhibit 10.1 in the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 13, 2025 and $20,634, the tax gross-up associated with the aforementioned legal fees, $3,085 paid by us for spousal travel for a business trip, and $2,000 in 401(k) plan contributions; (ii) Mr. Kisling, $568,605 in severance payments to Mr. Kisling pursuant to the Kisling Separation Agreement, which is comprised of $562,500 cash severance and $6,105 COBRA reimbursement, and $2,000 in 401(k) plan contributions; (iii) Mr. Wong, $1,607 in tax gross-ups associated with reimbursement of legal fees in connection with his hiring and $2,000 in 401(k) plan contributions, and (iv) Messrs. Lovett and Nightingale, $2,000 in 401(k) contributions. |
(4) | Mr. Compton served as our Chief Product Officer until June 16, 2025, at which time he was appointed as our CEO. The amount reported in this row reflects the totals earned by Mr. Compton in each of these capacities during fiscal year 2025. |
(5) | Amount reported reflects Mr. Bergman’s annual base salary. In 2025, Mr. Bergman was eligible to reduce his base salary to a lesser amount (in no event lower than the applicable minimum wage) and receive reimbursement for private aircraft usage for his business travel and an RSU award with a total value not to exceed the amount of such reduction. Mr. Bergman elected to reduce his base salary to the applicable minimum wage in exchange for eligibility for reimbursement of private aircraft usage for his business travel and RSUs granted in lieu of base salary in an equal portion. The aggregate grant date fair value of RSU awards granted to him pursuant to his election to receive RSUs in lieu of salary was $228,332. |
(6) | Amounts reported in this column include $6,574 which represents the difference between the intended value of Mr. Bergman’s RSUs granted in lieu of base salary pursuant to the salary election described in footnote 5 above and the grant date fair value of such award. |
(7) | On August 7, 2025, Mr. Wong was appointed as Senior Advisor to the CEO, and effective as of August 11, 2025, as our Chief Financial Officer. The amount in the Salary column reflects his salary earned for the partial year of service. |
(8) | Mr. Lovett served as our Chief Revenue Officer until August 6, 2025, at which time he was promoted to President, Go to Market. The amount reported in this row reflects the totals earned by Mr. Lovett in each of these capacities during fiscal year 2025. |
(9) | On June 12, 2025, Mr. Nightingale notified the Company of his decision to resign as Chief Executive Officer, effective June 16, 2025, and the amount in the Salary column reflects his salary earned for the partial year of service. The amount in the Stock Awards column includes the value of Mr. Nightingale’s Financial PSU and rTSR PSU awards on the grant date as further described in footnote 1 to this table. Mr. Nightingale forfeited all of his Financial PSU and rTSR PSU awards because of his resignation. |
(10) | Mr. Kisling ceased serving as our Chief Financial Officer on August 11, 2025. The amount in the Salary column reflects his salary earned for the partial year of service. The amount in the Stock Awards column includes the grant date fair value of Mr. Kisling’s RSUs, Financial PSU, and rTSR PSU awards on the grant date as further described in footnote 1 to this table. The amount of Mr. Kisling’s RSU, Financial PSU, rTSR PSU, and Stock Price Hurdle PSU awards were adjusted pursuant to the Kisling Separation Agreement, and Mr. Kisling earned a portion of his 2025 Financial PSU awards in February 2026. He remains eligible to receive a portion of the rTSR PSU and Stock Price Hurdle awards. As described in footnote 1 to this table, the incremental fair value of modifications to Mr. Kisling’s RSUs, Financial PSUs, and Stock Price Hurdle PSUs were negative under ASC 718 and are not reported in the Stock Awards column. |
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Estimated Possible Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards(1) | Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards(2) | All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) | Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards ($) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Name | Grant Date | Target ($) | Threshold (#/$) | Target (#/$) | Maximum (#/$) | ||||||||||||||||||
Charles Compton | 02/26/2025 | — | 10,741 | 64,446(3) | 96,669 | — | 449,833 | ||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | $15,160 | $90,960(4) | $136,440 | — | 90,960 | |||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 150,375(5) | 1,049,618 | |||||||||||||||||
08/10/2025 | — | 32,407 | 194,444(3) | 291,666 | — | 1,359,164 | |||||||||||||||||
08/10/2025 | — | 41,666 | 83,333(6) | 249,999 | — | 1,149,995 | |||||||||||||||||
08/10/2025 | — | $45,433 | $272,600(4) | $408,900 | — | 272,600 | |||||||||||||||||
08/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | 277,777(7) | 1,941,661 | |||||||||||||||||
Artur Bergman | 02/11/2025 | — | — | — | — | 22,697(8) | 228,332 | ||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | 20,743 | 124,462(3) | 186,693 | — | 868,745 | |||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | 37,338 | 74,677(6) | 224,031 | — | 1,090,284 | |||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | $27,500 | $165,000(4) | $247,500 | — | 165,000 | |||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 298,711(5) | 2,085,003 | |||||||||||||||||
Richard Wong | 08/01/2025 | — | $20,569 | $123,417(4) | $185,126 | — | 123,417 | ||||||||||||||||
09/03/2025 | — | — | — | — | 1,130,323(9) | 8,319,177 | |||||||||||||||||
Scott Lovett | 450,000 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | 13,426 | 80,558(3) | 120,837 | — | 562,295 | |||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | 24,168 | 48,335(6) | 145,005 | — | 705,691 | |||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 193,340(5) | 1,349,513 | |||||||||||||||||
08/10/2025 | — | 4,629 | 27,777(3) | 41,665 | — | 194,161 | |||||||||||||||||
08/10/2025 | — | 46,296 | 277,777(3) | 416,665 | — | 1,941,661 | |||||||||||||||||
08/10/2025 | — | 8,333 | 16,666(6) | 49,998 | — | 229,991 | |||||||||||||||||
08/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | 66,666(7) | 465,995 | |||||||||||||||||
Todd Nightingale | 02/26/2025 | — | $99,999 | $600,000(4) | $900,000 | — | 600,000 | ||||||||||||||||
03/06/2025 | — | 42,293 | 253,759(3) | 380,638 | — | 1,649,434 | |||||||||||||||||
03/06/2025 | — | 54,377 | 108,754(6) | 326,262 | — | 1,464,916 | |||||||||||||||||
03/06/2025 | — | — | — | — | 362,513(5) | 2,356,335 | |||||||||||||||||
Ronald Kisling | 02/26/2025 | — | 11,189 | 67,132(3) | 100,698 | — | 468,581 | ||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | 20,139 | 40,279(6) | 120,837 | — | 588,073 | |||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | $25,000 | $150,000(4) | $225,000 | — | 150,000 | |||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 161,117(5) | 1,124,597 | |||||||||||||||||
08/01/2025 | — | — | — | — | 11,597(10) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
08/01/2025 | — | — | — | — | 13,426(10) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
08/01/2025 | — | — | — | — | 7,492(10) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
08/01/2025 | — | — | — | 115,000(11) | — | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
08/01/2025 | — | 5,594 | 33,566 | 50,349(12) | — | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
(1) | Amounts shown in this column represent the cash commission awards provided for Mr. Lovett pursuant to our Commission Plan. The Commission Plan does not provide for a threshold or maximum amount to Mr. Lovett. See “2025 Summary Compensation Table” above for amounts achieved under the Commission Plan. |
(2) | Our 2025 Bonus Program provided for payment of bonuses based on our achievement of the 2025 Objectives with amounts earned by the Named Executive Officers to be paid in the form of fully vested RSUs. For Messrs. Compton, Bergman, Wong, Nightingale, and Kisling, the amounts shown in the “Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards” column of this table include the applicable dollar |
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(3) | These awards were granted by our Compensation Committee in February, March, and August 2025 and may be earned from 0% to 150% based on the achievement of certain pre-established performance goals during fiscal year 2025. Once earned, this award would be subject to time-based vesting, with 33% of the earned shares vesting on February 28, 2026, and 8.375% quarterly thereafter on May 28, August 28, November 28, and February 28, subject to the grantee continuing to provide services to us through each vesting date. 135.4% of the pre-established performance goals were met, and the grantees were eligible to receive 135.4% of the target number of shares. |
(4) | Amounts in this row reflect the threshold, target and maximum bonus dollar amounts payable in the form of fully vested RSUs granted under the 2025 Bonus Program, as further explained in footnote 2 to this table and in footnote 1 to the Summary Compensation Table. |
(5) | Consists of time-based vesting RSUs, which vested as to 1/12th of the shares on May 15, 2025, and are eligible to vest through the third anniversary of the vesting commencement date, subject to the grantee’s continuous service through each vesting date. |
(6) | These awards were granted by our Compensation Committee in February, March, and August 2025 and may be earned from 0% to 300% based on our total shareholder return relative to the total shareholder return that comprise the Russell 2000 Index at the end of the performance period, which is the earlier of February 26, 2028 and a change in control. |
(7) | Consists of time-based vesting RSUs, which vested as to 1/12th of the shares on August 15, 2025, and are eligible to vest through the third anniversary of the vesting commencement date, subject to the grantee’s continuous service through each vesting date. |
(8) | RSUs granted as part of base salary reduction. |
(9) | Consists of time-based vesting RSUs, granted in connection with the appointment of Mr. Wong, which will vest as to 1/4th of the shares on August 15, 2026, and vest as to the remainder of the shares in 12 equal quarterly installments thereafter, subject to Mr. Wong’s continuous service through each such date. |
(10) | These represent RSUs that were modified in connection with the Kisling Separation Agreement. As described in footnotes 1 and 10 to the Summary Compensation Table above, the incremental fair value of those modifications was negative under ASC 718, and they are reported as $0. |
(11) | These represent Stock Price Hurdle PSUs that were modified in connection with the Kisling Separation Agreement. As described in footnotes 1 and 10 to the Summary Compensation Table above, the incremental fair value of those modifications was negative under ASC 718, and they are reported as $0. |
(12) | These represent Financial PSUs that were modified in connection with the Kisling Separation Agreement. As described in footnotes 1 and 10 to the Summary Compensation Table above, the incremental fair value of those modifications was negative under ASC 718, and they are reported as $0. |
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Restricted Stock Units | Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vesting Commencement Date | Grant Date | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable (#) | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable (#) | Option Exercise Price ($) | Option Expiration Date | Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)(2) | Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)(3) | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#) | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($)(3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Compton | 01/15/2024 | 2/20/2024 | — | — | — | — | 111,474(4) | 1,134,805 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
02/15/2025 | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 112,782(5) | 1,148,121 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
— | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 87,259(6) | 888,297 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2025 | 8/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | 231,481(7) | 2,356,477 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
— | 8/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | 263,277(6) | 2,680,160 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | 8/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 249,999(8) | 2,544,990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Artur Bergman | 11/2/2023 | 11/2/2023 | — | — | — | — | 150,584(9) | 1,532,945 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11/2/2023 | 11/2/2023 | 338,814(10) | 263,524 | 16.47 | 11/1/2033 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2/15/2024 | 3/15/2024 | — | — | — | — | 120,943(11) | 1,231,200 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
— | 3/15/2024 | — | — | — | — | 9,645(12) | 98,186 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
02/15/2025 | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 224,034(5) | 2,280,666 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
— | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 168,521(6) | 1,715,544 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 224,031(8) | 2,280,636 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Wong | 08/11/2025 | 9/03/2025 | — | — | — | — | 1,130,323(13) | 11,506,688 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scott Lovett | 6/15/2024 | 7/10/2024 | — | — | — | — | 766,350(14) | 7,801,443 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
02/15/2025 | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 145,005(5) | 1,476,151 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
— | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 109,075(6) | 1,110,384 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 145,005(8) | 1,476,151 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2025 | 8/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | 55,555(7) | 565,550 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
— | 8/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | 37,610(6) | 382,870 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
— | 8/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | 376,110(6) | 3,828,800 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49,998(8) | 508,980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ronald Kisling(16) | 9/1/2022 | 9/20/2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 115,000(15) | 1,170,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
— | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | 45,448(17) | 462,661 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
02/26/2025 | 2/26/2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62,568(8) | 636,942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) | The unvested shares subject to these awards may be subject to accelerated vesting upon a qualifying termination of employment, see “Employment Arrangements.” All option awards and stock awards were granted under our 2019 Plan. |
(2) | Represent RSUs granted under our 2019 Plan. |
(3) | The market values of the RSU and PSU awards that have not vested are calculated by multiplying the number of shares underlying the award by $10.18, the closing price of our common stock on December 31, 2025 (the last trading day of our fiscal year). |
(4) | 1/3rd of the shares subject to this RSU award vested on January 15, 2025 and 1/12th vest quarterly thereafter, subject to continuous service through each such date. |
(5) | 1/12th of the shares subject to this RSU award vested on May 15, 2025 and 1/12th vest quarterly thereafter, subject to continuous service through each such date. |
(6) | 1/3rd of the total shares subject to this Financial PSU award vested subject to the achievement of pre-established performance goals during fiscal year 2025 on February 28, 2026 and 8.375% vest quarterly thereafter, subject to continuous service through each such date. |
(7) | 1/12th of the shares subject to this RSU award vested on August 15, 2025 and 1/12th vest quarterly thereafter, subject to continuous service through each such date. |
(8) | The rTSR PSUs are subject to rTSR performance conditions. The number of shares eligible to be earned is determined by the Company’s TSR relative to the companies comprising the Russell 2000 Index over a three-year performance period. Payouts are determined based on an “Achievement Factor” ranging from 0.5 to 3.0, with the maximum payout being equal to 300% of target for performance at or above the 90th percentile as described in “Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion and Analysis.” Because our rTSR performance through December 31, 2025 exceeded target performance, these awards are reported at the maximum payout level. The ultimate payout will be based on actual performance at the conclusion of the performance period. |
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(9) | 1/16th of the total shares subject to this RSU award vested on February 15, 2024 and 1/16th vest quarterly thereafter, subject to continuous service through each such date. |
(10) | 1/16th of the shares subject to this option award vested on November 15, 2023 and 1/16th vest quarterly thereafter, subject to continuous service through each such date. |
(11) | 1/16th of the total shares subject to this RSU award vested on May 15, 2024 and 1/16th vest quarterly thereafter, subject to continuous service through each such date. |
(12) | 1/3rd of the total shares subject to this PSU award vested subject to the achievement of pre-established performance goals during fiscal year 2024 on February 26, 2025 and 8.375% vest quarterly thereafter, subject to continuous service through each such date. |
(13) | 1/4th of the total shares subject to this RSU award will vest on August 15, 2026, and 1/16th quarterly thereafter, subject to continuous service through each such date. |
(14) | 1/4th of the total shares subject to this RSU award vested June 15, 2025, and 1/16th quarterly thereafter, subject to continuous service through each such date. |
(15) | These PSUs (the “Stock Price Hurdle PSUs”) were originally divided into four pre-established performance-based vesting tranches that may be earned over a period of approximately five years, subject to continuous service through the applicable earliest vest date and achievement of the applicable stock price hurdles as set forth in the table below. Pursuant to the Kisling Separation Agreement, Mr. Kisling remains eligible to earn certain shares in Tranches 2 and 3 of the award until the first anniversary of the Separation Date (as defined in the Kisling Separation Agreement), which is September 15, 2026. |
Tranche | Stock Price Hurdle* | Earliest Vest Date** | Percentage of Performance-Based Award | ||||||||
1*** | $17.25 | November 15, 2023 | 25% | ||||||||
2 | $23.00 | November 15, 2024 | 25% | ||||||||
3 | $34.50 | November 15, 2025 | 25% | ||||||||
4 | $46.00 | November 15, 2026 | 25% |
* | For purposes of this PSU Award, a Stock Price Hurdle will be achieved when the average closing price of the Company’s common stock during a period of 60 consecutive trading days equals or exceeds the applicable Stock Price Hurdle. |
** | A “quarterly vesting date” means each of November 15th, February 15th, May 15th, and August 15th. |
*** | Tranche 1 of this PSU award achieved its stock price hurdle of $17.25 on August 17, 2023, and therefore, 1/4th of the total shares subject to this PSU award (or 100% of Tranche 1) vested on November 15, 2023. |
(16) | The amounts reported in these rows reflect adjustments made to Mr. Kisling’s unvested equity awards pursuant to the terms of the Kisling Separation Agreement. |
(17) | 100% of the total shares subject to this Financial PSU award vested subject to the achievement of pre-established performance goals during fiscal year 2025 on February 28, 2026 as set forth in the Kisling Separation Agreement. |
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Name | Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#) | Value Realized on Vesting ($) | ||||||
Charles Compton | 246,805 | 2,074,675 | ||||||
Artur Bergman | 247,454 | 2,066,333 | ||||||
Richard Wong | — | — | ||||||
Scott Lovett | 519,254 | 4,188,123 | ||||||
Todd Nightingale | 321,239 | 2,501,816 | ||||||
Ronald Kisling | 351,123 | 2,794,938 | ||||||
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Named Executive Officer | Involuntary Termination of Employment Without Cause ($) | Involuntary Termination of Employment or Voluntary Resignation for Good Reason Within 12 Months Following a Change of Control ($) | ||||||
Charles Compton | ||||||||
Severance Payment | 1,125,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||
Equity Acceleration(1) | 4,434,876(2) | 8,207,859(3) | ||||||
Company-paid premiums | 50,552 | 67,403 | ||||||
Total | 5,610,429 | 9,775,262 | ||||||
Artur Bergman | ||||||||
Severance Payment | 249,728 | 442,970 | ||||||
Equity Acceleration(1) | 2,455,828(2) | 5,200,985(3) | ||||||
Company-paid premiums | 64,939 | 64,939 | ||||||
Total | 2,770,494 | 5,708,894 | ||||||
Richard Wong | ||||||||
Severance Payment | 337,500 | 765,000 | ||||||
Equity Acceleration(1) | 2,876,664(4) | 11,506,688(3) | ||||||
Company-paid premiums | 32,560 | 43,414 | ||||||
Total | 3,246,725 | 12,315,102 | ||||||
Scott Lovett | ||||||||
Severance Payment | 337,500 | 450,000 | ||||||
Equity Acceleration(1) | 5,649,890(4) | 15,165,197(3) | ||||||
Company-paid premiums | 32,104 | 42,805 | ||||||
Total | 6,019,494 | 15,658,002 |
(1) | Represents the market value of the shares underlying the stock options and RSUs as of December 31, 2025, based on the closing price of our common stock, as reported on Nasdaq, of $10.18 per share on December 31, 2025, the last trading day in 2025 minus, in the case of stock options, the exercise price of the unvested stock option shares subject to acceleration. |
(2) | Represents 12 months of accelerated vesting of the total number of shares underlying outstanding and unvested time-based equity awards. For equity awards subject to performance conditions, the performance conditions have been deemed satisfied based on actual achievement. |
(3) | Represents 100% accelerated vesting of the total number of shares underlying outstanding and unvested time-based equity awards. For equity awards subject to performance conditions, the performance conditions have been deemed satisfied based on actual achievement. |
(4) | Represents nine months of accelerated vesting of the total number of shares underlying outstanding and unvested time-based equity awards. For equity awards subject to performance conditions, the performance conditions have been deemed satisfied based on actual achievement. |
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Year | Summary Compensation Table Total for Joshua Bixby(1) | Compensation Actually Paid to Joshua Bixby(1)(2) | Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO (Todd Nightingale)(1) | Compensation Actually Paid to Todd Nightingale(1)(2) | Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO (Charles Compton)(1) | Compensation Actually Paid to Charles Compton(1)(2) | Average Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs(3) | Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs(3)(4) | Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On: | Net Loss (millions) | Revenue (millions)(6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Stockholder Return | Peer Group Total Stockholder Return(5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (b) | (c) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2025 | $ | $( | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | $ | $( | $ | $ | $ | $ | $( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $ | $( | $ | $ | $ | $( | $ | $ | $( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $ | $( | $ | $( | $ | $ | $( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) | The dollar amounts reported in columns (b) are the amounts reported for Messrs. Bergman, Bixby, Nightingale, and Compton, respectively, for each corresponding year in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table. Mr. Bixby served as our Chief Executive Officer effective February 19, 2020 through August 31, 2022. Mr. Nightingale served as our Chief Executive Officer effective September 1, 2022 through June 16, 2025. Mr. Compton has served as our Chief Executive Officer since June 16, 2025. The following individuals served as our PEOs for the following years: |
(2) | The dollar amounts reported in column (c) for fiscal year 2025 represent the amount of CAP for Messrs. Nightingale and Compton, respectively as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid during the applicable year. The Company deducted from and added to the Summary Compensation Table total compensation the following amounts to calculate compensation actually paid in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K as disclosed in columns (c) and (e) for our PEO and Non-PEO NEOs in fiscal year 2025. As the Company’s NEOs do not participate in any defined benefit plans, no adjustments were required to amounts reported in the Summary Compensation Table totals related to the value of benefits under such plans. There are no material differences between the assumptions used to compute the valuation of the equity awards for calculating the compensation actually paid from the assumptions used to compute the valuation of such equity awards as of the grant date. |
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Todd Nightingale | Charles Compton | Average Non-PEO NEOs | |||||||||
Total Compensation from Summary Compensation Table | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||
Adjustments for Equity Awards | |||||||||||
Grant date values in the Summary Compensation Table | -$ | -$ | -$ | ||||||||
Year-end fair value of unvested awards granted in the current year | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||
Year-over-year difference of year-end fair values for unvested awards granted in prior years | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||
Fair values at vest date for awards granted and vested in current year | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||
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Todd Nightingale | Charles Compton | Average Non-PEO NEOs | |||||||||
Difference in fair values between prior year-end fair values and vest date fair values for awards granted in prior years | -$ | -$ | -$ | ||||||||
Forfeitures during current year equal to prior year-end fair value | -$ | $ | -$ | ||||||||
Dividends or dividend equivalents not otherwise included in the total compensation | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||
Total Adjustments for Equity Awards | -$ | $ | $ | ||||||||
Compensation Actually Paid (as calculated) | -$ | $ | $ | ||||||||
(3) | The dollar amounts reported in column (d) represent the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s NEOs as a group (excluding our PEOs) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table Total in each applicable year. The following individuals were our Non-PEO NEOs in the respective years: |
(4) | The dollar amounts reported in column (e) represent the average amount of CAP to the non-PEO NEOs as a group, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to the Non-PEO NEOs as a group during the applicable year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, adjustments were made to average total reported compensation for the Non-PEO NEOs as a group for each year to determine the CAP, using the methodology described above in Note 2. |
(5) | The peer group is the following published industry index: S&P 500 Information Technology Index. |
(6) | While the Company uses numerous financial and non-financial performance measures for the purpose of evaluating performance for the Company’s compensation programs, the Company has determined that |
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(1) | Please refer to Appendix A of this Proxy Statement for a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their corresponding U.S. GAAP measures. |
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2025 CEO annual total compensation (Charles Compton) | $5,691,848 | ||||
2025 median employee annual total compensation | $252,115 | ||||
Ratio of CEO to median employee annual total compensation (Charles Compton) | 22.6:1 |
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Plan Category | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding stock options and restricted stock units (a) | Weighted- average exercise price of outstanding stock options (b)(3) | Number of securities remaining available for issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) | ||||||||
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders(1) | 16,360,883(2) | $10.44 | 5,790,375(4) | ||||||||
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders(5) | 1,481,428 | $13.76 | 537,982 | ||||||||
Total | 17,842,311 | $10.47 | 6,328,357 |
(1) | The equity compensation plans approved by security holders are described in Note 10 to our financial statements included in our Annual Report. |
(2) | Excludes 5,281,972, the maximum number of shares that could be purchased in the ongoing offering period under the ESPP as of December 31, 2025. |
(3) | Excludes 16,100,027 shares issuable upon vesting of outstanding awards of restricted stock units, as such shares have no exercise price. |
(4) | The reserve for shares available under our 2019 Plan automatically increases on January 1st each year, through and including January 1, 2029, in an amount equal to 5% of the total number of shares of our capital stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding fiscal year, or a lesser number of shares as determined by the Board of Directors. The reserve for shares available under the ESPP automatically increases on January 1st each year, through and including January 1, 2029, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the total number of shares of our capital stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding fiscal year and (ii) 2,500,000 shares, or a lesser number of shares as determined by the Board of Directors. Accordingly, an additional 7,576,863 and 1,515,372 shares were added to the number of available shares under our 2019 Plan and our ESPP, respectively, effective January 1, 2026. |
(5) | Includes 19,410 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options assumed in connection with our acquisition of Signal Sciences Corp., that remain outstanding under the Signal Sciences Corp. 2014 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “Signal Sciences Plan”). The Signal Sciences Plan provides for the options to remain outstanding through the tenth anniversary of the date of grant, subject to earlier termination in the event of a termination of services with us. Also includes 1,462,018 shares of our common stock subject to outstanding restricted stock unit awards granted under our 2025 Employment Inducement Incentive Plan (the “2025 Inducement Plan”). The 2025 Inducement Plan was adopted by our Board of Directors without stockholder approval pursuant to NYSE Listing Rule 303A.08. The 2025 Inducement Plan provides for the grant of equity awards to individuals who were not previously an employee, as an inducement material to such individual’s entering into employment with the Company. As of December 31, 2025, 537,982 shares of Class A common stock remained available for future issuance under the 2025 Inducement Plan. |
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Name | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash | Stock Awards(1)(2) | Total | ||||||||
Aida Álvarez | $50,000 | $199,995 | $249,995 | ||||||||
Richard Daniels | $40,000 | $199,995 | $239,995 | ||||||||
David Hornik | $60,000 | $199,995 | $259,995 | ||||||||
Paula Loop | $40,000 | $199,995 | $239,995 | ||||||||
Charles Meyers | $55,000 | $199,995 | $254,995 | ||||||||
Christopher B. Paisley | $60,000 | $199,995 | $259,995 | ||||||||
Vanessa Smith | $40,000 | $199,995 | $239,995 |
(1) | Amounts shown in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of RSU awards granted during 2025, computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in Note 11 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report. The table below lists the aggregate number of shares of our common stock subject to outstanding stock awards held by each of our non-employee directors as of December 31, 2025. |
(2) | Each of our non-employee directors held 12,453 outstanding RSUs as of December 31, 2025. None of our non-employee directors held stock options as of December 31, 2025. |
Board Committee | Chairperson Fee | ||||
Audit Committee | $20,000 | ||||
Compensation Committee | $15,000 | ||||
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | $10,000 |
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2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||
Gross profit | ||||||||||||||
GAAP gross profit | $ 105,960 | $75,063 | $356,203 | $295,938 | ||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 2,764 | 1,910 | 10,137 | 8,644 | ||||||||||
Amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation - cost of revenue(1) | 1,662 | 1,371 | 6,548 | 5,048 | ||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets | — | 2,475 | 7,425 | 9,900 | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP gross profit | $110,386 | $80,819 | $ 380,313 | $319,530 | ||||||||||
GAAP gross margin | 61.4 % | 53.4 % | 57.1 % | 54.4 % | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP gross margin | 64.0 % | 57.5 % | 60.9 % | 58.8 % | ||||||||||
Research and development | ||||||||||||||
GAAP research and development | $41,591 | $32,742 | $162,662 | $137,980 | ||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | (11,890) | (7,922) | (44,453) | (33,606) | ||||||||||
Executive transition costs | (221) | — | (547) | — | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP research and development | $29,480 | $24,820 | $117,662 | $104,374 | ||||||||||
Sales and marketing | ||||||||||||||
GAAP sales and marketing | $51,023 | $50,050 | $201,434 | $198,610 | ||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | (9,348) | (7,047) | (32,971) | (29,061) | ||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets | (2,159) | (2,299) | (8,898) | (9,200) | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP sales and marketing | $39,516 | $ 40,704 | $159,565 | $ 160,349 | ||||||||||
General and administrative | ||||||||||||||
GAAP general and administrative | $28,436 | $26,154 | $110,692 | $113,399 | ||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | (8,275) | (8,066) | (29,762) | (36,619) | ||||||||||
Executive transition costs | — | — | (978) | — | ||||||||||
Gain on modification of lease | — | — | 736 | — | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP general and administrative | $20,161 | $18,088 | $80,688 | $76,780 | ||||||||||
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2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | ||||||||||||||
GAAP operating loss | $(15,090) | $(34,331) | $ (119,000) | $ (167,915) | ||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 32,277 | 24,945 | 117,323 | 107,930 | ||||||||||
Amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation - cost of revenue(1) | 1,662 | 1,371 | 6,548 | 5,048 | ||||||||||
Restructuring charges | — | — | — | 9,720 | ||||||||||
Executive transition costs | 221 | — | 1,525 | — | ||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 2,159 | 4,774 | 16,323 | 19,100 | ||||||||||
Gain on modification of lease | — | — | (736) | — | ||||||||||
Impairment expense | — | 448 | 415 | 4,144 | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP operating income (loss) | $21,229 | $(2,793) | $22,398 | $(21,973) | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) | ||||||||||||||
GAAP net loss | $(15,505) | $(32,886) | $(121,677) | $(158,058) | ||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 32,277 | 24,945 | 117,323 | 107,930 | ||||||||||
Amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation - cost of revenue(1) | 1,662 | 1,371 | 6,548 | 5,048 | ||||||||||
Restructuring charges | — | — | — | 9,720 | ||||||||||
Executive transition costs | 221 | — | 1,525 | — | ||||||||||
Gain on modification of lease | — | — | (736) | — | ||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 2,159 | 4,774 | 16,323 | 19,100 | ||||||||||
Net gain on extinguishment of debt | (941) | (1,365) | (941) | (1,365) | ||||||||||
Impairment expense | — | 448 | 415 | 4,144 | ||||||||||
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs | 257 | 318 | 907 | 1,379 | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP net income (loss) | $20,130 | $(2,395) | $19,687 | $(12,102) | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP net income (loss) per common share — basic | $0.13 | $(0.02) | $0.13 | $(0.09) | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP net income (loss) per common share — diluted | $0.12 | $(0.02) | $0.13 | $(0.09) | ||||||||||
Weighted average basic common shares | 150,324 | 141,085 | 146,902 | 138,099 | ||||||||||
Weighted average diluted common shares | 164,074 | 141,085 | 156,040 | 138,099 | ||||||||||
(1) | Similar to stock-based compensation, we believe it is also appropriate to exclude amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation from our non-GAAP financial measures in order to reflect the performance of our core business and to be consistent with the way many investors evaluate our performance and compare our operating results to peer companies. However, we have not historically done so. In order to continue to improve the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures to the investors, starting with the quarter ended March 31, 2025, we are excluding amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation from our non-GAAP financial measures and we have accordingly recast the presentation for all prior periods presented to reflect this change. Refer to Non-GAAP Financial Measures definition for further details. |
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2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||
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GAAP diluted shares | 150,324 | 141,085 | 146,902 | 138,099 | ||||||||||
Other dilutive equity awards | 13,750 | — | 9,138 | — | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP diluted shares | 164,074 | 141,085 | 156,040 | 138,099 | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share | 0.12 | (0.02) | 0.13 | (0.09) | ||||||||||
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Adjusted EBITDA | ||||||||||||||
GAAP net loss | $ (15,505) | $ (32,886) | $ (121,677) | $ (158,058) | ||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 32,277 | 24,945 | 117,323 | 107,930 | ||||||||||
Amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation - cost of revenue(1) | 1,662 | 1,371 | 6,548 | 5,048 | ||||||||||
Gain on modification of lease | — | — | (736) | — | ||||||||||
Depreciation and other amortization | 13,725 | 13,911 | 54,981 | 54,535 | ||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 2,159 | 4,774 | 16,323 | 19,100 | ||||||||||
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs | 257 | 318 | 907 | 1,379 | ||||||||||
Impairment expense | — | 448 | 415 | 4,144 | ||||||||||
Executive transition costs | 221 | — | 1,525 | — | ||||||||||
Restructuring charges | — | — | — | 9,720 | ||||||||||
Net gain on extinguishment of debt | (941) | (1,365) | (941) | (1,365) | ||||||||||
Interest income | (3,151) | (3,267) | (12,290) | (14,871) | ||||||||||
Interest expense | 2,944 | 913 | 11,792 | 1,368 | ||||||||||
Other expense, net | 625 | 815 | 721 | 1,028 | ||||||||||
Income tax expense | 681 | 1,141 | 2,488 | 2,604 | ||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $34,954 | $11,118 | $77,379 | $32,562 | ||||||||||
(1) | Similar to stock-based compensation, we believe it is also appropriate to exclude amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation from our non-GAAP financial measures in order to reflect the performance of our core business and to be consistent with the way many investors evaluate our performance and compare our operating results to peer companies. However, we have not historically done so. In order to continue to improve the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures to the investors, starting with the quarter ended March 31, 2025, we are excluding amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation from our non-GAAP financial measures and we have accordingly recast the presentation for all prior periods presented to reflect this change. Refer to Non-GAAP Financial Measures definition for further details. |
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