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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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SENTINELONE, INC.
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Notice of 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
To be held virtually at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time, on Thursday,
June 29, 2023
To Stockholders of SentinelOne, Inc.:
We cordially invite you to attend the 2023 annual meeting of
stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of SentinelOne, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to be held virtually
on
Thursday, June 29, 2023
at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time.
You may attend the Annual Meeting via live webcast, submit
questions, and vote online by visiting
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/S2023 and entering the control
number located on your proxy card or Notice of Internet
Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”).
We are holding the Annual Meeting for the following purposes, which
are more fully described in the accompanying proxy
statement:
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Items of Business:
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Board’s Recommendation:
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1.To
elect as a Class II director, the nominee named in our proxy
statement, to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders
and until her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to
her earlier death, resignation, or removal.
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FOR the director nominee
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2.To
ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as
our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal
year ending January 31, 2024.
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FOR the ratification of the appointment
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3.To
approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our
named executive officers.
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FOR the approval of the compensation
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4.To
select, on a non-binding advisory, basis whether future advisory
votes on the compensation of our named executive officers should be
every one, two or three years.
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1 YEAR for the frequency
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5.To
transact any other business that properly comes before the Annual
Meeting.
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Our Board has fixed the close of business on May 4, 2023 as
the record date for the Annual Meeting. Only stockholders of record
at the close of business on May 4, 2023 are entitled to notice
of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. Our proxy statement
contains further information regarding voting rights and the
matters to be voted upon.
On or about May 17, 2023, we expect to mail to our
stockholders a Notice containing instructions on how to access our
proxy statement and our annual report. The Notice provides
instructions on how to vote and includes instructions on how to
receive a paper copy of proxy materials and annual report by mail
or email. Our proxy statement and our annual report will also be
available on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”)
website at www.sec.gov as well as on our Investor Relations website
at https://investors.sentinelone.com.
Your vote is important. Regardless of whether you plan to attend
the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote as soon as possible
via the Internet or telephone so that your shares are represented
and voted at the Annual Meeting.
Thank you for your ongoing support of, and continued interest in,
SentinelOne, Inc.
Sincerely,
Tomer Weingarten
Co-Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our
Board of Directors
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR
THE ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2023: OUR
PROXY STATEMENT AND OUR ANNUAL REPORT ARE AVAILABLE AT
WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SENTINELONE, INC.
444 Castro Street, Suite 400
Mountain View, CA 94041
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR THE 2023 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To be held at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time, on Thursday, June 29,
2023
This proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) and the enclosed form
of proxy are furnished in connection with the solicitation of
proxies by our Board of Directors, for use at the Annual Meeting,
and any postponements, adjournments, rescheduling or continuations
thereof. The Annual Meeting will be held on
Thursday, June 29, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time
and will be conducted virtually via a live webcast on the Internet
at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/S2023.
To participate at this year’s Annual Meeting, please log in to
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/S2023. You will be asked to
provide the control number located on your proxy card. Your control
number is located inside the shaded gray box on your Notice of
Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) or proxy
card. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting physically.
You will be able to listen to the Annual Meeting live, submit
questions and vote online. The Notice containing instructions on
how to access this Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023 (our “Annual
Report”) is first being mailed on or about May 17, 2023 to all
stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our
website or other websites is not intended to be incorporated by
reference into this Proxy Statement and references to website
addresses in this Proxy Statement are inactive textual references
only. In this Proxy Statement, we refer to SentinelOne, Inc. as
“SentinelOne,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company,” and the board
of directors of SentinelOne, Inc. as “our Board.” Our fiscal year
ends on January 31. References to “fiscal 2023” are to our
fiscal year ended January 31, 2023.
INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
In accordance with SEC rules, we are using the Internet as our
primary means of furnishing proxy materials to stockholders.
Consequently, most stockholders will not receive paper copies of
our proxy materials. We will instead send these stockholders a
Notice with instructions for accessing the proxy materials,
including this Proxy Statement and our Annual Report, and voting
via the Internet. The Notice also provides information on how
stockholders may obtain paper copies of our proxy materials if they
so choose. We believe this rule makes the proxy distribution
process more efficient, less costly and helps in conserving natural
resources.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Proxy Statement includes forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not
historical facts, including statements regarding our corporate
responsibility goals and commitments and our executive compensation
program. These statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual
results could differ materially from any future results expressed
or implied by the forward-looking statements for a variety of
reasons, including due to the risks, uncertainties, and other
important factors that are discussed in our Annual Report and
subsequent quarterly reports and other filings filed with the SEC
from time to time. We assume no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their
respective dates.
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
ABOUT THE PROXY MATERIALS AND ANNUAL MEETING
The information provided in the “question and answer” format below
is for your convenience only and is merely a summary of the
information contained in this Proxy Statement. You should read this
entire Proxy Statement carefully.
Why am I receiving these materials?
This Proxy Statement and the enclosed form of proxy are furnished
in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our Board for use
at the 2023 Annual Meeting and any postponements, rescheduling or
adjournments thereof. The Annual Meeting will be held virtually
on
Thursday, June 29, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time.
You will be able to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, vote your
shares electronically and submit your questions during the live
webcast of the meeting by visiting
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/S2023
and entering the control number located on your proxy card or
Notice.
Stockholders are invited to attend the virtual Annual Meeting and
are requested to vote on the items of business described in this
Proxy Statement. The Notice, which contains instructions on how to
access the proxy materials and our Annual Report, is first being
sent or given on or about May 17, 2023 to all stockholders
entitled to notice of and to vote at the virtual Annual Meeting.
The proxy materials and our Annual Report can be accessed by
following the instructions in the Notice as well as online at our
Investor Relations website at
https://investors.sentinelone.com.
What proposals am I voting on?
You will be voting on:
•Proposal
No. 1: The election of the nominee for Class II director named in
this Proxy Statement to hold office until our 2026 annual meeting
of stockholders and until her respective successor is duly elected
and qualified;
•Proposal
No. 2: The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte, as our
independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year
ending January 31, 2024;
•Proposal
No. 3: The approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, the
compensation of our named executive officers;
•Proposal
No. 4: The selection, on a non-binding advisory basis, whether
future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive
officers should be every one, two or three years; and
•Any
other business that properly comes before the Annual
Meeting.
What other matters may be brought before the Annual
Meeting?
As of the date of this Proxy Statement, we are not aware of any
other matters that will be presented for consideration at the
Annual Meeting. If any other matters are properly brought before
the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies will be authorized
to vote or otherwise act on those matters in accordance with their
judgment.
How does the Board recommend that I vote?
Our Board recommends that you vote your shares:
•Proposal
No. 1: “FOR” the nominee for Class II director named in this Proxy
Statement;
•Proposal
No. 2: “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as our
independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year
ending January 31, 2024;
•Proposal
No. 3: “FOR” the approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the
compensation of our named executive officers; and
•Proposal
No. 4: “1 YEAR” for the approval of the non-binding advisory vote
on the frequency of future non-binding advisory votes on the
compensation of our named executive officers.
Who is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting?
Holders of our common stock as of the close of business on
May 4, 2023, the record date (the “Record Date”) for the
Annual Meeting, are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of
the Record Date, there were 237,691,791 shares of our Class A
common stock and 53,543,426 shares of our Class B common stock
issued and outstanding. Our Class A common stock and Class B common
stock will vote as a single class on all matters described in this
Proxy Statement for which your vote is being solicited.
Stockholders are not permitted to cumulate votes with respect to
the election of directors.
Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote on each
proposal properly brought before the Annual Meeting and each share
of Class B common stock is entitled to 20 votes on each proposal
properly brought before the Annual Meeting. Our Class A common
stock and Class B common stock are collectively referred to in this
Proxy Statement as our “common stock.”
Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your
Name.
If, at the close of business on the Record Date for the Annual
Meeting, your shares were registered directly in your name with our
transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., then you are the
stockholder of record with respect to those shares. As a
stockholder of record, you have the right to grant your voting
proxy directly to the individuals listed on the proxy card, to vote
electronically at the virtual Annual Meeting, or by Internet or by
telephone, or, if you received paper copies of the proxy materials
by mail, to vote by mail by following the instructions on the proxy
card or voting instruction card.
Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in “Street Name”: Shares Registered
in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee.
If, at the close of business on the Record Date, your shares were
held, not in your name, but rather in an account at a brokerage
firm, bank or other nominee, then you are the beneficial owner of
those shares held in “street name” and the Notice is being
forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding
your account is considered the stockholder of record for purposes
of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have
the right to direct your broker, bank or other nominee regarding
how to vote the shares in your account by following the voting
instructions your broker, bank or other nominee provides. If you do
not provide your broker, bank or other nominee with instructions on
how to vote your shares, your broker, bank or other nominee may, in
its discretion, vote your shares with respect to routine matters
but may not vote your shares with respect to any non-routine
matters. Please see the section titled “What
if I do not specify how my shares are to be voted or fail to
provide timely directions to my broker, bank or other
nominee?”
for additional information. You are also invited to attend the
virtual Annual Meeting. However, since you are not the stockholder
of record, you may not vote your shares electronically at the
virtual Annual Meeting unless you obtain a legal proxy from your
broker, bank or other nominee.
How can I vote my shares?
Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name
If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote in one of the
following ways:
•You
may vote electronically at the Annual Meeting.
If you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, you may vote at
the Annual Meeting.
•You
may vote by mail.
To vote by mail, complete, sign and date the proxy card that
accompanies this Proxy Statement and return it promptly in the
postage-prepaid envelope provided (if you received printed proxy
materials). Your completed, signed and dated proxy card must be
received prior to the Annual Meeting.
•You
may vote by telephone.
To vote over the telephone, call toll-free 1-800-690-6903 from any
touch-tone telephone and follow the instructions. Have your Notice
or proxy card available when you call. You will be asked to provide
the control number from your Notice or proxy card. Telephone voting
is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until 11:59 p.m.,
Eastern Time, on June 28, 2023.
•You
may vote via the Internet.
To vote via the Internet, go to www.proxyvote.com to complete an
electronic proxy card (have your Notice or proxy card in hand when
you visit the website). You will be asked to provide the control
number from your Notice or proxy card. Internet voting is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on
June 28, 2023.
Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in “Street Name”
If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, you
will receive voting instructions from your broker, bank or other
nominee. You must follow the voting instructions provided by your
broker, bank or other nominee in order to instruct your broker,
bank or other nominee on how to vote your shares. Beneficial owners
of shares should generally be able to vote by returning the voting
instruction card to their broker, bank or other nominee, or by
telephone or via the Internet. However, the availability of
telephone or Internet voting will depend on the voting process of
your broker, bank or other nominee.
As discussed above, if you are a beneficial owner, you may only
vote your shares electronically at the Annual Meeting if you obtain
a legal proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee.
Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy?
Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your
Name.
If you are a stockholder of record, you can change your vote or
revoke your proxy by:
•entering
a new vote by telephone or via the Internet (until the applicable
deadline for each method as set forth above);
•returning
a later-dated proxy card (which automatically revokes the earlier
proxy);
•providing
a written notice of revocation prior to the Annual Meeting to our
Corporate Secretary at our principal executive offices as follows:
SentinelOne, Inc., 444 Castro Street, Suite 400, Mountain View, CA
94041, Attn: Corporate Secretary; or
•attending
the virtual Annual Meeting and voting electronically. Attendance at
the virtual Annual Meeting will not cause your previously granted
proxy to be revoked unless you specifically so request or cast your
vote electronically at the virtual Annual Meeting.
Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in “Street Name”.
If you are the beneficial owner of your shares in street name, you
must contact the broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares
and follow their instructions to change your vote or revoke your
proxy.
Why is the Annual Meeting being held virtually?
We are continuously exploring technologies and services that will
best permit our stockholders to engage with us from any location
around the world and exercise their vote. We have decided to
conduct the Annual Meeting on a virtual basis because we believe it
provides expanded access, improves communication, and enables
increased stockholder attendance and participation. It also is
better for the environment.
We believe that by hosting the Annual Meeting virtually, our
stockholders will be provided comparable rights and opportunities
to participate as they would at an in-person meeting, while
offering a greater level of flexibility for many of our
stockholders who may not be able to attend an annual meeting of
stockholders in person.
How can I submit a question before or during the Annual
Meeting?
If you want to submit a question during the Annual Meeting, log
into www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/S2023 type your question
into the “Ask a Question” field and click “Submit.” Stockholders
are permitted to submit questions during the Annual Meeting via the
website and the virtual meeting website, respectively, that are in
compliance with the meeting rules of conduct that will be available
on the virtual meeting website and with a limit of one question per
stockholder. We will answer as many questions submitted in
accordance with the meeting rules of conduct as possible in the
time allotted for the meeting. Only questions that are relevant to
an agenda item to be voted on by stockholders will be answered and
we reserve the right to exclude questions that are irrelevant to
meeting matters, irrelevant to our business, or derogatory or in
bad taste; that relate to pending or threatened litigation; that
are personal grievances; or that are otherwise inappropriate (as
determined by the chair of the Annual Meeting).
Why did I receive a notice in the mail regarding the Internet
availability of the proxy materials instead of a paper copy of the
full set of proxy materials?
In accordance with the rules of the SEC, we have elected to
distribute our proxy materials, including the Notice, this Proxy
Statement and our Annual Report, primarily via the Internet. As a
result, we are mailing to our
stockholders a Notice instead of a paper copy of the proxy
materials. The Notice contains instructions on how to access our
proxy materials on the Internet, how to vote on the proposals, how
to request printed copies of the proxy materials and Annual Report,
and how to request to receive all future proxy materials in printed
form by mail or electronically by email. We encourage stockholders
to take advantage of the availability of the proxy materials on the
Internet to help reduce our costs and the environmental impact of
our annual meetings.
How can I sign up for electronic proxy delivery
service?
The Notice and proxy card or voting instruction form included with
the Proxy Materials will contain instructions on how to request
electronic delivery of future proxy materials. Choosing to receive
your future proxy materials by email will eliminate the cost of
printing and mailing documents and will reduce the associated
environmental impact. If you choose to receive future proxy
materials by email, you will receive an email next year containing
a link to those materials and a link to the proxy voting site. Your
election to receive proxy materials by email will remain in effect
until you terminate it.
What is the effect of giving a proxy?
Proxies are solicited by and on behalf of our Board. The persons
named in the proxy, Tomer Weingarten, our Co-Founder, President,
Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chairman of our Board
(“Chairman”), and Keenan Conder, our Chief Legal Officer and
Corporate Secretary, have been designated as proxies for the Annual
Meeting by our Board. When proxies are properly dated, executed and
returned, the shares represented by such proxies will be voted
electronically at the virtual Annual Meeting in accordance with the
instruction of the stockholder on such proxy. If no specific
instructions are given, however, the shares will be voted in
accordance with the recommendations of our Board on the proposals
as described above and, if any other matters are properly brought
before the Annual Meeting, the shares will be voted in accordance
with the proxies’ judgment.
What is the quorum requirement for the Annual Meeting?
A quorum is the minimum number of shares required to be present or
represented at the Annual Meeting for the meeting to be properly
held under our amended and restated bylaws and Delaware law. The
presence, virtually or represented by proxy, of a majority of the
voting power of our stock issued and outstanding and entitled to
vote at the Annual Meeting will constitute a quorum to transact
business at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions, “WITHHOLD” votes, and
“broker non-votes” are counted as present and entitled to vote for
purposes of determining a quorum. If there is no quorum, the
chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting to another time or
place.
How are broker non-votes and abstentions counted?
Under Delaware law, abstentions are counted as present and entitled
to vote for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. At
the Annual Meeting, abstentions will have no effect on Proposal
No. 1, Proposal No. 2, Proposal No. 3 or Proposal No. 4.
Proxies marked “WITHHOLD” with respect to Proposal No. 1 will
have no effect.
Broker non-votes occur when shares held by a broker for a
beneficial owner are not voted because the broker did not receive
voting instructions from the beneficial owner and lacked
discretionary authority to vote the shares. Under Delaware law,
broker non-votes are counted as present and entitled to vote for
purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. However,
brokers have limited discretionary authority to vote shares that
are beneficially owned. While a broker is entitled to vote shares
held for a beneficial owner on “routine” matters without
instructions from the beneficial owner of those shares, absent
instructions from the beneficial owner of such shares, a broker is
not entitled to vote shares held for a beneficial owner on
“non-routine” matters. At the Annual Meeting, only Proposal No. 2
is considered a routine matter and brokers have discretionary
authority to vote shares that are beneficially owned on Proposal
No. 2. If a broker chooses not to vote shares for or against
Proposal No. 2, it would have the same effect as an abstention. The
other proposals presented at the Annual Meeting are non-routine
matters. Broker non-votes are not deemed to be shares entitled to
vote on and will have no effect on Proposal No. 1,
Proposal No. 2, Proposal No. 3 or Proposal No. 4.
How many votes are needed for approval of each
proposal?
Proposal No. 1: Election of Class II Director.
The election of the Class II director requires a plurality of the
voting power of the shares present virtually or represented by
proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of
the director. This means that the nominee for Class II director
receiving the highest number of “FOR” votes will be elected as the
Class II director. You may vote (i) “FOR” or (ii) “WITHHOLD.”
Because the outcome of this proposal will be determined by a
plurality vote, shares voted “WITHHOLD” will not prevent the
director nominee from being elected as a director. Similarly,
abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome
of this proposal.
Proposal No. 2: Ratification of Appointment of
Deloitte.
The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte will be obtained if
the number of votes “FOR” the proposal at the Annual Meeting
exceeds the number of votes “AGAINST” the proposal. You may vote
“FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” on this proposal. Abstentions and
broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of voting on this
proposal.
Proposal No. 3: Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Our Named
Executive Officers.
The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our
named executive officers will be obtained if the number of votes
“FOR” the proposal at the Annual Meeting exceeds the number of
votes “AGAINST” the proposal. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or
“ABSTAIN” on this proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will
not affect the outcome of voting on this proposal. Proposal No. 3
is not binding on the Company or our Board.
Proposal No. 4: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory
Votes on the Compensation of Our Named Executive
Officers.
The alternative among one year, two years, or three years that
receives the highest number of votes cast from the holders of
shares of our common stock present virtually or represented by
proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereon will be
deemed to be the frequency preferred by our stockholders.
Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome
of this proposal. You may vote by selecting “1 YEAR,” “2
YEARS,” “3 YEARS,” or “ABSTAIN” on this proposal. Proposal No. 4 is
not binding on the Company or our Board.
Who will count the votes?
A representative of CT Hagberg LLC will tabulate the votes and act
as inspector of elections.
What if I do not specify how my shares are to be voted or fail to
provide timely directions to my broker, bank or other
nominee?
Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your
Name.
If you are a stockholder of record and you submit a proxy, but you
do not provide voting instructions, your shares will be
voted:
•“FOR”
the nominee for Class II director named in this Proxy
Statement;
•“FOR”
the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as our independent
registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending
January 31, 2024;
•“FOR”
the approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation
of our named executive officers; and
•“1
YEAR”
for the non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future
non-binding advisory votes on the compensation of our named
executive officers.
In addition, if any other matters are properly brought before the
Annual Meeting or any adjournments, rescheduling or postponements
thereof, the persons named as proxies will be authorized to vote or
otherwise act on those matters in accordance with their
judgment.
Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in “Street Name”: Shares Registered
in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee.
Brokers, banks and other nominees holding shares of common stock in
“street name” for customers are generally required to vote such
shares in the manner directed by their customers. In the absence of
timely directions, your broker, bank or other nominee will have
discretion to vote your shares on our sole “routine” matter,
Proposal No. 2 (ratification of the appointment of Deloitte).
Absent direction from you, however, your broker, bank or other
nominee will not have the discretion to vote on Proposal No. 1,
Proposal No. 3, or Proposal No. 4.
How can I attend the Annual Meeting?
The Annual Meeting will be a virtual meeting held over the
Internet. You will be able to attend the virtual Annual Meeting,
vote your shares electronically and submit your questions during
the live webcast of the meeting by visiting
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/S2023 and entering the
sixteen-digit control number located on your proxy card or Notice.
The Annual Meeting live webcast will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.,
Pacific Time. We encourage you to access the meeting prior to the
start time. Online check-in will begin at 8:45 a.m., Pacific Time,
and you should allow ample time for the check-in procedures. You
will have the same rights and opportunities that would be afforded
by an in-person meeting.
Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in “Street Name”: Shares Registered
in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee.
If you were a beneficial owner of shares that are held in “street
name” at the close of business on the Record Date, you may not vote
your shares electronically at the virtual Annual Meeting unless you
obtain a “legal proxy” from your broker, bank or other nominee who
is the stockholder of record with respect to your shares. You may
still attend the virtual Annual Meeting even if you do not have a
legal proxy. For admission to the virtual Annual Meeting, visit
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/S2023
and enter the sixteen-digit control number located on your proxy
card or Notice.
What if I have technical difficulties or trouble accessing the
Annual Meeting?
If we experience technical difficulties during the meeting
(e.g.,
a temporary or prolonged power outage), we will determine whether
the meeting can be promptly reconvened (if the technical difficulty
is temporary) or whether the meeting will need to be reconvened on
a later day (if the technical difficulty is more prolonged). In any
such situation, we will promptly notify stockholders of the
decision via
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/S2023.
If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual Annual
Meeting during the check-in or meeting time, please call the
technical support number that will be posted on the login page.
Technical support will be available starting at 8:45 a.m., Pacific
Time, on Thursday, June 29, 2023 and will remain available
until the Annual Meeting has ended.
We encourage you to log in prior to the start time of the Annual
Meeting to allow reasonable time for log in
procedures.
How are proxies solicited for the Annual Meeting and who is paying
for such solicitation?
Our Board is soliciting proxies for use at the Annual Meeting by
means of the proxy materials. We will bear the entire cost of proxy
solicitation, including the preparation, assembly, printing,
mailing and distribution of the proxy materials. Copies of
solicitation materials will also be made available upon request to
brokers, banks and other nominees to forward to the beneficial
owners of the shares held of record by such brokers, banks or other
nominees. The original solicitation of proxies may be supplemented
by solicitation by telephone, electronic communication, or other
means by our directors, officers or employees. No additional
compensation will be paid to these individuals for any such
services, although we may reimburse such individuals for their
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with such
solicitation. We do not plan to retain a proxy solicitor to assist
in the solicitation of proxies.
If you choose to access the proxy materials and/or vote over the
Internet, you are responsible for Internet access charges you may
incur. If you choose to vote by telephone, you are responsible for
telephone charges you may incur.
Where can I find the voting results of the Annual
Meeting?
We will announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting.
We will also disclose voting results on a Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the SEC within four business days after the Annual
Meeting. If final voting results are not available to us in time to
file a Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days after
the Annual Meeting, we will file a Current Report on Form 8-K to
publish preliminary results and, within four business days after
final results are known, file an additional Current Report on Form
8-K to publish the final results.
What does it mean if I receive more than one Notice or more than
one set of printed materials?
If you receive more than one Notice or more than one set of printed
materials, your shares may be registered in more than one name
and/or are registered in different accounts. Please follow the
voting instructions on each Notice or each set of printed
materials, as applicable, to ensure that all of your shares are
voted.
I share an address with another stockholder, and we received only
one paper copy of the proxy materials. How may I obtain an
additional copy of the proxy materials?
We have adopted an SEC-approved procedure called “householding,”
under which we can deliver a single copy of the Notice and, if
applicable, the proxy materials and Annual Report, to multiple
stockholders who share the same address unless we receive contrary
instructions from one or more of the stockholders. Once you have
received notice from your broker that it will be “householding”
communications to your address, “householding” will continue until
you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent.
Stockholders may revoke their consent at any time by contacting
Broadridge by calling 1-866-540-7095 or writing to Broadridge,
Householding Department, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New York,
11717. This procedure reduces our printing and mailing costs and is
better for the environment. Stockholders who participate in
householding will continue to be able to access and receive
separate proxy cards. Upon written or oral request, we will deliver
promptly a separate copy of the Notice and, if applicable, the
proxy materials and Annual Report, to any stockholder at a shared
address to which we delivered a single copy of any of these
documents. To receive a separate copy, or, if you are receiving
multiple copies, to request that we only send a single copy of next
year’s proxy materials and Annual Report, you may contact us as
follows:
SentinelOne, Inc.
Attention: Investor Relations
444 Castro Street, Suite 400
Mountain View, CA 91367
Tel: (855) 868-3733
Stockholders who hold shares in street name may contact their
broker, bank or other nominee to request information about
householding.
Is there a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting?
The names of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting will be available for review during regular business hours
from our Corporate Secretary for ten days prior to the Annual
Meeting for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting at our
corporate headquarters located at 444 Castro Street, Suite 400,
Mountain View, CA 94041. Please contact our Corporate Secretary a
reasonable time in advance to make appropriate arrangements, but in
no event less than 48 hours in advance of your desired visiting
time.
When are stockholder proposals due for next year’s annual
meeting?
Please see the section titled “Stockholder
Proposal Deadlines for 2024 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders”
in this Proxy Statement for more information regarding the
deadlines for the submission of stockholder proposals for our 2024
annual meeting of stockholders.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Composition of Our Board
Our Board is currently comprised of seven members. Our Board
consists of three classes of directors, each serving staggered
three-year terms. Upon expiration of the term of a class of
directors, directors in that class will be elected for a three-year
term at the annual meeting of stockholders in the year in which
that term expires. Each director’s term continues until the
election and qualification of his or her successor, or his or her
earlier death, resignation or removal. Any increase or decrease in
the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes
so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of
one-third of the directors.
The following table sets forth the names, ages, and certain other
information for each of the directors with terms expiring at the
Annual Meeting (including those who are also nominees for election
as a director at the Annual Meeting) and for each of the continuing
members of our Board. All information is as of April 30,
2023.
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(1) Member of audit committee.
(2) Member of compensation committee.
(3) Member of nominating and corporate governance
committee.
Nominee for Director
Ana G. Pinczuk
has served as a member of our Board since May 2022. Since July
2022, Ms. Pinczuk has served as the Chief Operating Officer of
Dexterity Inc., a robotics company for logistics automation. Prior
to that, she served as the Chief Transformation Officer from
February 2019 to August 2019 and then as the Chief Development
Officer for Anaplan, Inc., a business planning software company,
from August 2019 to July 2022.
She has also held positions as the President of Hewlett Packard
Enterprise’s Pointnext technology services business, the Executive
Vice President and Chief Product Officer of Veritas Technologies
LLC, a data management company, and Senior Vice President and
General Manager, Backup and Recovery for Symantec Corporation, a
security software company, all in the period from 2015 to 2018.
From 2000 until 2015, Ms. Pinczuk served in various executive
positions with Cisco Systems, Inc., a technology and networking
company, including most recently as Senior Vice President. Prior to
joining Cisco, Ms. Pinczuk spent 15 years with AT&T, Inc., a
telecommunications company, in positions of increasing
responsibility. From June 2021 to February 2023, Ms. Pinczuk served
on the board of directors and as a member of the compensation
committee for Five9 Inc., a cloud-based call center software
company. Ms. Pinczuk earned both undergraduate and graduate
mechanical engineering degrees from Cornell University, an
executive master’s degree in technology management from the
University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in software
management from Carnegie Mellon University. Since November 2016,
Ms. Pinczuk has served on the board of directors for Aptiv PLC, an
automotive technology company. We believe Ms Pinczuk is qualified
to serve as a member of our Board because of her extensive
leadership and business experience within the technology
industry.
Continuing Directors
Tomer Weingarten
is our co-founder and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and
a member of our Board since our inception in January 2013, as our
President since November 2018, and as our Chairman of our Board
since March 2021. Before our founding, Mr. Weingarten held various
positions, including Vice President of Products, at Toluna Holdings
Limited, a technology company that delivers real-time consumer
insights, from May 2007 to December 2012, which he joined following
the acquisition of Dpolls, a startup he had previously co-founded.
Prior to that, Mr. Weingarten co-founded Carambola Media Ltd., a
publisher focused platform that creates new ad revenue streams
through engaging content formats, where he served as Chief
Technology Officer from May 2011 to May 2012. Mr. Weingarten also
previously served in various roles at Mckit Systems Ltd., a
provider of information and knowledge management systems in Israel,
from March 2005 to April 2007. Since March 2022, Mr. Weingarten has
served as a board trustee for Palo Alto University. Additionally,
since November 2021, Mr. Weingarten has served as a board observer
for Laminar Security, a data security company. We believe Mr.
Weingarten is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because
of the historical knowledge, operational expertise, leadership, and
continuity that he brings to our Board as our co-founder and Chief
Executive Officer.
Daniel Scheinman
has served as a member of our Board since September 2015. Since
April 2011, Mr. Scheinman has been an angel investor. From
September 1993 to April 2011, Mr. Scheinman served in various roles
at Cisco Systems, Inc., a technology and networking company, most
recently as Senior Vice President, Cisco Media Solutions Group, a
media and entertainment technology company. He has served as a
member of the boards of directors of Arista Networks, Inc., a cloud
networking company, since October 2011, and of Zoom Video
Communications Inc., a cloud-based video communication company,
since January 2013, and currently serves on the boards of directors
of several private companies. Mr. Scheinman holds a B.A. in
Politics from Brandeis University and a J.D. from the Duke
University School of Law. We believe that Mr. Scheinman is
qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his
extensive leadership and business experience with technology
companies, as well as his service on the boards of directors of
other privately and publicly-held companies.
Teddie Wardi
has served as a member of our Board since May 2019. Since October
2017, Mr. Wardi has served as a Managing Director at Insight
Venture Management, L.L.C., a private investment firm. Prior to
joining Insight, Mr. Wardi served as a Partner at Atomico (UK)
Partners LLP, an international investment firm, from March 2016 to
October 2017. Previously, Mr. Wardi served as Vice President at
Dawn Capital LLP, a private investment firm, from March 2014 to
March 2016. Mr. Wardi co-founded Nervogrid Oy, a software provider
acquired by ALSO Holding Ag, and served as Chief Technology Officer
from March 2006 to August 2012. Mr. Wardi holds a B.S.c. Business
Technology and Finance from Aalto University in Finland and an
M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. We believe that Mr. Wardi is
qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his
extensive leadership and business experience with the venture
capital and technology industries.
Charlene T. Begley
has served as a member of our Board since January 2021. Ms. Begley
has served as an independent director and member of the audit
committee of Nasdaq, Inc., a global technology and financial
services company, since April 2014, and as chair of its Nominating
and ESG committee since June 2021. Since April 2017, she has served
as an independent director, chairperson of the audit committee, and
member of the nomination and ESG committee at Hilton Worldwide
Holdings Inc., a multinational hospitality company. Earlier in her
career, Ms. Begley served in various roles at the General Electric
Company, or GE, a diversified infrastructure and financial services
company, from June 1988 to December 2013. Ms. Begley served in a
dual role as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer,
as well as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE’s Home and
Business Solutions Office, from January 2010 to December 2012.
Previously, Ms. Begley served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of GE’s Enterprise Solutions group from 2007 to 2009. In
addition, Ms. Begley served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of GE Plastics and GE Transportation and prior to that led
GE’s Corporate Audit staff and served as Chief Financial Officer
for GE Transportation and GE Plastics Europe and India. Ms. Begley
served as a director at Red Hat, Inc., a software development
company, from November 2014 to June 2019 and at WPP plc, a
multinational communications, commerce and technology company, from
December 2013 to June 2017. Ms. Begley holds a B.S. in Finance from
the University of Vermont. We believe Ms. Begley is qualified to
serve as a member of our Board because of her knowledge of
technology and information security companies, and her expertise
and experience both in operational management roles and board
leadership positions at large, public organizations.
Aaron Hughes
has served as a member of our Board since May 2021. Since November
2020, Mr. Hughes has served as Senior Vice President and Chief
Information Security Officer at Albertsons Companies, Inc., a
grocery and drugstore company. From June 2017 to November 2020, Mr.
Hughes served as Vice President for Information Security and Deputy
Chief Information Security Officer at Capital One Financial
Corporation, a financial services company. Prior to Capital One,
Mr. Hughes served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Cyber Policy at the United States Department of Defense from May
2015 to January 2017. From July 2008 to May 2015, Mr. Hughes served
as Vice President at In-Q-Tel, Inc., a venture capital firm. Mr.
Hughes holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University
of Virginia, a M.S. in Telecommunication and Computers from George
Washington University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate
School of Business. We believe that Mr. Hughes is qualified to
serve as a member of our Board because of his extensive leadership,
business and policy experience in the technology and cybersecurity
industries.
Mark S. Peek
has served as a member of our Board since May 2021. Since February
2018, Mr. Peek has served as Executive Vice President, Managing
Director of Workday Ventures, the strategic investment arm of
Workday, Inc. (“Workday”), a provider of enterprise cloud
applications for finance and human resources. From June 2015 to
February 2018, Mr. Peek served as Co-President of Workday, and from
June 2012 to April 2016, as Workday’s Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to joining Workday, Mr. Peek served as President, Business
Operations and Chief Financial Officer of VMware, Inc., a provider
of business infrastructure virtualization solutions from April 2007
to January 2011. From March 2000 to April 2007, Mr. Peek served as
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Amazon.com,
Inc., a technology company. Prior to joining Amazon, Mr. Peek spent
19 years at Deloitte, a professional services firm, and as a
partner for the last ten of those years. Mr. Peek serves on the
Advisory Board of the Foster School of Business at the University
of Washington. From December 2011 to June 2012, Mr. Peek served on
the board of directors of Workday. Mr. Peek has served as a member
of the board of directors of Trimble Inc., a software, hardware and
services technology company, since May 2010. Mr. Peek received a
B.S. in Accounting and International Finance from Minnesota State
University. We believe that Mr. Peek is qualified to serve as a
member of our Board because of his extensive leadership and
business experience with technology companies.
Director Independence
Our Class A common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(“NYSE”). Under the listing standards of NYSE, independent
directors must compromise a majority of a listed company’s board of
directors. The NYSE listing standards also require that, subject to
specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit,
compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committee be
independent. Under the listing standards of NYSE, a director will
only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of
that listed company’s board of directors, that director has no
material relationship with the listed company (either directly as a
partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a
relationship with the company) and such director does not have
specified relationships with the company.
In addition, audit committee members must also satisfy the
independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In order to
be considered independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3, a member of
an audit committee of a listed company may not, other than in his
or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, our Board or
any other Board committee: accept, directly or indirectly, any
consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the listed
company or any of its subsidiaries; or be an affiliated person of
the listed company or any of its subsidiaries. Compensation
committee members must also satisfy the additional independence
criteria set forth in Rule 10C-1 under the Exchange Act and the
listing standards of NYSE.
Our Board has undertaken a review of the independence of each
director and considered whether each director has a material
relationship with us that could compromise his or her ability to
exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or her
responsibilities. As a result of this review, our Board determined
that Charlene T. Begley, Aaron Hughes, Mark S. Peek, Daniel
Scheinman, Ana G. Pinczuk, and Teddie Wardi are “independent
directors” as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of
the SEC and the listing requirements and rules of NYSE. In making
these determinations, our Board reviewed and discussed information
provided by the directors and by us with regard to each director’s
background, business and personal activities and relationships as
they may relate to us and our management, including the beneficial
ownership of our common stock by each outside director and the
transactions involving them described in the section titled
“Related
Person Transactions.”
In evaluating the independence of Mr. Peek, our Board considered
that Mr. Peek serves as Executive Vice President, Managing Director
of Workday Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Workday, which
is both a customer and a vendor of the Company. Arms-length sales
to and purchases from Workday were significantly less than 2% of
the recipient company’s gross revenue during its most recent fiscal
year and were made in the ordinary course of business. Similarly,
in evaluating the independence of Mr. Hughes, our Board considered
that Mr. Hughes serves as Senior Vice President and Chief
Information Security Officer of Albertsons Companies, Inc.
(“Albertsons”), a grocery and drugstore company, which is a
customer of the Company. Arms-length sales to and purchases from
Albertsons were significantly less than 2% of the recipient
company’s gross revenue during its most recent fiscal year and were
made in the ordinary course of business.
There are no family relationships among any of our directors or
executive officers.
Board of Directors and Committee Self-Evaluations
We conduct an annual self-evaluation process for our Board and its
committees. As part of this process, our outside counsel either
conducts an interview with each member of our Board or requests
completion of a written questionnaire by each member of our Board
to review their assessment of the performance of our Board and its
committees, their own performance, and the performance of fellow
members of our Board. Results from such assessment are aggregated
and shared and discussed with our lead independent director and by
our nominating and corporate governance committee and
Board.
Our Board evaluation process is used:
•by
our Board and nominating and corporate governance committee to
assess the current composition of our Board and its committees and
make recommendations for the qualifications, expertise, and
characteristics we should seek in identifying potential new
directors;
•by
our Board and nominating and corporate governance committee to
identify the strengths and areas of opportunity of each member of
our Board and to provide insight into how each member of our Board
can be most valuable;
•to
improve agenda topics of our Board and its committees so that
information they receive enables them to effectively address the
issues they consider most critical; and
•by
our nominating and corporate governance committee as part of its
annual review of each director’s performance when considering
whether to nominate the director for re-election to our
Board.
Board Leadership Structure
Our nominating and corporate governance committee periodically
considers the leadership structure of our Board and makes such
recommendations to our Board as our nominating and corporate
governance committee deems appropriate. Our Board believes it is
important to have flexibility in selecting the chairperson of our
Board and our Board leadership structure. Accordingly, our
Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are available on the
“Investor Relations” section of our website, which is located at
https://investors.sentinelone.com, by clicking “Governance
Documents” in the “Governance” section of our website, allow for
the positions of chairperson and CEO to be held by the same person.
In making leadership structure determinations, our Board considers
many factors, including the specific needs of the business and what
is in the best interests of our stockholders.
Our Board believes that it is currently in the best interest of the
Company and its stockholders for Mr. Weingarten to serve in both
roles. While our independent directors bring experience, oversight,
and expertise from outside of the Company, Mr. Weingarten brings
current company-specific experience and insight developed from
co-founding and leading the Company since its inception. Our Board
believes that Mr. Weingarten’s strategic vision for our business,
his in-depth knowledge of our platform and operations and the
cybersecurity industry, and his experience as our CEO since our
inception in 2013 make him well qualified to serve as both our
Chairman and CEO.
Our corporate governance guidelines provide that one of our
independent directors will serve as our lead independent director
when the chairperson of our Board and the CEO are the same person.
Our Board has appointed Daniel Scheinman to serve as our lead
independent director, who has served in this role since our IPO in
2021. Our Board believes that Mr. Scheinman is well qualified to
serve as lead independent director given his industry
experience and leadership during his tenure as a member of our
Board.
Our Board annually reevaluates such appointment and following such
evaluations, our Board of Directors re-appointed Mr. Scheinman as
our lead independent director in
March of
2023.
As part of his duties as lead independent director, Mr. Scheinman
makes himself available for communications with stockholders and
other stakeholders, if appropriate. Any changes to the leadership
structure of our Board, if made will be promptly disclosed on the
Investor Relations portion of our website and disclosed in the
appropriate proxy materials. Our Board, in its sole discretion, may
seek input from our stockholders on the leadership structure of our
Board. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines enumerate specific
responsibilities for our lead independent director as
follows:
•calling
separate meetings of the independent directors;
•facilitating
discussion and open dialogue among the independent directors during
meetings of our Board, executive sessions and outside of meetings
of our Board;
•serving
as the principal liaison between the chairperson and the
independent directors;
•communicating
to the chairperson and management, as appropriate, any decisions
reached, suggestions, views or concerns expressed by the
independent directors in executive sessions or outside of meetings
of our Board;
•providing
the chairperson with feedback and counsel concerning the
chairperson’s interactions with our Board;
•coordinating
with the chairperson to set the agenda for meetings of our Board,
taking into account input from other independent
directors;
•providing
the chairperson and management with feedback on meeting schedules
and the appropriateness, including the quality and quantity, and
timeliness of information provided to our Board;
•recommending
the retention of advisors and consultants who report directly to
our Board when appropriate;
•providing
leadership to our Board if circumstances arise in which the role of
the chairperson may be, or may be perceived to be, in
conflict;
•if
appropriate, and in coordination with management, being available
for consultation and direct communication with major stockholders;
and
•performing
such other functions and responsibilities as requested by our Board
from time to time.
Additionally, Mr. Scheinman, along with other members of our Board,
is responsible for discharging our Board’s risk oversight
responsibility (as further described below) and reviews and
provides feedback on risk management to the management team,
including Mr. Weingarten, as well as feedback on the design and
structure of our Board.
Our Board believes that the responsibilities assigned to Mr.
Scheinman as our lead independent director helps ensure a
dedicated, independent, and active Board and, moreover, that the
leadership structure of Mr. Scheinman serving as our lead
independent director and Mr. Weingarten’s combined role of Chairman
and CEO creates an appropriate balance in SentinelOne’s leadership,
enabling strong leadership while effectively maintaining our
Board’s independence and oversight of management. In particular,
this structure capitalizes on the expertise and experience of
Messrs. Weingarten and Scheinman, as it permits Mr. Weingarten to
serve as a bridge between our Board and management, helping both to
act with a common purpose and providing critical leadership for
carrying out our strategy and confronting challenges, while Mr.
Scheinman ensures independence of our Board from management and as
lead independent director can call and chair meetings of the
independent directors separate and apart from the Chairman. Our
Board also believes that there may be other advantages to having a
lead independent director for matters such as communications and
relations between our Board, the CEO and the other members of our
senior management, and in assisting our Board in reaching consensus
on particular strategies and policies. Mr. Scheinman, as the only
management director, does not participate in sessions of
non-management directors, and non-management directors meet
regularly in executive session without management.
Role of Board in Risk Oversight Process
Risk is inherent with every business, and we face a number of
risks, including strategic, financial, business and operational,
legal and compliance, and reputational. We have designed and
implemented processes to manage risk in our operations. Management
is responsible for the day-to-day management of risks the Company
faces. Our Board
as a whole has responsibility for overseeing our risk management
process, although the committees of our Board oversee and review
risk areas that are particularly relevant to them. Our Board
reviews strategic and operational risk in the context of
discussions, question and answer sessions, and reports from the
management team at each regular Board meeting, receives reports on
all significant committee activities at each regular Board meeting,
and evaluates the risks inherent in significant transactions. Our
audit committee assists our Board in fulfilling its oversight
responsibilities with respect to oversight of risk assessment and
risk management generally, and specifically in the areas of
internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls
and procedures, legal and regulatory compliance, cyber risk, and
also, among other things, discusses guidelines with management and
the independent auditor. Our nominating and corporate governance
committee assists our Board in fulfilling its oversight
responsibilities with respect to risks relating to our corporate
governance practices, the independence of our Board and potential
conflicts of interest, as well as our policies and practices with
regard to environmental, social and governance matters. Our
compensation committee assesses risks relating to our executive
compensation plans and arrangements, and whether our compensation
policies and programs have the potential to encourage excessive
risk taking.
Our Board believes its current leadership structure supports the
risk oversight function of our Board. In particular, our Board
believes that our lead independent director and our majority of
independent directors provide a well-functioning and effective
balance to the members of executive management on our Board. Our
Board and its committees regularly communicate with members of
management and consult with outside advisors regarding existing
risks or in the event a new risk emerges. Further, our Board and
nominating and corporate governance committee review and discuss
with management matters related to human capital management,
including SentinelOne’s commitments and progress on inclusion and
diversity, employee engagement, business conduct and compliance,
and executive succession planning.
Management Succession Planning
Our Board has delegated primary oversight responsibility for
succession planning for our senior management positions, including
our CEO, to the nominating and governance committee. Our nominating
and governance committee works closely with our CEO and Chief
People Officer to identify, evaluate, and select potential
successors for our CEO’s direct reports. Our nominating and
governance committee and Board continues to regularly evaluate its
succession planning to ensure that we are well-positioned to
continue to execute on our corporate strategy.
Oversight
of Corporate Strategy
Our Board actively oversees management’s establishment and
execution of corporate strategy, including major business and
organizational initiatives, annual budget and long-term strategic
plans, capital allocation priorities, potential corporate
development opportunities, and risk management. At its regularly
scheduled meetings and throughout the year, our Board receives
information and formal updates from our management and actively
engages with the senior leadership team with respect to our
corporate strategy. Our Board’s diverse skill set and experience
enhances our Boards’ ability to support management in the execution
and evaluation of our corporate strategy. The independent members
of our Board also hold regularly scheduled executive sessions at
which strategy is discussed.
Cybersecurity Risk Oversight
Securing the information of our customers, employees, partners, and
other third parties is important to us. We have adopted physical,
technological, and administrative controls on data security, and
have a defined procedure for data incident detection, containment,
response, and remediation. While everyone at the Company plays a
part in managing these risks, oversight responsibility is shared by
our Board, our audit committee, and management.
Our management team provides regular cybersecurity updates in the
form of reports and presentations to our audit committee at each of
its meetings and periodically to our Board. Our audit committee
also reviews metrics about cyber threat response preparedness,
program maturity milestones, risk mitigation status, and the
current and emerging threat landscape. We also maintain information
security risk insurance coverage.
Board Meetings and Committees
During fiscal 2023, our Board had a total of eight meetings
(including regularly scheduled and special meetings). All directors
then serving, with the exception of Mr. Peek due to medical related
reasons that are not
expected to impact his ability to attend meetings going forward,
attended at least 75% of the aggregate of (i) the total number of
meetings of our Board held during the period for which he or she
has been a director and (ii) the total number of meetings held by
all committees of our Board on which he or she served during the
periods that he or she served. We do not have a formal policy
regarding attendance by members of our Board at annual meetings of
stockholders, but we strongly encourage our directors to
attend.
Our Board has established a standing audit committee, a standing
compensation committee, and a standing nominating and corporate
governance committee. Each of the committees has the composition
and the responsibilities described below.
Each of these committees has a written charter approved by our
Board. Copies of the charters for each committee are available,
without charge, upon request in writing to SentinelOne, Inc., 444
Castro Street, Suite 400, Mountain View, California 94041 Attn:
Corporate Secretary, or the “Investor Relations” section of our
website, which is located at https://investors.sentinelone.com, by
clicking “Governance Documents” in the “Governance” section of our
website.
Audit Committee
Our audit committee is composed of Charlene T. Begley, Aaron Hughes
and Mark S. Peek. Ms. Begley is the chair of our audit committee.
The members of our audit committee meet the independence
requirements under NYSE and SEC rules. Each member of our audit
committee is financially literate. In addition, our Board has
determined that each of Ms. Begley and Mr. Peek is an “audit
committee financial expert” as that term is defined in Item
407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”).
This designation does not, however, impose on her or him any
supplemental duties, obligations or liabilities beyond those that
are generally applicable to the other members of our audit
committee and Board. Our audit committee’s principal functions are
to assist our Board in its oversight of:
•selecting
a firm to serve as our independent registered public accounting
firm to audit our financial statements;
•ensuring
the independence of the independent registered public accounting
firm, reviewing the qualifications and performance of the
independent registered public accounting firm, and overseeing the
rotation of the independent registered public accounting firm’s
audit partners;
•discussing
the scope and results of the audit with the independent registered
public accounting firm, and reviewing, with management and that
firm, our interim and year-end operating results;
•establishing
procedures for employees to anonymously submit concerns about
questionable accounting or audit matters;
•considering
the adequacy of our internal controls and the design,
implementation, and performance of our internal audit
function;
•risk
assessment and management;
•our
compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
•reviewing
related party transactions that are material or otherwise implicate
disclosure requirements; and
•approving,
or as permitted, pre-approving all audit and non-audit services to
be performed by the independent registered public accounting
firm.
During fiscal 2023, our audit committee had a total of five
meetings (including regularly scheduled and special
meetings).
Compensation Committee
Our compensation committee is comprised
of
Mark S. Peek, Daniel Scheinman, and Teddie Wardi. Mr. Peek is the
chair of our compensation committee. The members of our
compensation committee meet the independence requirements under
NYSE and SEC rules. All the members of this committee are also
“non-employee directors”
within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. Our
compensation committee is responsible for, among other
things:
•evaluating,
recommending to our Board, approving and reviewing our executive
officer and director compensation arrangements, plans, policies,
and programs;
•reviewing
and recommending to our Board the form and amount of our
compensation of our non-employee directors;
•reviewing,
at least annually, the goals and objectives to be considered in
determining the compensation of our CEO and other executive
officers;
•reviewing
with our management our organization and people
activities;
•administering
and interpreting our cash and equity incentive compensation
plans;
•reviewing
and approving, or making recommendations to our Board with respect
to, our cash and equity incentive compensation plans;
and
•establishing
our overall compensation philosophy.
During fiscal 2023, our compensation committee had a total of 7
meetings (including regularly scheduled and special
meetings).
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Our nominating and corporate governance committee is composed of
Daniel Scheinman and Ana G. Pinczuk. Mr. Scheinman is the chair of
our nominating and corporate governance committee. The members of
our nominating and corporate governance committee meet the
independence requirements under NYSE and SEC rules. Our nominating
and corporate governance committee’s principal functions
include:
•identifying,
considering, and recommending candidates for membership on our
Board, and recommending to our Board the desired qualifications,
expertise, and characteristics of members of our
Board;
•developing
and recommending our corporate governance guidelines and
policies;
•periodically
consider and make recommendations to our Board regarding the size,
structure and composition of our Board and its
committees
•reviewing
and recommending to our Board any changes to our corporate
governance guidelines;
•reviewing
any corporate governance related matters required by the federal
securities laws;
•reviewing
proposed waivers of the code of conduct for directors and executive
officers;
•assisting
our Board in overseeing our programs related to corporate
responsibility and sustainability;
•overseeing
the process of evaluating the performance of our Board and its
committees; and
•advising
our Board on corporate governance matters.
During fiscal 2023, our nominating and corporate governance
committee had a total of four meetings (including regularly
scheduled and special meetings).
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation
None of the members of our compensation committee was at any time
during fiscal 2023, or at any other time, an officer or employee of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries. None of our executive
officers currently serves, or in the past year has served, as a
member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any
entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our Board
or our compensation committee. Please see the section titled
"Related
Party Transactions"
in this Proxy Statement.
Considerations in Evaluating Director Nominees;
Diversity
In its evaluation of director candidates, including the members of
our Board eligible for re-election, our nominating and corporate
governance committee considers the current size, structure, and
composition of our Board, the needs of our Board and our Board’s
committees, and the desired Board qualifications, expertise and
characteristics, including such factors as judgment, business
acumen, and diversity. While we do not have a formal policy with
respect to diversity, our nominating and corporate governance
committee may consider such factors as
differences in professional background, education, race, ethnicity,
gender, age, geography, and other individual qualities and
attributes that contribute to the total mix of viewpoints and
experience represented on our Board. Our Board is committed to
seeking out highly qualified women and individuals from minority
groups and diverse backgrounds. Our nominating and corporate
governance committee has engaged an executive search firm to assist
in identifying and recruiting potential candidates for membership
on our Board.
Our nominating and corporate governance committee evaluates each
individual in the context of the membership of our Board as a
group, with the objective of having a group that can best
perpetuate the success of the business and represent stockholder
interests through the exercise of sound judgment using its
diversity of background and experience in the various areas. Each
director should be an individual of high character and integrity.
Our Board annually evaluates the performance of our Board and its
committees. Our nominating and corporate governance committee
reviews self-assessment questionnaires to evaluate the performance
of individual members. In determining whether to recommend a
director for re-election, our nominating and corporate governance
committee also considers the director’s past attendance at
meetings, participation in and contributions to the activities of
our Board and the Company, and other qualifications and
characteristics determined by our Board. Each director must ensure
that other existing and anticipated future commitments do not
materially interfere with his or her service as a
director.
After completing their review and evaluation of director
candidates, in accordance with the rules of NYSE, our nominating
and corporate governance committee will recommend a director
nominee for selection by our Board.
Our Board has the final authority in determining the selection of
director candidates for nomination to our Board.
The following table provides a diversity matrix of our directors
and director nominees:
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Total Number of Directors:
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Did Not Disclose Gender |
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Demographic Background |
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Did Not Disclose Demographic Background |
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Stockholder Recommendations for Nominations to Our
Board
A stockholder that wants to recommend a candidate for election to
our Board should direct the recommendation in writing by letter to
the Company, attention of our Chief Legal Officer at SentinelOne,
Inc., 444 Castro Street, Suite 400, Mountain View, CA 94041. We do
not have a formal policy regarding the consideration of director
candidates recommended by stockholders, but subject to the
foregoing, our independent directors will consider candidates
recommended by stockholders in the same manner as candidates
recommended from other sources. The nominating and corporate
governance committee has discretion to decide which individuals to
recommend to our Board for nomination as directors. Our Board has
the final authority in determining the selection of director
candidates for nomination to our Board. A stockholder that wants to
nominate a person directly for election to our Board at an annual
meeting of the stockholders must meet the deadlines and other
requirements set forth in our amended and restated bylaws and the
rules and regulations of the SEC. Any nomination should be sent in
writing to SentinelOne, Inc., 444 Castro Street, Suite 400,
Mountain View, CA 94041, Attention: Corporate Secretary. Please see
the section titled “Stockholder
Proposal Deadlines for 2024 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders”
in this Proxy Statement for more information.
Communications with Directors
In cases where stockholders or other interested parties wish to
communicate directly with our Board, non-management members of our
Board as a group, a committee of our Board, or a specific member of
our Board (including our chairman or lead independent director),
messages can be sent to our Corporate Secretary at
corporate@sentinelone.com. We will initially receive and process
communications before forwarding them to the addressee. All
communications are reviewed by the Corporate Secretary and provided
to the members of our Board of Directors as appropriate. We
generally will not forward to the directors a communication that we
determine to be primarily commercial, abusive, or threatening in
nature or otherwise related to an improper or irrelevant topic, or
that requests general information about the Company, our products
or our services.
This procedure does not apply to stockholder proposals submitted
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, which are discussed
further in the section titled “Stockholder
Proposal Deadlines for 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders”
in this Proxy Statement.
Board of Directors Attendance at Our Annual Meeting of
Stockholders
Our policy is to invite and encourage each member of our Board to
be present at our annual meetings of stockholders. All Board
members then serving were present at our 2022 annual meeting of
stockholders.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
Our Board has adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics
that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors,
including our CEO, chief financial officer, and other executive and
senior financial officers. The full text of our code of business
conduct and ethics is available on the corporate governance section
of our website, which is located at
https://investors.sentinelone.com. We intend to disclose any
amendments to our code of business conduct and ethics, or waivers
of its requirements, on our website or in filings under the
Exchange Act.
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
SentinelOne recognizes the importance of a thoughtful approach to
corporate citizenship, and our nominating and corporate governance
committee is responsible for overseeing our programs relating to
corporate responsibility and sustainability, including
environmental, social, and corporate governance matters. As we
continue to develop our strategies and practices in these areas, we
are also committed to growing our programs to best meet the needs
of the stakeholders we serve. Our current programs
include:
•Community
Involvement.
We drive social good through our commitment to responsible
corporate citizenship across the communities where we
operate.
◦Our
One Day program provides each Sentinel with 8 hours of paid time
off annually to volunteer with a cause of their
choice.
◦S
Foundation: Aligning with our three pillars, (i) Empowering the
Next Generation, (ii) Building an Equitable Future, and (iii)
Protecting the Environment, the S Foundation is committed to
supporting nonprofits where we live and work. Established in 2022,
the S Foundation has donated globally and regionally to causes
aligned to the pillars and also established grants coupled with
employee contributions towards international crises. A key
initiative launched in 2022, Cybersafe.edu brought cyber safe
education to over 40 schools and 8,000 students in 6 languages
throughout the world. The project engaged over 100 employees and
will continue as an annual effort to empower youth in staying safe
online.
•Environmental
Responsibility.
We work to reduce the environmental impact of our operations
through our sustainability initiatives by reducing air travel and
encouraging teleconferencing.
•Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion.
At SentinelOne, we cultivate and foster an inclusive workplace for
all Sentinels through key initiatives and programs
including:
◦Strategic
partnership with the Organization Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys),
including an apprenticeship program;
◦A
focus on amplifying the power of communities through launch of our
Inclusion Networks including Women's Inclusion Network,
WIN@sentinelone; Black Inclusion Network, BLK@sentinelone; Latino
Inclusion Network, Latinos@sentinelone; Pan-Asian Network,
Pan-Asian@SentinelOne; Pride Inclusion Network, Out@sentinelone;
and Veteran’s Inclusion Network, Served@sentinelone;
◦University
recruiting for internships targeting underrepresented
minorities;
◦Monthly
internal celebrations including Black History Month, Women’s
History Month, Pride Month, and Hispanic Heritage Month;
and
◦Inclusive
recruitment and hiring practices to source diverse
talent.
SentinelOne was named as a Fortune Best Medium Workplaces, Fortune
Best Workplaces in Technology, Fortune Best Workplaces for
Millennials, and Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area.
Additionally, we were named as Best Workplaces by Great Place to
Work in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. We also received an
award for UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for small
organizations and UK's Best Workplaces in Tech.
SentinelOne was also named to the 2022 Comparably lists for Best
Companies for Career Growth, Best Company Compensation, Happiest
Employees, Best Company Perks & Benefits, Best CEOs for Women
and Best CEOs for Diversity.
SentinelOne was also recognized in Israel by Dun’s
100.
In 2023, SentinelOne received an award for Best Workplaces in
France for companies under 50 employees.
•Compliance
with Laws.
SentinelOne is committed to complying with all applicable laws in
all jurisdictions where it does business, including employment,
human rights, and environmental laws and regulations.
•Retention
and Talent Development
We believe that motivating and retaining talent at all levels is
vital to our success. Our compensation and benefits program is
intended to anticipate and meet the needs of our employees. In
addition to base salary, these programs, which vary by country and
region, include annual bonuses, equity awards, an employee stock
purchase plan, a 401(k) plan, including a 401(k) match in the
United States, healthcare and insurance benefits, health savings
and flexible spending accounts, unlimited vacation, wellness
reimbursement, and more. We have increased our investment in
training and development and have rolled out several key programs
as well as enabling our employees to access over 1,000 on demand
webinars in technical and soft skills areas.
COMPENSATION OF NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
Outside Director Compensation Policy
Our Board has adopted a Non-Employee Director Compensation Program
(the “Outside Director Compensation Policy”), which was most
recently amended in December 2022. Members of our Board who are not
employees are eligible for compensation under the Policy.
Accordingly, Mr. Weingarten an executive officer of SentinelOne, is
not eligible for awards under our Outside Director Compensation
Policy.
The Outside Director Compensation Policy was developed in
consultation with Aon Radford, our compensation committee’s
independent compensation consulting firm (“Aon”). Aon provided
recommendations and competitive non-employee director compensation
data and analyses. Our Board considered and discussed these
recommendations and data, and considered the specific duties and
committee responsibilities of particular directors. Our Board
believes the Outside Director Compensation Policy provides our
non-employee directors with reasonable and appropriate compensation
that is commensurate with the services they provide and competitive
with compensation paid by our peer group companies to their
non-employee directors.
Our compensation committee periodically reviews the type and form
of compensation paid to our non-employee directors, which includes
a market assessment and analysis by Aon. As part of this analysis,
Aon reviews non-employee director compensation trends and data from
companies comprising the same executive compensation peer group
used by the compensation committee in connection with its review of
executive compensation.
Under the Outside Director Compensation Policy as in effect for
fiscal 2023, non-employee directors received compensation in the
form of equity and cash, as described below:
Cash Compensation
During fiscal 2023, each non-employee director was eligible to
receive the following annual cash retainers for certain board
and/or committee service according to our Outside Director
Compensation Policy:
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Audit Committee |
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Compensation Committee |
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$12,000 |
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$6,000 |
Nominating Committee |
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$12,000 |
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$6,000 |
All cash payments to non-employee directors are paid quarterly in
arrears on a prorated basis, on the 15th of each of March, June,
September and December, so long as the non-employee director
continues to provide services in the applicable capacity to the
Company through each such date. Alternatively, each of our
non-employee directors may elect to receive his or her cash fees in
the form of deferred share units, pursuant to a prior written
election. The RSUs granted as deferred share units will vest in
equal quarterly installments so long as the non-employee director
provides continuous service to the Company through each vesting
date, with the final installment vesting on the earliest of (i) the
date of the next annual meeting of our stockholders, (ii) the date
immediately prior to the next annual meeting of our stockholders if
the non-employee director’s service as a director ends at such
meeting due to his or her failure to be re-elected or his or her
not standing for re-election, and (iii) the originally scheduled
vesting date of such installment.
The RSUs granted as deferred share units will settle on the
earliest to occur of (i) the 5th anniversary of the grant date,
(ii) the non-employee director’s separation from service from the
Company, (iii) the non-employee director’s disability, (iv) the
non-employee director’s death, and (v) a corporate
transaction.
The annual fees, regardless of the form of payment, will become
payable in full immediately prior to a corporate
transaction.
Equity Compensation
Non-employee directors are eligible to receive all types of equity
awards (except incentive stock options) under our 2021 Equity
Incentive Plan (“2021 Plan”) (or the applicable equity plan in
place at the time of grant) including discretionary awards not
covered under our Outside Director Compensation Policy. All grants
of awards under our Outside Director Compensation Policy will be
automatic and non-discretionary.
Initial Award.
Each non-employee director who did not receive a stock option award
in respect of his or her appointment to our Board between April 1,
2021, and the date of our IPO, and each new director, is eligible
to receive an initial equity award in the form of stock options or
RSUs, as determined by our Board, with an aggregate value of
$300,000, which was increased to $400,000 effective December 10,
2021 (the “Initial Award”). The Initial Award will vest quarterly
with respect to 1/12th of the total number of RSUs or stock
options, as applicable, subject to the award, so long as the
non-employee director provides continuous service to the Company
through each vesting date. The Initial Award is subject to full
vesting acceleration immediately prior to a corporate
transaction.
Annual Award.
On the date of our annual meeting of our stockholders, each
non-employee director automatically is granted an equity award in
the form of stock options or RSUs, as determined by our Board, with
an aggregate grant date value equal to $225,000 (prorated based on
months of service) (the “Annual Award”) subject to such individual
continuing to be an outside director. Subject to the terms of the
policy, each Annual Award will fully vest on the earliest to occur
of (i) the date of the next annual meeting of our stockholders (or
the day immediately prior if the non-employee director’s service as
a director ends at such meeting due to his or her failure to be
re-elected or his or her not standing for re-election), (ii) the
first anniversary of the grant date, (iii) the non-employee
director’s death, (iv) the non-employee director’s disability, or
(v) a corporate transaction, in each case subject to the
non-employee director’s continuous service through such
date.
The number of RSUs or stock options, as applicable, granted subject
to the Initial Award will be calculated: (i) for RSUs, by
dividing $300,000 ($400,000 effective December 10, 2021) by the
closing price of one share of the Common Stock on the initial award
grant date, rounding down to the nearest whole share, or (ii) for
stock options, based on a grant date fair value of $300,000
($400,000 effective December 10, 2021) on the initial award grant
date, determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton model value and
30-trading day average closing price of one share of our Class A
common stock as of the Initial Award grant date, rounding down to
the nearest whole share.
Non-Employee Outside Director Compensation Table
The following table provides information regarding compensation of
our non-employee directors for service as directors, for fiscal
2023. In fiscal 2023, neither Robert Schwartz (an outside director
affiliated with Third Point who resigned from our Board on June 2,
2022) nor Teddie Wardi (an outside director affiliated with
Insight) received compensation for service as a director. Prior to
our IPO, we did not have a formal policy to provide any cash or
equity compensation to our outside directors for their service on
our Board or committees of our Board. Each outside director’s
reasonable, customary and properly documented travel expenses to
attend Board meetings is reimbursed by the Company.
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Charlene T. Begley(3)
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$70,000 |
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$224,995 |
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$294,995 |
Aaron Hughes(4)
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$60,000 |
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$224,995 |
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$284,995 |
Mark S. Peek(5)
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$72,000 |
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$224,995 |
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$296,995 |
Ana G. Pinczuk(6)*
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$60,945(7)
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$418,719 |
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$479,664 |
Daniel Scheinman(8)
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$88,000 |
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$224,995 |
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$312,995 |
Jeffery W. Yabuki(9)**
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$56,000 |
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$224,995(10)
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$284,995 |
*Ms. Pinczuk was appointed to our Board on May 10,
2022.
**Mr. Yabuki resigned from our Board on April 24,
2023.
(1) Unless a director elected to receive payment in RSUs in lieu of
cash pursuant to our Outside Director Compensation Program, the
amount shown reflects a prorated annual cash retainer for such
director’s service as a member of our Board and, if applicable,
chair of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee or Nominating
Committee, or membership on our Audit Committee, Compensation
Committee, or Nominating Committee since the IPO. Messrs. Peek and
Yabuki and Mses. Begley and Pinczuk each elected RSUs in lieu of
cash and were awarded (i) 3,086, (ii) 2,400, (iii) 3,000 and (iv)
2,593 RSUs, respectively, that settled into shares of our Class A
common stock on July 5, 2022. 100% of the shares subject to the
RSUs will vest upon the earlier of the day prior to our next annual
meeting, or June 29, 2023, subject to each of their continued
services with us through such date. See footnote (2) below for a
description of the grant date fair value of these
RSUs.
(2) The amounts reported in these columns represent the grant date
fair value of the RSUs granted to our non-employee directors under
our 2013 Plan and 2021 Plan, as applicable, during fiscal 2023 as
computed in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification
Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). Note that
the amounts reported in these columns reflect the accounting cost
for these RSUs and do not correspond to the actual economic value
that may be received by our non-employee directors from the
RSUs.
(3) As of January 31, 2023, Ms. Begley held RSUs settleable for
11,144 shares of our Class A common stock and stock options to
purchase a total of 33,000 shares of our Class B common stock, of
which 17,187 shares were vested.
(4) As of January 31, 2023, Mr. Hughes held RSUs settleable for
10,930 shares of our Class A common stock and stock options to
purchase a total of 40,000 shares of our Class B common stock, of
which 22,222 shares were vested.
(5) As of January 31, 2023, Mr. Peek held RSUs settleable for
11,187 shares of our Class A common stock and stock options to
purchase a total of 40,000 shares of our Class B common stock of
which 22,222 shares were vested.
(6) As of January 31, 2023, Ms. Pinczuk held RSUs settleable for
15,918 shares of our Class A common stock.
(7) Includes prorated amount for Ms. Pinczuk's time of service from
her date of appointment through the date of our 2022 annual meeting
of stockholders.
(8) As of January 31, 2023, Mr. Scheinman held RSUs settleable for
11,915 shares of our Class A common stock.
(9) As of January 31, 2023, Mr. Yabuki held RSUs settleable for
10,844 shares of our Class A common stock and stock options to
purchase a total of 40,000 shares of our Class B common stock of
which 22,222 shares were vested.
(10) Represents Mr. Yabuki's Annual Award of 9,644 shares, which
was forfeited as a result of Mr. Yabuki's resignation on April 24,
2023.
PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF CLASS II DIRECTOR
Our Board is currently comprised of seven directors and is divided
into three staggered classes of directors. At the Annual Meeting,
one Class II director will be elected to our Board by the holders
of our common stock to succeed the same class whose term is then
expiring. The director’s term continues until the expiration of the
term for which such director was elected and until such director’s
successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier
death, resignation or removal.
Nominees for Director
Our nominating and corporate governance has recommended the
director nominee for selection by our Board, and our Board has
nominated, Ms. Pinczuk for re-election as Class II director at the
Annual Meeting. If elected, Ms. Pinczuk will serve as Class II
director until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until
her respective successor is duly elected and qualified or until her
earlier death, resignation or removal. For more information
concerning the nominees, please see the section titled
“Board
of Directors and Corporate Governance.”
Ms. Pinczuk has agreed to serve as director if elected, and
management has no reason to believe that she will be unavailable to
serve. In the event a nominee is unable or declines to serve as a
director at the time of the Annual Meeting, proxies will be voted
for any nominee who may be proposed by our nominating and corporate
governance committee and designated by the present Board to fill
the vacancy.
Required Vote
The Class II director will be elected by a plurality of the voting
power of the shares present virtually or represented by proxy at
the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of
directors. In other words, the nominee receiving the highest number
of “FOR” votes will be elected as Class II director. You may vote
(i) “FOR” or (ii) “WITHHOLD” for the director nominee. Shares
represented by executed proxies will be voted, if authority to do
so is not expressly withheld, for the election of Ms. Pinczuk.
Abstentions, “WITHHOLD” votes and broker non-votes will have no
effect on the outcome of this proposal.
Board Recommendation
Our Board recommends a vote “FOR” the election to our Board of Ms.
Pinczuk as Class II director.
PROPOSAL NO. 2
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Our audit committee has appointed Deloitte as our independent
registered public accounting firm for the year ending January 31,
2024. During fiscal 2023, Deloitte served as our independent
registered public accounting firm.
Notwithstanding its appointment and even if our stockholders ratify
the appointment, our audit committee, in its discretion, may
appoint another independent registered public accounting firm at
any time during the year if the audit committee believes that such
a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders. Our audit committee is submitting the appointment of
Deloitte to our stockholders because we value our stockholders’
views on our independent registered public accounting firm and as a
matter of good corporate governance. If the appointment is not
ratified by our stockholders, our audit committee may consider
whether it should appoint another independent registered public
accounting firm. A representative of Deloitte is expected to be
telephonically present at the virtual Annual Meeting, where he or
she will be available to respond to appropriate questions and, if
he or she desires, to make a statement.
Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
The following table presents the aggregate fees billed for
professional audit services and other services rendered to us by
Deloitte for our fiscal years ended January 31, 2023 and
2022:
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Fiscal Year Ended |
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2023 |
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2022 |
Audit Fees(1)
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$ |
3,203,000 |
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$ |
3,407,000 |
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Audit-Related Fees(2)
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$ |
161,000 |
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— |
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Tax Fees(3)
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$ |
915,000 |
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$ |
1,262,000 |
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All Other Fees(4)
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$ |
2,000 |
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$ |
2,000 |
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Total Fees |
$ |
4,281,000 |
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$ |
4,671,000 |
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(1)“Audit
Fees” consist of professional services rendered in connection with
the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements, the
audit of our internal control over financial reporting, the review
of our quarterly consolidated financial statements, and services
that are normally provided by the independent registered public
accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filings
or engagements for those fiscal years. Fees for fiscal 2022 also
included fees billed for professional services rendered in
connection with our IPO.
(2)“Audit-Related
Fees” consist of fees for assurance and related services that are
reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our
consolidated financial statements and are not reported under “Audit
Fees.” These services include due diligence services related to
mergers and acquisitions and other attestation
services.
(3)“Tax
Fees” consist of fees for professional services for tax compliance,
tax advice and tax planning.
(4)“All
Other Fees” include fees for services other than the services
reported in audit fees, audit-related fees and tax
fees.
Auditor Independence
In fiscal 2023, there were no other professional services provided
by Deloitte that would have required our audit committee to
consider their compatibility with maintaining the independence of
Deloitte.
Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy
Our audit committee has established a policy governing our use of
the services of our independent registered public accounting firm.
Under this policy, our audit committee (or its delegate) may
pre-approve services to be performed by our independent registered
public accounting firm without consideration of specific
case-by-case services or may require the specific pre-approval of
the committee, in either case, in order to ensure that the
provision of such services does not impair the public accountants’
independence. All fees paid to Deloitte for fiscal 2022 and fiscal
2023 were pre-approved by our audit committee.
Required Vote
Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as our independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
January 31, 2024 will be obtained if the number of votes “FOR” the
proposal at the Annual Meeting exceeds the number of votes
“AGAINST” the proposal and are voted for or against the proposal.
You may vote
“FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” on this proposal. Abstentions and
broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of voting on this
proposal.
Board Recommendation
Our Board recommends a vote “FOR” the ratification of the
appointment of Deloitte as our independent registered public
accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31,
2024.
Audit Committee Report
This audit committee report shall not be deemed to be “soliciting
material” or to be “filed” with the SEC or subject to Regulation
14A promulgated by the SEC or to the liabilities of Section 18 of
the Exchange Act, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference
into any prior or subsequent filing by SentinelOne under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent
SentinelOne specifically requests that the information be treated
as “soliciting material” or specifically incorporates it by
reference.
SentinelOne’s management is responsible for (i) establishing and
maintaining internal controls and (ii) preparing SentinelOne’s
consolidated financial statements. SentinelOne’s independent
registered public accounting firm, Deloitte, is responsible for
performing an independent audit of SentinelOne’s consolidated
financial statements in accordance with the auditing standards of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States),
(“PCAOB”), and to issue a report thereon. It is the responsibility
of the audit committee to oversee these activities. It is not the
responsibility of the audit committee to prepare SentinelOne’s
financial statements. These are the fundamental responsibilities of
management. In the performance of its oversight function, the audit
committee has:
•reviewed
and discussed the audited financial statements for fiscal 2023 with
the management of SentinelOne and Deloitte;
•discussed
with Deloitte the matters required to be discussed by the
applicable requirements of the PCAOB; and
•received
the written disclosures and the letter from Deloitte as required by
applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent
registered public accounting firm’s communications with the audit
committee concerning independence, and has discussed with Deloitte
that firm’s independence.
Based on the audit committee’s review of the audited financial
statements and the various discussions with management and
Deloitte, the audit committee recommended to the Board that the
audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023 for filing
with the SEC. The audit committee has also appointed Deloitte as
the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the
fiscal year ending January 31, 2024.
The Audit Committee
Charlene T. Begley (Chair)
Aaron Hughes
Mark S. Peek
PROPOSAL NO. 3
ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
In accordance with the rules of the SEC, we are providing
stockholders with an opportunity to make a non-binding, advisory
vote on the compensation of our named executive officers. This
non-binding advisory vote is commonly referred to as a “say on pay”
vote and 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 item of
compensation or any specific named executive officer, but rather
the overall compensation of all of our named executive officers and
the philosophy, policies, and practices described in this Proxy
Statement.
Stockholders are urged to read the section titled
“Executive
Compensation,”
which discusses how our executive compensation policies and
procedures implement our compensation philosophy and contains
tabular information and narrative discussion about the compensation
of our named executive officers. Our compensation committee and
Board believe that these policies and procedures are effective in
implementing our compensation philosophy and in achieving our
goals. Accordingly, we ask our stockholders to vote “FOR” the
following resolution at the Annual Meeting:
“RESOLVED, that our stockholders approve, on a non-binding advisory
basis, the compensation of the named executive officers, as
disclosed in the Proxy Statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation
S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the
compensation tables and narrative discussion and the other related
disclosures.”
As an advisory vote, this proposal is not binding. However, our
Board and compensation committee, which is responsible for
designing and administering our executive compensation program,
value the opinions expressed by stockholders in their vote on this
proposal and will consider the outcome of the vote when making
future compensation decisions for our named executive
officers.
Vote Required
The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our
named executive officers will be obtained if the number of votes
“FOR” the proposal at the Annual Meeting exceeds the number of
votes “AGAINST” the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will
have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.
Board Recommendation
Our Board recommends a vote “FOR” the approval, on a non-binding
advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive
officers.
PROPOSAL NO. 4
ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE ADVISORY VOTE ON THE
COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
In accordance with the rules of the SEC, we are providing our
stockholders with an opportunity to make a non-binding, advisory
vote on the frequency of future non-binding advisory votes on the
compensation of our named executive officers. This non-binding
advisory vote is commonly referred to as a “say on frequency” vote
and must be submitted to stockholders at least once every six
years.
You have four choices for voting on this proposal. You can choose
whether future non-binding advisory votes on the compensation of
our named executive officers should be conducted every “1 YEAR,” “2
YEARS,” or “3 YEARS.” You may also “ABSTAIN” from
voting.
After careful consideration, our Board recommends that future
non-binding advisory votes on the compensation of our named
executive officers be held every year so that stockholders may
express annually their views on our executive compensation
program.
Stockholders are not voting to approve or disapprove our Board’s
recommendation. Instead, stockholders may indicate their preference
regarding the frequency of future non-binding advisory votes on the
compensation of our named executive officers by selecting one year,
two years, or three years. Stockholders that do not have a
preference regarding the frequency of future advisory votes may
abstain from voting on the proposal.
As an advisory vote, this proposal is not binding. However, our
Board and compensation committee value the opinions expressed by
stockholders in their vote on this proposal and will consider the
outcome of the vote when making future decisions regarding the
frequency of holding future non-binding advisory votes on the
compensation of our named executive officers. However, because this
is an advisory vote and therefore not binding on our Board or the
Company, our Board may decide that it is in the best interests of
our stockholders that we hold an advisory vote on the compensation
of our named executive officers more or less frequently than the
option preferred by our stockholders. The results of the vote will
not be construed to create or imply any change or addition to the
fiduciary duties of our Board.
Vote Required
The alternative among one year, two years, or three years that
receives the highest number of votes cast from the holders of
shares of our common stock present virtually or represented by
proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereon will be
deemed to be the frequency preferred by our stockholders.
Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome
of this proposal.
Board Recommendation
Our Board recommends a vote to hold future stockholder advisory
votes on the compensation of our named executive officers every “1
YEAR.”
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table provides information regarding our executive
officers as of April 30, 2023:
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Executive Officers: |
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Tomer Weingarten |
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40 |
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Co-Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our
Board
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David Bernhardt |
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48 |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Richard Smith, Jr. |
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43 |
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Chief Product and Technology Officer |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan
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56 |
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Chief Operating Officer |
Keenan Conder |
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60 |
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Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
For Mr. Weingarten’s biography, see “Continuing
Directors.”
David Bernhardt
has served as our Chief Financial Officer since September 2020.
Prior to joining us, from July 2011 to September 2020, Mr.
Bernhardt served in various leadership positions at Chegg, Inc., an
educational technology company, including as Vice President of
Finance. Prior to Chegg, from May 2009 to August 2013, Mr.
Bernhardt served in various positions at Palantir Technologies
Inc., a data analytics software company, including most recently as
its Vice President of Finance and an advisor. Mr. Bernhardt holds a
B.S.c. in Finance from Santa Clara University.
Richard Smith, Jr.
has served as our Chief Product and Technology Officer since
November 2022. Mr. Smith joined us March 2021 as Chief Technology
Officer. Prior to joining us, from January 2016 to March 2021, Mr.
Smith served in various leadership positions at Medallia, Inc., a
customer experience platform company, including as Senior Vice
President of Engineering. Prior to Medallia, from October 2009 to
January 2016, Mr. Smith served in various positions at Oracle
Corporation, a products and services cloud technology company,
including as Senior Director of Engineering. Mr. Smith holds a B.S.
in Computer Science from the University of Arizona and an M.B.A.
from the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania.
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan
has served as our Chief Operating Officer since April 2022. Prior
to joining us, Mr. Srivatsan served as President and Chief
Operating Officer at ColorTokens Inc., a cybersecurity company,
from April 2021 to April 2022, as Chief Strategy Officer at Palo
Alto Networks, Inc., a cybersecurity company, from January 2019 to
March 2021, and held several executive roles at Google Inc., a
subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., from March 2012 to December 2018,
including Managing Director of Global Business Operations at Google
Cloud from October 2015 to December 2018. Prior to that, Mr.
Srivatsan was a partner at McKinsey & Company, a management
consulting firm, serving chief customer experience officers on
operations and technology issues. Mr. Srivatsan holds a B.S. from
the Indian Institute of Technology, a M.S. from Boston University,
and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Keenan Conder
has served as our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary since
August 2021. Prior to joining us, from January 2012 to August 2021,
Mr. Conder served in several roles at Tableau Software, Inc., a
data analytics company until its acquisition by Salesforce.com
Inc., including most recently as Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary. From June 2007 to January 2012,
Mr. Conder served as Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary of Isilon Systems, Inc., a data storage
company, which was subsequently acquired by EMC Corporation (now
Dell EMC). Mr. Conder previously also served as Senior Vice
President, General Counsel of Expedia, Inc. and prior to that as
Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Travelocity.com, Inc.
Mr. Conder received his J.D. from Wake Forest University and
holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
In this Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”), we
provide an overview of the philosophy and objectives of our
executive compensation program, as well as a description of its
material components. In addition, we explain how and why our
compensation committee arrived at specific compensation policies
and decisions involving our named executive officers for the fiscal
year ended January 31, 2023, or fiscal 2023. This CD&A is
intended to be read in conjunction with the tables that immediately
follow this section, which provide additional compensation
information for our named executive officers.
Our named executive officers for fiscal 2023 were as
follows:
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Name |
Title |
Tomer Weingarten |
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of our
Board |
David Bernhardt |
Chief Financial Officer |
Richard Smith, Jr. |
Chief Product and Technology Officer |
Keenan Conder |
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan
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Chief Operating Officer |
Nicholas Warner(1)
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Former President, Security |
(1) Mr. Warner who served as our President, Security resigned on
November 7, 2022.
How Executive Compensation is Determined
Compensation Philosophy
The overall objective of our compensation program is to support our
business objectives by attracting, retaining and engaging the
highest caliber employees, including executive
officers.
Although we consider a number of factors in our pay decisions, we
emphasize the following key principles in determining compensation
for our senior leadership team:
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Market-Driven Competitive Pay |
Pay is benchmarked against peers, with flexibility to adjust
compensation elements based on individual job requirements and
scope, experience, business needs, qualifications and performance,
in order to attract and retain critical talent. |
Long-term Orientation |
Compensation is most heavily weighted to long-term, stock-based
components, driving focus on strategic long-term
priorities. |
Pay for Performance |
We believe in rewarding our executives by utilizing a
"pay-for-performance" approach to compensation, the goal of which
is to create meaningful links between the level of the executive's
compensation and financial and strategic performance. |
Alignment with Shareholders |
We effectively align named executive officer interests with those
of our
stockholders by focusing on long-term incentive compensation in the
form of equity
awards that correlate with the growth of sustainable long-term
value for our
stockholders. A meaningful portion of our named executive officers’
compensation
opportunity is “at-risk” and variable in nature. |
Executive Compensation Policies and Practices
We endeavor to maintain sound governance standards consistent with
our executive compensation policies and practices. The compensation
committee evaluates our executive compensation program on at least
an annual basis to ensure that it is consistent with our short-term
and long-term goals given the dynamic nature of our business and
the market in which we compete for executive talent. The following
summarizes our executive compensation and related policies and
practices:
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Our Approach |
Practices We Avoid |
Maintain an independent compensation committee and
advisors |
Do not use “single-trigger” change in control benefits for our
named executive officers |
Conduct an annual executive compensation review |
Do not offer executive retirement plans |
Ensure that the vast majority of our executive pay is in the form
of equity and is “at risk” |
Prohibit hedging of our equity securities by our employees, our
named executive officers, and the members of our Board |
Intend to adopt a compensation recoupment and forfeiture policy, or
clawback policy in fiscal 2024 |
Do not provide reimbursements or “gross ups” for excise tax
payments |
Ensure succession planning through periodic review between the
chief executive officer and the nominating and corporate governance
committee |
Do not provide excessive perquisites for our named executive
officers |
Subject to feedback from our stockholders, we intend to annually
conduct a say-on-pay vote |
No discounted stock option awards |
In fiscal 2024, introduced performance stock units and an executive
bonus program tied to achievement of rigorous performance
goals |
No pledging without prior consent of our Chief Legal
Officer
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Compensation Determination Process
Our compensation committee regularly reviews our executive
compensation program to assess its alignment with our compensation
philosophy and objectives and to establish annual base salary and
target bonus levels and equity incentive opportunities of our named
executive officers.
In making decisions about the compensation of our named executive
officers, the compensation committee takes a well-rounded approach
that considers a number of factors, which may include:
•Our
executive compensation program objectives.
•Our
corporate growth and other elements of financial
performance.
•The
individual's role and responsibilities, qualifications, knowledge,
skills, experience, marketability and potential to take on
additional scope and scale as the Company matures.
•Relevant
competitive market data and analyses prepared by our compensation
consultant (see “Compensation Peer Group and Market Data”
below).
•The
past and expected future contribution of each individual executive
officer in furthering achievement of our financial, operational and
strategic objectives, as well as to our purpose, mission and core
values.
•The
current outlook of the technology executive labor market
generally.
•The
value and structure of historical compensation awards, including
the amount and terms of outstanding unvested equity awards held by
each executive officer.
•Internal
pay equity, taking into consideration each individual’s impact on
our business and performance.
•The
recommendations of our CEO with respect to compensation of our
other named executive officers.
These factors provide a framework for decision-making regarding
compensation opportunities and final compensation determinations
for each named executive officers. No single factor is
determinative in the compensation committee’s decision-making, or
weighted in any predetermined manner.
In setting the form and amount of compensation for named executive
officers going forward, the compensation committee also intends to
consider the voting results from our say-on-pay vote, which we,
subject to feedback from our stockholders, expect to hold annually,
as well as any compensation-related feedback received from
stockholders throughout the year.
Role of Board, Management and Consultants
Our compensation committee establishes, reviews and approves all
elements of named executive officer compensation, working with the
independent members of our Board, Aon and management as described
below. Our compensation committee considers, but is not required to
follow, the recommendations of management in determining the
compensation of our executive officers, including our named
executive officers. Our CEO is not present during any deliberations
or decision-making regarding his own compensation.
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Compensation Committee
a.Sets
incentive program targets and approves payouts
b.Evaluates
performance of our CEO and other executive officers
c.Reviews
and approves our CEO's and other executive officers' base
salaries
d.Reviews
and approves all other elements of pay for executive
officers
e. Assesses
independence of compensation consultant
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Management
a.Our
CEO and our Chief People Officer recommends compensation program
design
b.Our
CEO assisted by our Chief People Officer recommend compensation for
other executive officers (in each case, excluding recommendations
relating to such officer's own compensation)
c.Our
Chief Financial Officer
provides financial information to inform our compensation
committee’s decision-making on incentive goals and
payouts
d. Implements
compensation decisions of our compensation committee and our
Board
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Independent Compensation Consultant
a.Presents
peer group pay practices and benchmarks for executive officer
compensation to our compensation committee and
management
b.Reviews
and provides recommendations to our compensation committee
regarding management’s program design and pay
proposals
c.Meets
with compensation committee in executive session
d.Conducts
annual independent evaluation of our incentive programs to assess
risk
e.Provides
additional consultation to the compensation committee or members
thereof as needed regarding our compensation practices and
individual executive compensation matters
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Independent Compensation Consultant
Our compensation committee engaged Aon to serve as its independent
compensation consultant during fiscal 2023. Aon took direction from
our compensation committee, as appropriate, reported directly to
our compensation committee and did not provide any other services
to us other than broad-based compensation surveys. Our compensation
committee assessed the independence of Aon pursuant to SEC and NYSE
rules and determined that no conflict of interest exists that would
prevent Aon from independently advising our compensation committee.
In making this assessment, our compensation committee considered
each of the factors set forth by the SEC and NYSE with respect to
the compensation consultant’s independence, including that the
consultant provided no services for us other than pursuant to its
engagement by our compensation committee. Our compensation
committee also determined there were no other factors it should
consider in connection with the assessment or that were otherwise
relevant to our compensation committee’s engagement of
Aon.
Compensation Peer Group and Market Data
When considering executive compensation decisions, the compensation
committee believes it is important to be informed as to current
compensation practices of comparable publicly held companies,
especially to understand the demand and competitiveness for
attracting and retaining an individual with each named executive
officer’s specific expertise and experience. Accordingly, when
setting compensation for our executive officers, we compare
role-specific responsibilities and duties with our internal
management structure and external market data to determine each
executive officers' compensation. Compensation is annually
benchmarked against our peer group to ensure we remain competitive.
Individual target compensation is generally benchmarked by role
against the compensation for comparable roles in our peer companies
as a starting point, but can and does vary based on several factors
including business needs, job requirements, unique market
situations, internal equity, and the executive officer’s
experience, qualifications and performance.
The following criteria were used in selecting our peer
group:
•Technology
companies with an emphasis on software-as-a-service (SaaS) in the
cybersecurity, big data, artificial intelligence, and cloud
markets;
•High-growth;
•Similar
stage of business lifecycle, including having completed IPO around
2021; and
•Comparable
annual sales and market capitalizations.
On an annual basis, the compensation committee, working in
collaboration with Aon, reviews the composition of the peer group
and determines whether any adjustments should be considered. In
fiscal 2023, our peer group consisted of the 23 companies listed
below.
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Fiscal Year 2023 Peer Group |
Anaplan |
Elastic |
Palo Alto Networks |
Appian |
Everbridge |
Rapid7 |
CloudFlare |
Fastly |
Smartsheet |
Coupa Software |
Five9 |
Splunk |
CrowdStrike |
MongoDB |
Workiva |
Datadog |
nCino |
Zendesk |
Duck Creek |
Okta |
Zscaler |
Dynatrace |
Palantir Technologies |
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Components of Executive Compensation
Our executive compensation program features both fixed and variable
elements, and incorporates short- and long-term incentives. Our
compensation committee reviews and approves adjustments, if any, to
(a) annual and long-term incentive programs in December and (b) all
named executive officer base salaries in January; any base salary
adjustments generally take effect in February. Elements of
compensation may also be reviewed and adjusted at other times
during the year in connection with promotions or other changes in
roles or responsibilities.
Base Salary
Base salaries provide a fixed level of cash compensation for each
executive based on competitive market data and individual factors
such as skills, competencies, contributions, experience,
performance and the assumption of new responsibilities or
promotions. There are no specific weightings assigned to these
individual factors.
Generally, we establish the initial base salaries of our executive
officers, including our named executive officers, through
arm’s-length negotiation at the time of hire, taking into account
the individual’s position, qualifications, experience, competitive
market data, and the base salaries of our other executive officers.
Thereafter, the compensation committee reviews the base salaries of
our named executive officers each year as part of its annual
compensation review, with input from our CEO (except with respect
to their own base salary) and Aon, and makes adjustments as it
determines to be reasonable and necessary to reflect the scope of a
named executive officer’s performance, individual contributions and
responsibilities, position in the case of a promotion, target total
direct compensation opportunity, and market
conditions.
In January 2022, the compensation committee reviewed the annual
base salaries for fiscal 2023 of our executive officers, including
our named executive officers, after considering a competitive
market analysis prepared by Aon and the recommendations of our CEO
(except with respect to his own base salary), as well as other
factors, including those listed above.
The following table sets forth fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023 base
salaries for each of our named executive officers. Several
adjustments were made to better align base salaries to be
competitive amongst the peer group.
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Fiscal Year 2022 Base Salary |
Fiscal Year 2023 Base Salary(3)
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Percentage Adjustment |
Tomer Weingarten |
$496,000 |
$600,000 |
21.0% |
David Bernhardt |
$389,700 |
$425,000 |
9.1% |
Richard Smith, Jr. |
$450,000 |
$450,000 |
0.0% |
Keenan Conder |
$410,000 |
$425,000 |
3.7% |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan(1)
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N/A |
$450,000 |
N/A |
Nicholas Warner(2)
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$400,000 |
$450,000 |
12.5% |
(1) Joined on April 4, 2022.
(2) Resigned on November 7, 2022.
(3) These base salary increases were effective February 1,
2022.
Annual Bonus
Each of our executive officers is eligible to receive a bonus based
on individual and company performance. For fiscal 2023, performance
was determined by our compensation committee on a discretionary
basis. Performance is assessed by our compensation committee
bi-annually and paid out bi-annually. Our compensation committee
established the following annual bonus opportunities for fiscal
2023 for the named executive officers in January 2022.
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Fiscal Year 2022 Target Annual Bonus Opportunity |
Fiscal Year 2023 Target Annual Bonus Opportunity |
Tomer Weingarten |
100% |
100% |
David Bernhardt |
50% |
60% |
Richard Smith, Jr. |
50% |
60% |
Keenan Conder |
50% |
60% |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan(1)
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N/A |
100% |
Nicholas Warner(2)
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100% |
100% |
(1) Joined on April 4, 2022.
(2) Resigned on November 7, 2022.
Potential annual cash bonus awards for our named executive officers
under our bonus plan can range from zero to 150% of their
respective target annual bonus opportunity.
Bonus Payouts
First Half Bonus Payout
In August 2022, our compensation committee approved the following
bonus payouts based on both individual and financial performance to
each named executive officer for the first half of fiscal
2023:
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First Half Target Bonus Opportunity |
First Half Bonus Payout |
Tomer Weingarten |
$300,000 |
$330,000 |
David Bernhardt |
$127,500 |
$140,250 |
Richard Smith, Jr. |
$135,000 |
$148,500 |
Keenan Conder |
$127,500 |
$140,250 |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan(1)
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$147,928 |
$147,928 |
Nicholas Warner |
$225,000 |
$247,500 |
(1) Joined on April 4, 2022.
Second Half Bonus Payout
In January 2023, our compensation committee approved the following
bonus payouts based on both individual and financial performance to
each named executive officer for the second half of fiscal
2023:
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Second Half Target Bonus Opportunity |
Second Half Bonus Payout |
Tomer Weingarten |
$300,000 |
$330,000 |
David Bernhardt |
$127,500 |
$140,250 |
Richard Smith, Jr. |
$135,000 |
$148,500 |
Keenan Conder |
$127,500 |
$140,250 |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan
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$225,000 |
$247,500 |
Nicholas Warner(1)
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$225,000 |
$— |
(1) Resigned on November 7, 2022; bonus opportunity was forfeited
upon resignation.
Long-Term Incentive Program
A significant portion of executive pay is delivered as long-term
incentives (equity awards), which are designed to align executive
officers’ interests with stockholder interests, promote retention
through the reward of long-term company performance, and encourage
ownership in the Company.
We have historically used equity awards in the form of stock
options and restricted stock units (RSUs). Equity awards are
designed to encourage high performance by and long-term tenure for
executive officers, thereby strongly aligning executive officers’
interests with the interests of our stockholders. The long-term
incentive program is designed to drive long-term shareholder value,
as well as retain key talent over a sustained time period. During
fiscal year 2023, our long-term incentive awards consisted of RSUs.
Our long-term incentive awards generally require four years of
continuous service in order to completely vest (subject to the
terms of each executive officers' arrangements described in the
section titled
“Potential
Payments upon Termination or Change of Control”).
The compensation committee determines the size of equity grants
according to each executive officer’s position. To do so, the
compensation committee generally references the market data of our
peer group companies as provided by Aon. The compensation committee
also takes into consideration each executive officer’s recent
performance history, the executive officer’s potential for future
responsibility, and criticality of the executive officer’s work to
the long-term success of the Company. The compensation committee
has the discretion to give relative weight to each of these factors
as it sets the size of the equity grant to appropriately create an
opportunity for reward based on increasing stockholder
value.
The compensation committees typically grants long-term incentive
awards to executive officers each February. The number of
time-based restricted stock units granted is determined by a 30
calendar day average prior to the grant date. Executive officers
who join us after the February grant date are generally eligible
for their first long-term incentive awards the month following the
employment date.
Our named executive officers received RSUs in fiscal 2023 as
follows:
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Fiscal Year 2023 LTI Award |
Number of Shares |
Tomer Weingarten |
$12,000,000 |
319,294 |
David Bernhardt |
$4,000,000 |
106,431 |
Richard Smith, Jr. |
$3,700,000 |
98,449 |
Keenan Conder |
$2,000,000 |
53,215 |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan(1)
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$15,000,000 |
400,229 |
Nicholas Warner(2)
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$7,500,000 |
199,558 |
(1) Joined on April 4, 2022. Mr. Srivatsan's award reflected in the
table above was his new hire award granted upon his joining
SentinelOne.
(2) Resigned on November 7, 2022.
Fiscal 2024 Changes to Our Program
In early fiscal 2024, our compensation committee approved a number
of compensation program enhancements including: bonus funding based
on financial and strategic metrics and performance-based equity
awards for our executive officers based on financial metrics. The
changes to the compensation program were designed to further align
pay and performance as well as drive even closer alignment between
long and short-term performance and compensation for our executive
officers.
Other Design Elements
Perquisites, Retirement Benefits, and Other Executive
Benefits
Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits.
Other than as noted below with respect to Mr. Weingarten’s security
program, we do not regularly provide significant perquisites or
other personal benefits to our named executive officers that are
different from those generally made available to our employees.
However, we may elect to provide such benefits in the future in
situations where we believe it is appropriate to assist an
individual in the performance of his or her duties, to make him or
her more efficient and effective, or for recruitment and retention
purposes. During fiscal 2023, none of our named executive officers
received perquisites or other personal benefits except as described
below pursuant to Mr. Weingarten’s security
program.
Security Program.
In fiscal 2023, we approved a security program, pursuant to which
we expect to incur certain costs related to Mr. Weingarten’s
personal security, including the provision of security personnel,
his use of Company-chartered private aircraft and ground
transportation, and the installation and necessary maintenance of
security measures in and around Mr. Weingarten’s residences. We
view the security program for Mr. Weingarten as an integral part of
our risk management program and as a necessary and appropriate
business expense. However, because certain of the security
protocols may be viewed as conveying a personal benefit under
applicable SEC disclosure rules, we have reported the aggregate
incremental costs of such measures in the “All Other Compensation”
column of the Summary Compensation Table in the section titled
“Executive
Compensation Table—2023
Summary Compensation Table.”
Health and Welfare Benefits.
We provide health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
benefits to our named executive officers, on the same terms and
conditions as provided to all other eligible U.S.
employees.
We also sponsor a broad-based 401(k) plan intended to provide
eligible U.S. employees with an opportunity to defer eligible
compensation up to certain annual limits. In early fiscal 2023 we
also introduced 3% matching for eligible U.S. employees, up to a
total of $2,500. As a tax-qualified retirement plan, contributions
(if any) made by us are deductible by us when made, and
contributions and earnings on those amounts are generally not
taxable to the employees until withdrawn or distributed from the
401(k) plan. Our named executive officers are eligible to
participate in our employee benefit plans, including our 401(k)
plan, on the same basis as our other employees.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
We also offer eligible employees the opportunity to purchase shares
of our Class A common stock at a discount under our 2021 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). Pursuant to the ESPP, all eligible
employees may allocate up to 15% of their eligible compensation to
purchase shares of our Class A common stock, subject to specified
limits. The ESPP generally provides for six-month offering periods
beginning January 6 and July 6 of each year, with each offering
period consisting of single six-month purchase periods, except for
the initial offering period which began on July 1, 2021, and will
end on July 5, 2023 and the second offering period began on January
6, 2022. On each purchase date, eligible employees will purchase
the shares at a price per share equal to 85% of the lesser of (1)
the fair market value of our Class A common stock as of the
beginning of the offering period or (2) the fair market value of
our Class A common stock on the purchase date, as defined in the
ESPP except for the initial offering period that has a 24-months
look back to the IPO price of $35.00.
Employment Offer Letters and Severance and Change in Control
Benefits
We have entered into executive offer letters with each of our named
executive officers that set forth the terms of their employment,
including initial base salaries and eligibility to earn a
discretionary bonus, as well as standard confidential information
and invention assignment agreements. Each of our named executive
officers is employed “at will.” These arrangements are further
described under the section below titled “—Executive
Offer Letters.”
In addition, we entered into a separation and release agreement and
a consulting services agreement with Nicholas Warner providing for
certain benefits in connection with his transition into an advisory
role and separation from employment with the Company, including
severance payments, COBRA coverage, and continued vesting of equity
awards during the consulting period. These arrangements are further
described under the section below titled “—Executive
Separation Agreement and Consulting Services
Agreement.”
Our named executive officers are entitled to certain severance and
change in control benefits under the terms of severance and change
in control agreements. Effective as of March 24, 2021, upon a
qualifying termination outside of the change in control period,
certain of our named executive officers were entitled to received
six to 12 months of base salary, COBRA payments for the same number
of months, and, solely as to our CEO in the event of a termination
without “cause,” vesting accelerating of his outstanding equity
awards (excluding any performance-based equity awards) as if he had
completed an additional six months of continuing service. Effective
as of March 24, 2021, upon a qualifying termination during the
period beginning three months prior to and ending 12 months
following a change in control, certain of our named executive
officers were entitled to receive 12 to 18 months of base salary,
COBRA payments for the same number of months, and full acceleration
of then-outstanding but unvested equity awards, except that awards
subject to performance criteria would accelerate if, and only to
the extent, set forth in the applicable award agreement. Note,
however, that any equity awards granted prior to March 24, 2021
remain subject to their original vesting acceleration provisions.
These arrangements are further described under the section below
titled “—Potential
Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”
Other Compensation Policies
Hedging, Derivative Securities Transactions, Short Selling, and
Pledging
Under our Insider Trading Policy in effect in fiscal 2023, our
employees (including our executive officers) and the non-employee
members of our Board are prohibited from engaging in hedging or
monetization transactions involving our securities, such as
zero-cost collars and forward sale contracts, and may not
contribute our securities to exchange funds in a manner that could
be interpreted as having the effect of hedging in our securities.
Further, our employees (including our executive officers) and the
non-employee members of our Board are prohibited from engaging in
transactions involving options or other derivative securities on
our securities, such as puts and calls, whether on an exchange or
in any other market and from engaging in short sales of our
securities, including short sales “against the box.”
Also, under our Insider Trading Policy, our employees (including
our executive officers) and the non-employee members of our Board
are prohibited from using or pledging our securities as collateral
in a margin account or as collateral for a loan unless the pledge
has been approved by the designated compliance administrator
pursuant to the Insider Trading Policy.
Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1 Plans
Certain of our executive officers and non-employee directors have
adopted written plans, known as Rule 10b5-1 plans, in which they
have contracted with a broker to buy or sell shares of our common
stock on a periodic basis. Under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, a broker
executes trades pursuant to parameters established by the executive
officer or non-employee director when entering into the plan,
without further direction from them. The executive officer or
non-employee director may amend or terminate the plan in specified
circumstances.
Clawback Policy
We intend to adopt a general compensation recovery, or “clawback,”
policy covering our long-term and any future short-term incentive
compensation plans and arrangements once the SEC approves the NYSE
proposed listing standard that complies with Exchange Act Rule
10D-1 pursuant to the timeline required under applicable
law.
Tax and Accounting Considerations
The compensation committee takes the applicable tax and accounting
requirements into consideration in designing and overseeing our
executive compensation program.
Deductibility of Executive Compensation
Section 162(m) of the Code disallows public companies a tax
deduction for federal income tax purposes for remuneration in
excess of $1 million paid to certain current and former executive
officers who are “covered employees.” The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of
2017, which we refer to as the TCJA, repealed exceptions to the
deductibility limit that were previously available for
“performance-based compensation,” including equity awards,
effective for taxable years after December 31, 2017, subject to
certain grandfathering rules.
While the compensation committee considers the deductibility of
awards as one factor in determining executive compensation, our
compensation committee also looks at other factors in making its
decisions, as noted above, and retains the flexibility to award
compensation that it determines to be consistent with the goals of
our executive compensation program even if the awards are not
deductible by us for tax purposes. Further, because of ambiguities
and uncertainties as to the application and interpretation of
Section 162(m) beyond the control of the compensation committee, no
assurances can be given that any compensation paid by us will
qualify for the transition relief or be deductible under Section
162(m) even if so intended.
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
The compensation committee considers accounting implications when
designing compensation plans and arrangements for our executive
officers and other employees. Chief among these is ASC 718, the
standard which governs the accounting treatment of certain
stock-based compensation. Among other things, ASC 718 requires us
to record a compensation expense in our income statement for all
equity awards granted to our executive officers and other
employees. This compensation expense is based on the grant date
“fair value” of the equity award and, in most cases, will be
recognized ratably over the award’s requisite service period
(which, generally, will correspond to the award’s vesting
schedule). This compensation expense is also reported in the
compensation tables below, even though recipients may never realize
any value from their equity awards.
Compensation Risk Oversight
Our compensation committee is responsible for establishing our
compensation philosophy and objectives, determining the structure,
components and other elements of our programs, and reviewing and
approving the compensation of our named executive officers. We do
not believe that our executive compensation program creates risks
that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on
us.
Compensation Committee Report
This report of the compensation committee is required by the SEC
and, in accordance with the SEC’s rules, will not be deemed to be
part of or incorporated by reference by any general statement
incorporating by reference this Proxy Statement into any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as
the Securities Act, or under the Exchange Act, except to the extent
that we specifically incorporate this information by reference, and
will not otherwise be deemed “soliciting material” or “filed” under
either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
Our compensation committee has reviewed and discussed the
Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of
Regulation S-K with management and based on such review and
discussions, the compensation committee recommended to our Board
that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this
Proxy Statement.
The Compensation Committee
Mark S. Peek (Chair)
Daniel Scheinman
Teddie Wardi
Executive Compensation Tables
2023
Summary Compensation Table
The following table provides information concerning the total
compensation of our named executive officers for services rendered
to us in all capacities during the fiscal years ended January 31,
2021, January 31, 2022 and January 31, 2023, as applicable. Our
named executive officers are entitled to the same health and
welfare benefits that are generally applicable to our other
employees.
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Fiscal Year |
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Salary
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Bonus
($)(1)
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Stock Awards
($)(2)
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Option Awards
($)(2)(3)
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All Other Compensation
($) |
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Total
($) |
Tomer Weingarten
Co-Founder, President, CEO and Chairman of our Board
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2023 |
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600,000 |
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660,000 |
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12,027,805 |
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— |
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234,557(4)
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13,522,362 |
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2022 |
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472,000 |
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541,759 |
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— |
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94,381,775 |
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— |
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95,395,534 |
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2021 |
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316,667 |
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200,000 |
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— |
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3,117,263 |
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— |
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3,633,930 |
David Bernhardt, Chief Financial Officer |
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2023 |
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425,000 |
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280,500 |
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4,009,256 |
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— |
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3,564(5)
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4,718,320 |
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2022 |
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367,995 |
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210,697 |
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— |
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1,375,895 |
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— |
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1,954,587 |
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2021 |
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115,952 |
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61,817 |
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— |
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4,527,338 |
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— |
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4,705,107 |
Keenan Conder
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
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2023 |
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424,375 |
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280,500 |
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2,004,609 |
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— |
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3,563(5)
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2,713,047 |
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2022 |
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177,951 |
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98,043 |
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7,441,123 |
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— |
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— |
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7,717,117 |
Richard Smith, Jr,
Chief Product & Technology Officer |
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2023 |
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450,000 |
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297,000 |
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3,708,574 |
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— |
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2,500(5)
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4,459,199 |
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2022 |
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417,692 |
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258,833 |
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— |
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10,255,000 |
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— |
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10,931,525 |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan
Chief Operating Officer(6)
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2023 |
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373,295 |
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395,428 |
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14,188,118 |
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— |
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3,625(5)
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14,959,341 |
Nicholas Warner
Former President, Security(7)
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2023 |
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346,023 |
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247,500 |
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8,719,176 |
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7,337,783 |
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230,301(8)
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16,880,783 |
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2022 |
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389,398 |
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445,083 |
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— |
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3,662,500 |
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4,496,981 |
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2021 |
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350,000 |
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385,000 |
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1,934,185 |
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2,669,185 |
(1)
For each of the named
executive officers, the amounts represent discretionary bonuses
earned in fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022 pursuant to each named
executive officer’s respective offer letters. In addition, for Mr.
Smith in fiscal 2022, the amount includes a one-time $37,500
sign-on bonus payable under the terms of Mr. Smith’s offer letter
dated February 2021.
(2) The amounts reported in these columns represent the grant date
fair value of the RSUs and stock options granted to our named
executive officers during fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022 as computed
in accordance with ASC 718. For more detailed discussion on the
valuation model and assumptions used to calculate the fair value of
our options, refer to Note 9 of “Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended January 31, 2023 and Note 11 of “Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements” included in Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2022. Note that the
amounts reported in these columns reflect the accounting cost for
these RSUs and stock options and do not correspond to the
actual economic value that may be received by our named executive
officers from the RSUs and stock options. The amounts reported in
these columns for Mr. Warner also include the incremental
accounting cost for modified awards that will continue vesting
after his resignation and transition to a non-employee
consultant.
(3) 1,304,605 shares underlying Option Awards granted to Mr.
Weingarten in fiscal 2022 are performance stock option awards, as
more fully described in the section titled “Compensation
Discussion and Analysis—Fiscal
2022 Performance Award,”
that remain within their performance period, which ends in March
2031. As of January 31, 2023, the performance criteria were not
met. 100,000 shares underlying Option Awards granted to Mr.
Bernhardt in fiscal year 2022 are performance stock option awards,
as more fully described in the section titled “Compensation
Discussion and Analysis—Fiscal
2022 Performance Award,"
that remain within their performance period, which ends in March
2031. As of January 31, 2023, the performance criteria were not
met.
(4) The amount consists of incremental expenses related to (i) the
cost of accommodations for Mr. Weingarten’s
spouse to attend the Company’s
annual President’s
Club retreat, during which all attendees are encouraged to bring
their spouses, of $1,329, and (ii) the cost of provision of
personal security services of $233,228. On occasion, guests of Mr.
Weingarten also accompanied him on business travel, for which there
was
de minimis
incremental cost to the Company. For more information regarding Mr.
Weingarten’s overall security program, see the section titled
“Compensation
Discussion and Analysis—Perquisites
and Other Personal Benefits.”
(5) The amount consists of company-paid 401(k) plan
contributions.
(6) Mr. Srivatsan joined the Company on April 4, 2022.
(7) Mr. Warner resigned
on November 7, 2022.
(8)
The amount consists of severance paid in a lump sum of $225,000 and
health insurance premiums of $5,301.
Fiscal 2022 Performance Award
In March 2021, our Board, with participation by every independent
member of our Board, granted performance stock option awards to Mr.
Weingarten and Mr. Bernhardt (collectively, the “Performance
Awards”). The Performance Awards are comprised of a 10-year term
option to purchase 1,304,605 shares of our Class B common stock (in
the case of Mr. Weingarten) and 100,000 shares of our Class B
common stock (in the case of Mr. Bernhardt). The Performance Awards
have an exercise price of $9.74 per share, which our Board
determined was equal to the fair market value of our common stock
on the date of the grants.
The Performance Awards vests 100% upon the earlier of (a) our
achieving a market capitalization (as reported in the Wall Street
Journal) of not less than $20 billion over not less than 90
consecutive trading days, or (b) a “change of control” as defined
in the 2013 Plan, in which our equity holders receive proceeds of
no less than $20 billion at closing (collectively, the “Milestone
Events”), in each case, subject to the recipient remaining
continuously employed as our Chief Executive Officer or Chief
Financial Officer, as applicable, at all times from the date of
grant through the applicable Milestone Event.
For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a “change of control”
in which equity holders receive proceeds of less than $20 billion
at closing or if we achieve a market capitalization of less than
$20 billion, the Performance Awards shall remain outstanding and
eligible to vest.
2023 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table
The following table provides information concerning each grant of
an award made for fiscal 2023, for each of our named executive
officers under any compensation plan. This information supplements
the information about these awards set forth in the 2023 Summary
Compensation Table.
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All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock (#) |
Grant Date Fair Value of Share Awards ($)(1)
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Tomer Weingarten |
RSU |
3/17/2022(2)
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319,294 |
12,027,805 |
2021 |
David Bernhardt |
RSU |
3/17/2022(2)
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106,431 |
4,009,023 |
2021 |
Keenan Conder |
RSU |
3/17/2022(2)
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53,215 |
2,004,609 |
2021 |
Richard Smith, Jr. |
RSU |
3/17/2022(2)
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98,449 |
3,708,574 |
2021 |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan
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RSU |
4/6/2022(3)
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400,229 |
14,188,118 |
2021 |
Nicholas Warner |
RSU |
3/17/2022(4)
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199,558 |
7,517,350 |
2021 |
(1) The amounts reported in this column represent the grant date
fair value of the RSUs granted to our named executive officers
during fiscal 2023 as computed in accordance with ASC 718. Note
that the amounts reported in these columns reflect the accounting
cost for these RSUs and do not correspond to the
actual economic value that may be received by our named executive
officers from the RSUs.
(2) The RSUs vest over a four-year period, with 1/16th of the RSUs
vesting quarterly, in each case provided the NEO remains employed
with the Company though each vesting date.
(3) RSU granted to Mr. Srivatsan under the 2021 Plan during fiscal
2023. The RSUs service-vest over a four-year period, with 25% of
the RSUs vesting on April 5, 2023 and 1/16th of the RSUs vesting
quarterly thereafter, in each case provided that Mr. Srivatsan
remains employed with us through each vesting date.
(4) The RSUs over a four-year period, with 1/16th of the RSUs
vesting quarterly, until November 7, 2023, provided that Mr. Warner
remains a non-employee consultant with us through each vesting
date.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table
The following table presents information concerning all outstanding
equity awards held by each of our named executive officers as of
January 31, 2023.
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Option Awards(1)
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Stock Awards(1)
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Name |
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Grant Date |
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Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#)
Exercisable |
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Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#)
Unexercisable |
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Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying
Unexercised Unearned Options
(#) |
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Option Exercise Price
($)
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Option Expiration Date |
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Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested
(#) |
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Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have not
Vested(2)
($)
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Tomer Weingarten |
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3/8/2019 |
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351,447 |
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17,188(3)
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— |
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2.27 |
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3/7/2029 |
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— |
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— |
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3/27/2020 |
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1,146,351 |
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750,000(4)
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— |
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2.27 |
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3/26/2030 |
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— |
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— |
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3/24/2021 |
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1,912,968 |
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3,304,218(5)
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— |
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9.74 |
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3/23/2031 |
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— |
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— |
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3/24/2021(6)
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— |
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— |
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1,304,605 |
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9.74 |
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3/23/2031 |
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— |
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— |
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3/17/2022 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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259,427(9)
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3,914,753 |
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David Bernhardt |
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10/1/2020 |
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1,100,321 |
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854,999 |
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— |
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3.02 |
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9/30/2030 |
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— |
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— |
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3/24/2021(6)
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— |
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— |
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100,000 |
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9.74 |
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3/23/2031 |
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— |
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— |
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3/17/2022 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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86,476(9)
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1,304,923 |
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Richard Smith, Jr. |
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3/24/2021 |
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335,416 |
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364,584(7)
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— |
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9.74 |
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3/23/2031 |
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3/17/2022 |
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— |
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— |
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79,990(9)
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1,207,049 |
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Keenan Conder |
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9/9/2021 |
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— |
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77,465(8)
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1,168,947 |
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3/17/2022 |
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43,238(9)
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652,461 |
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“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan
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4/6/2022 |
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— |
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400,229(10)
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6,039,456 |
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Nicholas Warner |
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8/1/2017 |
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642,048 |
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— |
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0.65 |
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7/31/2027 |
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— |
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— |
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5/31/2018 |
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464,400 |
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— |
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— |
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0.65 |
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5/30/2028 |
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— |
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— |
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3/8/2019 |
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283,622 |
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7,813 |
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— |
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1.20 |
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3/7/2029 |
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— |
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— |
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7/22/2020 |
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625,000 |
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375,000 |
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2.27 |
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7/21/2030 |
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3/24/2021 |
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91,666 |
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158,334 |
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9.74 |
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3/23/2031 |
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3/17/2022 |
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162,141(11)
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2,446,708 |
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(1) Each stock option was granted pursuant to our 2013 Equity
Incentive Plan (“2013 Plan”), except otherwise noted below. Each
RSU was awarded pursuant to our 2021 Plan.
(2) The market value of the awards were calculated by multiplying
the number of shares underlying the awards by $15.09, which was the
closing price of a share of our Class A common stock as of January
31, 2023.
(3)
This stock option vests monthly over 48-months in equal
installments starting on February 1, 2019, subject to continued
service through the applicable vesting date. For additional
information as to acceleration upon a change in control see the
section titled
“Executive
Compensation — Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of
Control.”
(4)
This stock option vests monthly over 48-months in equal
installments starting on January 22, 2020, subject to continued
service through the applicable vesting date. For additional
information as to acceleration upon a change in control see the
section titled
“Executive
Compensation — Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of
Control.”
(5)
This stock option vests monthly over 60-months in equal
installments starting April 23, 2021, subject to continued service
through the applicable vesting date. For additional information as
to acceleration upon a change in control see the section
titled
“Executive
Compensation — Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of
Control.”
(6)
Includes Performance Awards that are subject to performance-based
vesting conditions and are scheduled to vest on the achievement of
various corporate milestones, subject to the
officer’s
continued service with us through the satisfaction of such
performance conditions. For additional information see the section
titled
“Executive
Compensation — Fiscal 2022 Performance Award.”
(7)
25% of the shares subject to this stock option vested February 24,
2022. The remainder of the shares subject to the option vests in
equal monthly installments over 26 months thereafter, subject to
continued service through the applicable vesting date. For
additional information as to acceleration upon a change in control
see the section titled
“Executive
Compensation — Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of
Control.”
(8) 1/16th of the RSUs subject to the award vested on December 5,
2021 and an additional 1/16th of the RSUs shall vest quarterly
thereafter, subject to continued service through the applicable
vesting date.
For additional information as to acceleration upon a change in
control see the section titled
“Executive
Compensation — Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of
Control.”
(9) 1/16th of the RSUs subject to the award vested on May 5, 2023
and an additional 1/16th of the RSUs shall vest quarterly
thereafter, subject to continued service through the applicable
vesting date.
For additional information as to acceleration upon a change in
control see the section titled
“Executive
Compensation — Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of
Control.”
(10) The RSUs service-vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the
RSUs vesting on April 5, 2023 and 1/16th of the RSUs vesting
quarterly thereafter, subject to continued service through the
applicable vesting date.
For additional information as to acceleration upon a change in
control see the section titled
“Executive
Compensation — Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of
Control.”
(11) The RSUs service-vest over a four-year period, with 1/16th of
the RSUs vesting quarterly through November 7, 2023, provided that
Mr. Warner remains a non-employee consultant with the Company
through each vesting date. In other words, as of January 31, 2023,
Mr. Warner had 49,889 RSUs (out of the remaining 162,141
outstanding) that may vest in equal installments on the 5th of each
of February, May, August, and November of 2023, so long as Mr.
Warner remains a non-employee consultant with the Company through
such vesting dates.
2023
Stock Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table
The following table presents, for each of our named executive
officers, the number of shares of our common stock acquired upon
the exercise of stock options during fiscal 2023 and the aggregate
value realized upon the exercise of stock options.
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Option Awards |
Stock Awards |
Name |
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Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#) |
Value Realized on Exercise ($)(1)(2)
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Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#) |
Value Realized on Vesting ($)(3)
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Tomer Weingarten |
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1,233,250 |
18,421,331 |
59,867 |
1,462,546 |
David Bernhardt |
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38,886 |
1,219,539 |
19,955 |
487,496 |
Keenan Conder |
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— |
— |
38,146 |
949,297 |
Richard Smith, Jr. |
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— |
— |
18,459 |
450,953 |
“Vats”
Narayanan Srivatsan
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— |
— |
— |
— |
Nicholas Warner |
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214,670 |
7,610,609 |
37,417 |
914,091 |
(1) These values assume that the fair market value of the Class B
common stock underlying certain of the stock options, which is not
listed or approved for trading on or with any securities exchange
or association, is equal to the fair market value of our Class A
common stock. Each share of Class B common stock is convertible
into one share of Class A common stock at any time at the option of
the holder or upon certain transfers of such shares.
(2) The aggregate value realized upon the exercise of a stock
option represents the difference between the aggregate market price
of the shares of our Class A common stock (which for any stock
option with respect to Class B common stock is assumed to be equal
to our Class A common stock as described in footnote (1) above) on
the date of exercise and the aggregate exercise price of the stock
option.
(3) The aggregate value realized upon the vesting and settlement of
an RSU represents the aggregate market price of the shares of our
Class A common stock on the date of settlement.
Executive Offer Letters
We have entered into offer letters with each of our named executive
officers setting forth the terms and conditions of employment for
each of our named executive officers.
Tomer Weingarten
In May 2021, we entered into a confirmatory offer letter with Mr.
Weingarten. The letter agreement does not have a specific term and
provides that Mr. Weingarten is an at-will employee. Mr. Weingarten
is eligible to receive variable bonus compensation in accordance
with our bonus policies and at the sole discretion of our Board. As
of January 31, 2023, Mr. Weingarten’s annual base salary is
$600,000 and his target annual bonus is $600,000.
David Bernhardt
In May 2021, we entered into a confirmatory offer letter with Mr.
Bernhardt. The letter agreement does not have a specific term and
provides that Mr. Bernhardt is an at-will employee. Mr. Bernhardt
is eligible to receive variable bonus compensation in accordance
with our bonus policies and at the sole discretion of our Board. As
of January 31, 2023, Mr. Bernhardt’s annual base salary is $425,000
and his target annual bonus is $255,000.
Richard Smith, Jr.
In May 2021, we entered into a confirmatory offer letter with Mr.
Smith. The letter agreement does not have a specific term and
provides that Mr. Smith is an at-will employee. Mr. Smith is
eligible to receive variable bonus compensation in accordance with
our bonus policies and at the sole discretion of our Board. As of
January 31, 2023, Mr. Smith’s annual base salary is $450,000 and
his target annual bonus is $270,000.
Keenan Conder
In June 2021, we entered into a confirmatory offer letter with Mr.
Conder, effective August 2021, when Mr. Conder commenced his
employment with us. The letter agreement does not have a specific
term and provides that
Mr. Conder is an at-will employee. Mr. Conder is eligible to
receive variable bonus compensation in accordance with our bonus
policies and at the sole discretion of our Board. As of January 31,
2023, Mr. Conder’s annual base salary is $425,000 and his target
annual bonus is $255,000.
“Vats”
Narayanan
Srivatsan
In February 2022, we entered into a confirmatory offer letter with
Mr. Srivatsan, effective April 2022 when Mr. Srivatsan commenced
his employment with us. The letter agreement does not have a
specific term and provides that Mr. Srivatsan is an at-will
employee. Mr. Srivatsan is eligible to receive variable bonus
compensation in accordance with our bonus policies and at the sole
discretion of our Board. As of January 31, 2023, Mr. Srivatsan’s
annual base salary is $450,000 and his target annual bonus is
$450,000.
Executive Separation Agreement and Consulting Services
Agreement
In September 2022, in connection with Mr. Warner’s transition to an
advisory role with us, we entered into a consulting services
agreement with Mr. Warner to provide certain advisory services to
us through November 2023.
Mr. Warner did not receive payments in connection with such service
other than continued vesting of his equity awards during the term
of his consulting arrangements with us, which was substantially
consistent with the terms of his severance agreement described
below. In connection with this transition, we entered into a
separation and release agreement with Mr. Warner, relating to Mr.
Warner’s separation of employment with us. The letter agreement
provides that, in exchange for Mr. Warner’s execution and
non-revocation of a release of claims and agreement to certain
restrictive covenants, Mr. Warner would receive: (i) a lump sum
cash payment in an amount equal to 6 months of his base salary,
(ii) COBRA continuation coverage for a period of 6 months following
his cessation of employment, and (iii) continued vesting of his
equity awards during the term of his consulting arrangements with
us (as the sole consideration for his consulting arrangement with
us). Mr. Warner’s separation agreement also provided that he will
not be subject to any contractual restrictions on his ability to
trade shares of our common stock.
Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of
Control
We adopted arrangements for our executive officers, including our
named executive officers, that provide for payments and benefits on
termination of employment or upon a termination in connection with
a change of control.
Under these arrangements, in the event that any of our executive
officers, including our named executive officers, are terminated
without “cause” or resigns for “good reason” within three months
before or twelve months following a “change of control” of the
Company, he or she will be entitled to: (i) an amount equal to
twelve months (eighteen months for Mr. Weingarten) of his or her
base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to such
termination plus his or her then-current annual target bonus
opportunity, payable in a cash lump-sum and (ii) to the extent the
executive officer timely elects to receive continued coverage under
our group-healthcare plans, we will continue to pay the employer
portion of the participant’s premium payments for such continued
coverage for a period ending on the earlier of (x) twelve months
following the termination date (eighteen months for Mr. Weingarten)
and (y) the date that the executive officer becomes eligible for
coverage under another employer’s plans. In addition, each of our
executive officer’s outstanding equity awards, excluding awards
that would otherwise vest contingent upon remaining-unsatisfied
performance criteria, will become vested and exercisable, as
applicable, with respect to 100% of the underlying shares. All such
severance payments and benefits will be subject to each named
executive officer’s execution of a general release of claims
against us.
Additionally, in the event that our executive officers, including
our named executive officers, are terminated without “cause” or
resign for “good reason” outside of the period of three months
before or twelve months after a “change of control,” he or she will
be entitled to (i) an amount equal to six months (twelve months for
Mr. Weingarten) of his or her base salary at the rate in effect
immediately prior to such termination, payable in a cash lump-sum
and (ii) to the extent the named executive officer timely elects to
receive continued coverage under our group-healthcare plans, we
will continue to pay the employer portion of the participant’s
premium payments for such continued coverage for a period ending on
the earlier of (x) six months following the termination date
(twelve months for Mr. Weingarten) and (y) the date that the
executive officer becomes eligible for coverage under another
employer’s plans. Finally, in the event that Mr. Weingarten is
terminated without “cause”, the vesting of each of his outstanding
equity awards, excluding awards that would otherwise vest
contingent upon remaining-unsatisfied performance criteria, shall
accelerate as if he had completed an additional six months of
continuous service. All such
severance payments and benefits will be subject to each executive
officer’s execution of a general release of claims against
us.
Outstanding equity awards granted to executive officers, including
named executive officers, on or after March 24, 2021, are and will
be governed by the rules described above, whereas outstanding
equity awards granted to our executive officers, including, named
executive officers, prior to March 24, 2021, will remain subject to
their original specific acceleration terms. For the avoidance of
doubt, the stock option awards, granted to Messrs. Weingarten and
Smith on March 24, 2021 will be governed by the rules described in
the preceding paragraphs.
Outstanding equity awards granted prior to March 24, 2021 to our
executive officers, including our named executive officers, will
therefore become vested and exercisable, as applicable, with
respect to 50% of the underlying shares in the event that (i) they
are terminated without “cause” or resign for “good reason” or (ii)
in the event of a “change of control” of the Company, and with
respect to 100% of the underlying shares in the event that they are
terminated without “cause” or resigns for “good reason” within
three months before or twelve months following a “change of
control” of the Company.
The following table provides information concerning the estimated
payments and benefits that would be provided in the circumstances
described above for each of our eligible named executive officers
in accordance with the arrangements described above in effect on
January 31, 2023. Except where otherwise noted, payments and
benefits are estimated assuming that the triggering event took
place on January 31, 2023, and the price per share of our Class A
common stock is the closing price on the New York Stock Exchange as
of January 31, 2023 ($15.09). There can be no assurance that a
triggering event would produce the same or similar results as those
estimated below if such event occurs on any other date or at any
other price, of if any other assumption used to estimate potential
payments and benefits is not correct. Due to the number of factors
that affect the nature and amount of any potential payments or
benefits, any actual payments and benefits may be
different.
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Termination of Employment No Change-of-Control |
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Total ($) |
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Severance Payment ($) |
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Medical Benefits Continuation ($) |
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Accelerated Vesting of Equity Awards ($) |
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Total ($) |
Tomer Weingarten |
600,000 |
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29,810 |
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8,421,314 |
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9,051,124 |
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1,500,000 |
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44,715 |
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31,427,670 |
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32,972,385 |
David Bernhardt |
212,500 |
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11,784 |
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— |
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224,284 |
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680,000 |
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23,568 |
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11,624,761 |
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12,328,329 |
Richard Smith Jr. |
225,000 |
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16,381 |
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241,381 |
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720,000 |
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32,762 |
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3,157,574 |
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3,910,336 |
Keenan Conder |
212,500 |
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16,381 |
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— |
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228,881 |
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680,000 |
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32,762 |
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1,821,408 |
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2,534,170 |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan
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225,000 |
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16,381 |
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— |
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241,381 |
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900,000 |
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32,762 |
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6,039,456 |
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6,972,218 |
Nicholas Warner (resigned on November 7, 2022) |
225,000 |
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16,118 |
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— |
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241,118 |
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N/A |
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N/A |
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N/A |
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N/A |
Policy on Hedging and Pledging of Our Securities
We have an insider trading policy, which, among other things,
prohibits our directors, officers, employees and consultants from
engaging in derivative securities transactions, including hedging,
with respect to our securities. In addition, no such person may
pledge our securities as collateral in a margin account or as
collateral for a loan without prior consent of our Chief Legal
Officer.
Pay Versus Performance
As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act, and Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, we
are providing the following disclosure regarding executive
compensation for our principal executive officer, who is our CEO,
and our other named executive officers (“Non-CEO NEOs”) and our
performance for the fiscal years listed below. The compensation
committee did not consider the pay versus
performance disclosure below in making its pay decisions for any of
the years shown. The SEC adopted these disclosure requirements in
August 2022 after we made compensation decisions for fiscal 2022
and fiscal 2023. For further information concerning our
pay-for-performance philosophy and how we structure our executive
compensation to drive and reward performance, refer to the section
titled “Compensation
Discussion and Analysis.”
The information contained in this “Pay
Versus Performance”
section will not be incorporated into any of our filings under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent we
specifically incorporate such information by reference therein. The
amounts shown for “Compensation Actually Paid” have been calculated
in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K and do not
reflect compensation actually earned, realized, or received by our
named executive officers; these amounts reflect the 2023 Summary
Compensation Table total with certain adjustments as described in
the following table and footnotes.
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Value of Initial Fixed $100
Investment Based on: |
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Summary Compensation
Table Total for CEO(1)(2)
($)
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Compensation Actually Paid to CEO(3)
($)
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Average Summary Compensation Table Total for non-CEO
NEOs(4)
($)
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Average Summary Actually Paid to non-CEO NEOs(5)
($)
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Total Shareholder Return(6)
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Peer Group Total Shareholder Return(7)
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Net Loss ($ millions)(8)
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Stock Price(9)
($)
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2023 |
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13,522,362 |
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(183,133,426) |
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8,746,750 |
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(11,381,739) |
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35.51 |
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92.83 |
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(378.7) |
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15.09 |
2022 |
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95,395,534 |
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352,126,254 |
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9,324,321 |
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17,064,767 |
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105.29 |
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110.11 |
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(271.1) |
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44.75 |
(1) Mr. Weingarten our CEO, has served as our principal executive
officer for the entirety of fiscal 2022 and 2023. Our non-CEO NEOs
for fiscal 2023 were Messrs. Bernhardt, Conder, Smith, Srivatsan,
and Warner; and for fiscal 2022, Messrs. Smith and
Conder.
(2) Amounts reported in these columns represent (i) the total
compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table for the
applicable year for our CEO and (ii) the average of the total
compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table for the
applicable year for our non-CEO NEOs.
(3) Amounts for each fiscal year do not reflect the actual amount
of compensation earned by or paid to Mr. Weingarten during the
applicable year. Instead, the amounts reported in this column for
each fiscal year were calculated by making the following
adjustments to amounts reported for Mr. Weingarten in the “Summary
Compensation Table” in the “Total” column, in accordance with Item
402(v) of Regulation S-K:
a.Fiscal
2023
i.We
deducted $12.0 million reported in the Summary Compensation
Table, reflecting the grant date fair value of awards.
ii.We
added $4.3 million reflecting the fair value of awards granted
in the fiscal year that were outstanding and unvested as of the end
of the fiscal year.
iii.We
deducted $151.4 million representing the change in fair value
of any awards granted in prior years that were outstanding and
unvested as of the end of the fiscal year.
iv.We
deducted $1.2 million representing the change in fair value of
awards that were granted and vested in the same fiscal
year.
v.We
deducted $36.3 million representing the change in fair value
for awards granted in prior years that vested in the fiscal
year.
b.Fiscal
2022
i.We
deducted $94.4 million reported in the Summary Compensation
Table, reflecting the grant date fair value of awards.
ii.We
added $229.6 million reflecting the fair value of awards
granted in the fiscal year that were outstanding and unvested as of
the end of the fiscal year.
iii.We
added $72.4 million representing the change in fair value of
any awards granted in prior years that were outstanding and
unvested as of the end of the fiscal year.
iv.We
added $20.1 million representing the change in fair value of
awards that were granted and vested in the same fiscal
year.
v.We
added $28.9 million representing the change in fair value for
awards granted in prior years that vested in the fiscal
year.
No awards failed to meet vesting conditions during either fiscal
2022 or 2023, no dividends or earnings were paid during such fiscal
years, and there were no changes in pension values during such
fiscal years (as we do not sponsor any pensions).
(4) Represents, for each applicable year, the average of the
amounts reported in the “Summary Compensation Table” in the “Total”
column for the Non-CEO NEOs as a group. The Non-CEO NEOs included
for purposes of calculating the average amounts in each applicable
year are as follows: for fiscal 2023, Messrs. Bernhardt, Conder,
Smith, Srivatsan, and Warner; and for fiscal 2022, Messrs. Smith
and Conder.
Mr. Warner received a lump sum severance payment of $225,000 in
fiscal 2023 in connection with his resignation
on November 7, 2022,
(5) Amounts for each fiscal year do not reflect the actual average
of reported amounts of compensation earned by or paid to the
Non-CEO NEOs during the applicable year. In accordance with Item
402(v) of Regulation S-K, the amounts reported in this column for
each fiscal year were calculated by making the following
adjustments to average total compensation for the Non-CEO NEOs,
using the same methodology described above in footnote
2:
a.Fiscal
2023
i.We
deducted $7.9 million reported in the Summary Compensation
Table, reflecting the grant date fair value of awards.
ii.We
added $3.4 million reflecting the fair value of awards granted
in the fiscal year that were outstanding and unvested as of the end
of the fiscal year.
iii.We
deducted $11.1 million representing the change in fair value
of any awards granted in prior years that are outstanding and
unvested as of the end of the fiscal year.
iv.We
deducted $0.3 million representing the change in fair value of
awards that were granted and vested in the same year.
v.We
deducted $4.1 million representing the change in fair value
for awards granted in prior years that vested in the fiscal
year.
b.Fiscal
2022
i.We
deducted $8.9 million reported in the Summary Compensation
Table, reflecting the grant date fair value of awards.
ii.We
added $16.6 million reflecting the fair value of awards
granted in the fiscal year that were outstanding and unvested as of
the end of the fiscal year.
iii.We
added $0.1 million representing the change in fair value of
awards that were granted and vested in the same year.
iv.There
were no awards granted in prior years for our non-CEO
NEOs.
No dividends or earnings were paid during such fiscal years, and
there were no changes in pension values during such fiscal years
(as we do not sponsor any pensions)
(6) Assumes an initial investment of $100.00 in our Class A common
stock on June 30, 2021, the date of our initial public offering.
Historic stock price performance is not necessarily indicative of
future stock price performance. There were no dividends or other
earnings paid in the covered fiscal years.
(7) The peer group used for the purpose of this disclosure in each
covered year is the S&P 500 Information Technology Index which
we also use in the stock performance graph required by Item 201(e)
of Regulation S-K included in our Annual Report. This column
assumes $100.0 was invested in this peer group on June 30, 2021
(same period as used for footnote 6 above).
(8) The amounts shown reflect the net loss reported in our audited
financial statements for the applicable fiscal year.
(9) The stock price reported represents the closing price of our
Class A common stock as reported on NYSE on the last trading day of
the applicable fiscal year. We selected stock price as our
company-selected measure because in fiscal 2022, Mr. Weingarten's
was granted a stock option which is earned upon the achievement of
performance conditions based on Class A common stock price such as
achieving market capitalization (as reported in the Wall Street
Journal) of not less than $20 billion over not less than 90
consecutive trading days as more fully described under
“Executive
Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Fiscal 2022
Performance Award”
(“Performance Award”). The Performance Award is a significant
driver of Mr. Weingarten’s compensation actually paid and is a
significant element of his individual and our overall compensation
program due to the significant size of the award. While, aside from
the Performance Award, we do not otherwise use stock price to link
compensation actually paid to our Non-CEO NEOs’ performance in
making executive compensation decisions, we believe our executives’
incentives are closely aligned with those of our stockholders and
our overall performance by means of the grant of time-based stock
options and RSUs, the values of which are tied to our stock
performance over time. For more information, see the section titled
“Executive
Compensation—Compensation Discussion and
Analysis.”
Analysis of the Information Presented in the Pay Versus Performance
Table
“Compensation actually paid,” as required under the Securities Act,
reflects cash compensation actually paid as well as adjusted values
to unvested and vested equity awards during the years shown in the
table based on year-end stock prices, various accounting valuation
assumptions, and projected performance modifiers but does not
reflect actual amounts paid out for those awards which can only be
determined upon the ultimate sale of the stock underlying such
awards. “Compensation actually paid” generally fluctuates due to
stock price achievement and varying levels of projected and actual
achievement of performance goals (as applicable). We generally seek
to incentivize long-term performance, and therefore do not
specifically align our performance measures with compensation that
is actually paid (as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of
Regulation S-K) for a particular year. For a discussion of how our
compensation committee assessed “pay-for-performance” and how our
executive compensation program is designed to link executive
compensation with the achievement of our financial and strategic
objectives as well as stockholder value creation each year, see the
section titled “Compensation
Discussion and Analysis”
in this Proxy Statement.
Compensation actually paid to our CEO and the named executive
officer group versus TSR
Below is a graph showing the relationship of compensation actual
paid to our CEO and Non-CEO NEOs for fiscal 2022 and 2023 to total
shareholder return of both our Class A common stock and the
S&P
500 Information Technology Index.
Compensation actually paid to our CEO and the named executive
officer group versus Net Income
Below is a graph showing the relationship of compensation actual
paid to our CEO and Non-CEO NEOs for fiscal 2022 and 2023 to our
net loss.
Compensation actually paid to our CEO and the named executive
officer group versus Company Selected Measure
Below is a graph showing the relationship of compensation actual
paid to our CEO and Non-CEO NEOs for fiscal 2022 and 2023 to our
stock price.
Tabular List of Most Important Financial Performance
Measures
The following table presents the financial performance measure that
we believe to have been the most important in linking Compensation
Actually Paid to our CEO and Non-CEO NEOs to our Company
performance. We did not use any other performance measure sin
linking Compensation Actually Paid to our CEO and Non-CEO NEOs to
our performance.
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Limitations on Liability and Indemnification Matters
Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions that
limit the liability of our directors for monetary damages to the
fullest extent permitted by DGCL. Consequently, our directors will
not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary
damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as directors, except
liability for:
•any
breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our
stockholders;
•any
act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
•unlawful
payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions
as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL; or
•any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
We have entered, and intend to continue to enter, into separate
indemnification agreements with our directors, officers, and
certain of our other employees, in addition to the indemnification
provided for in our Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
amended and restated bylaws. These agreements, among other things,
require us to indemnify our directors, officers and key employees
for certain expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines,
and settlement amounts actually and reasonably incurred by such
director, officer or key employee in any action or proceeding
arising out of their service to us or any of our subsidiaries or
any other company or enterprise to which the person provides
services at our request. Subject to certain limitations, our
indemnification agreements also require us to advance expenses
incurred by our directors, officers, and key employees for the
defense of any action for which indemnification is required or
permitted.
We believe that these provisions of our Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and indemnification agreements are necessary to
attract and retain qualified persons such as directors, officers,
and key employees. We also maintain directors’ and officers’
liability insurance.
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and amended and restated
bylaws or in these indemnification agreements may discourage
stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors and
officers for breaches of their fiduciary duties. They may also
reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against our
directors and officers, even though an action, if successful, might
benefit us and other stockholders. Further, a stockholder’s
investment may be adversely affected to the extent that we pay the
costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and
officers as required by these indemnification
provisions.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, executive officers or
persons controlling us, we have been informed that in the opinion
of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table summarizes information about our equity
compensation plans as of January 31, 2023. As of January 31, 2023,
our equity compensation plans consisted of the 2021 Plan, 2013 Plan
and the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) as well as the
2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). Information is included
for equity compensation plans approved by our stockholders. We do
not have any non-stockholder approved equity compensation
plans.
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Plan Category |
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(a) Number
of Securities
to be Issued
Upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and Rights
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(b) Weighted-
average
Exercise
Price of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and Rights
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(c) Number of
Securities
Remaining
Available for
Future
Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation
Plans
(excluding
securities
reflected in
column (a))
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Equity compensation plans approved by security
holders(1)
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46,855,980(2)
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$ 4.71(3)
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48,219,451(4)(5)
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Equity compensation plans not approved by security
holders |
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— |
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— |
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— |
Total |
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46,855,980 |
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$ 4.71 |
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48,219,451 |
(1) Includes our 2011 Plan, 2013 Plan and 2021 Plan. Our 2011 Plan
and 2013 Plan terminated on July 2, 2021 in connection with our
IPO. The amount in column (c) includes shares of our Class A common
stock issuable under our ESPP.
(2) Includes 14,409,166 shares of Class A common stock subject to
options and RSUs and 32,446,814 shares of Class B common stock
subject to options and RSUs outstanding as of January 31, 2023 that
were issued under the 2011 Plan, 2013 Plan and 2021 Plan. This
amount does not include any shares issuable under our
ESPP.
(3) Indicates a weighted average price for 32,446,814 options under
our 2011 Plan, 2013 Plan, and 2021 Plan. It does not take into
account RSUs, which do not have an exercise price.
(4) As of January 31, 2023, an aggregate of 40,175,515 shares of
Class A common stock were available for issuance under our 2021
Plan. The number of shares available for issuance under our 2021
Plan will also include an annual increase on the first day of each
fiscal year, by the number of shares equal to five (5%) of the
aggregate number of outstanding shares of all classes of our common
stock (on an as-converted basis) as of the immediately preceding
January 31, or a lesser number as may be determined by our
compensation committee, or by our Board acting in place of our
compensation committee.
(5) As of January 31, 2023, an aggregate of 8,043,936 shares of
Class A common stock were available for issuance under our ESPP.
The number of shares available for issuance under our ESPP will
also include an annual increase on the first day of each fiscal
year, by the number of shares equal to one percent (1%) of the
aggregate number of outstanding shares of all classes of our common
stock (on an as-converted basis) as of the immediately preceding
January 31, or a lesser number as may be determined by our
compensation committee, or by our Board acting in place of our
compensation committee.
RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS
Related Person Transactions
The following is a summary of transactions since February 1, 2022
to which we have been or will be a party, in which the amount
involved exceeded or will exceed $120,000, and in which any of our
executive officers, directors, nominees for director, promoters or
beneficial holders of more than 5% of any class of our capital
stock, or any immediate family member of, or person sharing the
household with, any of these individuals or entities, had or will
have a direct or indirect material interest, other than
compensation arrangements which are described under the section
titled “Executive
Compensation.”
Indemnification of Officers and Directors
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our
directors and executive officers. The indemnification agreements
and our amended and restated bylaws require us to indemnify our
directors to the fullest extent not prohibited by Delaware law.
Subject to certain limitations, our amended and restated bylaws
also require us to advance expenses incurred by our directors and
officers.
Policies and Procedures for Related Party Transactions
Our Board adopted a Related Party Transactions Policy which
provides that our audit committee is responsible for reviewing and
approving any related party transaction, taking into account
whether the transaction is on an arms-length basis, whether there
are business reasons for the transaction, whether the transaction
would impair a director’s independence and whether the related
party transaction would present an improper conflict of interest.
The Related Party Transaction Policy applies to any transaction,
arrangement or relationship, or any series of similar transactions,
arrangements or relationships, in which we are to be a participant,
the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and a related person had or
will have a direct or indirect material interest. Our audit
committee approves all of our related party
transactions.
We believe that we have executed all the transactions described
above on terms no less favorable to us than we could have obtained
from unaffiliated third parties. It is our intention to ensure that
all future related party transactions are approved by our audit
committee, and are on terms no less favorable to us than those that
we could obtain from unaffiliated third parties.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our
capital stock as of April 30, 2023 by:
•each
person, or group of affiliated persons, known to us to be the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock;
•each
of our named executive officers;
•each
of our directors and nominees for director; and
•all
executive officers and directors as a group.
Applicable percentage ownership is based on 237,668,039 shares of
Class A common stock and 53,543,426 shares of Class B common stock
outstanding at April 30, 2023. Shares of common stock issuable upon
the exercise of stock options exercisable or pursuant to RSUs that
may vest and settle within 60 days of April 30, 2023, are deemed to
be outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding the
options, or the RSUs, for the purpose of computing the percentage
of beneficial ownership of that person and any group of which that
person is a member, but are not deemed outstanding for the purpose
of computing the percentage of beneficial ownership for any other
person.
Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes below, each stockholder
named in the following table possesses sole voting and investment
power over the shares listed. The information does not necessarily
indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Unless
otherwise noted below, the address of each person listed on the
table is c/o SentinelOne, Inc., 444 Castro Street, Suite 400,
Mountain View, CA 94104.
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Shares Beneficially Owned |
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Total Voting Power |
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Class A |
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Class B |
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Name of Beneficial Owners |
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Shares |
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% |
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Named Executive Officers and Directors: |
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Tomer Weingarten(1)
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63,270 |
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* |
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8,802,446 |
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15.27% |
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12.67% |
Shares subject to voting proxy(2)
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5,023,739 |
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2.11% |
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— |
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— |
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* |
Total
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5,087,009 |
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2.14% |
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8,802,446 |
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15.27% |
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13.03% |
David Bernhardt(3)
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40,267 |
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* |
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1,300,229 |
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2.37% |
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1.95% |
Keenan Conder(4)
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65,594 |
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* |
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— |
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— |
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* |
Richard Smith, Jr(5)
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37,091 |
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* |
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233,333 |
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* |
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* |
“Vats” Narayanan Srivatsan(6)
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72,216 |
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* |
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— |
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— |
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* |
Nicholas Warner(7)
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280,691 |
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* |
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1,089,249 |
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1.99% |
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1.66% |
Charlene T. Begley(8)
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15,407 |
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* |
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19,250 |
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* |
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* |
Aaron Hughes(9)
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4,021 |
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* |
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27,777 |
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* |
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* |
Mark S. Peek(10)
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74,127 |
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* |
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27,777 |
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* |
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* |
Ana G. Pinczuk(11)
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8,734 |
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* |
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— |
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— |
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* |
Daniel Scheinman(12)
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39,621 |
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* |
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1,423,149 |
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2.66% |
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2.18% |
Teddie Wardi(13)
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
All executive officers and directors as a group (11
persons)(14)
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5,444,087 |
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2.29% |
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11,833,961 |
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19.97% |
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17.02% |
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Greater than 5% Stockholders: |
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Entities affiliated with Insight(15)
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3,646,919 |
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1.53% |
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30,999,311 |
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57.90% |
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47.66% |
Entities affiliated with Redpoint Ventures(16)
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2,620,219 |
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1.10% |
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14,847,910 |
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27.73% |
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22.89% |
Entities
affiliated with The Vanguard Group(17)
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18,369,130 |
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7.73% |
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— |
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— |
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1.40% |
* Less than one percent.
(1) Consists of (i) 63,270 shares of Class A common stock subject
to RSUs scheduled to vest and settle within 60 days of April 30,
2023, (ii) 4,171,153 shares of Class B common stock held
directly by Mr. Weingarten, (iii) 136,074 shares of Class B common
stock held of record by Mr. Weingarten, as Trustee of the Tomer
Weingarten 2021 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated April 29,
2021, (iv) 400,000 shares of Class B common stock held by a trust
over whose trustee Mr. Weingarten can exercise remove and replace
powers, and (v) 4,095,219 shares underlying
stock options to purchase Class B common stock that are exercisable
within 60 days of April 30, 2023. The 4,171,153 shares of Class B
common stock held directly by Mr. Weingarten are pledged as
collateral to secure personal indebtedness pursuant to a security
and pledge agreement.
(2) Consists of shares of our Class A common stock held by Almog
Cohen, our co-founder and former director, over which, except under
limited circumstances, Mr. Weingarten holds an irrevocable proxy,
pursuant to the Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, dated as of June 17,
2021, by and between Mr. Weingarten and Mr. Cohen. Pursuant to the
Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, Mr. Cohen granted Mr. Weingarten an
irrevocable proxy to vote all shares of Class B common stock and
other voting securities held by Mr. Cohen at Mr. Weingarten’s
discretion on all matters to be voted upon by our stockholders. We
do not believe that the parties to the Irrevocable Proxy Agreement
constitute a “group” under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, as
Mr. Weingarten exercises voting control over these
shares.
(3) Consists of (i) 15,052 shares of Class A common stock held
directly by Mr. Bernhardt, (ii) 25,215 shares of Class A
common stock subject to RSUs scheduled to vest and settle within 60
days of April 30, 2023, and (iii) 1,300,229 shares underlying stock
options to purchase Class B common stock that are exercisable
within 60 days of April 30, 2023.
(4) Consists of (i) 41,691 shares of Class A common stock held
directly by Mr. Conder and (ii) 23,903 shares of Class A common
stock subject to RSUs scheduled to vest and settle within 60 days
of April 30, 2023.
(5) Consists of (i) 37,091 shares of Class A common stock subject
to RSUs scheduled to vest and settle within 60 days of April 30,
2023, and (ii) 233,333 shares underlying stock options to purchase
Class B common stock that are exercisable within 60 days of April
30, 2023.
(6) Consists of (i) 56,747 shares of Class A common stock held
directly by Mr. Srivatsan and (ii) 15,469 shares of Class A common
stock subject to RSUs scheduled to vest and settle within 60 days
of April 30, 2023.
(7) Consists of (i) 268,219 shares of Class A common stock held
directly by Mr. Warner, (ii) 12,472 shares of Class A common stock
subject to RSUs scheduled to vest and settle within 60 days of
April 30, 2023, and (iii) 1,089,249 shares underlying stock options
to purchase Class B common stock that are exercisable within 60
days of April 30, 2023.
(8) Consists of (i) 13,262 shares of Class A common stock held
directly by Ms. Begley, (ii) 465 shares of Class A common stock
held by the 2014 Irrevocable Trust FBO Jordan L. Begley, of which
Ms. Begley is co-trustee, (iii) 465 shares of Class A common stock
held by the 2014 Irrevocable Trust FBO Paige Begley, of which Ms.
Begley is co-trustee, (iv) 465 shares of Class A common stock held
by the 2014 Irrevocable Trust FBO Jennifer Elizabeth Begley, of
which Ms. Begley is co-trustee, (v) 750 shares of Class A common
stock subject to RSUs scheduled to vest within 60 days of April 30,
2023, and (vi) 19,250 shares underlying stock options to purchase
Class B common stock that are exercisable within 60 days of April
30, 2023.
(9) Consists of (i) 3,378 shares of Class A common stock held
directly by Mr. Hughes, (ii) 643 shares of Class A common stock
subject to RSUs scheduled to vest and settle within 60 days of
April 30, 2023, (iii) 27,777 shares underlying stock options to
purchase Class B common stock that are exercisable within 60 days
of April 30, 2023.
(10) Consists of (i) 3,355 shares of Class A common stock held
directly by Mr. Peek, (ii) 70,000 shares of Class A common stock
beneficially owned by Mr. Peek as trustee of the Omega Living Trust
dated August 6, 2015, (iii) 772 shares of Class A common stock
subject to RSUs scheduled to vest within 60 days of April 30, 2023,
and (iv) 27,777 shares underlying stock options to purchase Class B
common stock that are exercisable within 60 days of April 30,
2023.
(11) Consists of (i) 8,085 shares of Class A common stock held
directly by Ms. Pinczuk and (ii) 649 shares of Class A common stock
subject to RSUs scheduled to vest and settle within 60 days of
April 30, 2023.
(12) Consists of (i) 11471 shares of Class A common stock held
directly by Mr. Scheinman, (ii) 28,150 shares of Class A common
stock held by the Dan and Zoe Scheinman Family Trust,dated 2/23/01
(the “Scheinman Family Trust”) over which Mr. Scheinman is trustee
and a beneficiary and has sole voting and dispositive power, and
(iii) 1,423,149 shares of Class B common stock held by the
Scheinman Family Trust.
(13) Mr. Wardi is a Managing Director at Insight Venture
Management, LLC, the investment manager of Insight Partners
(Cayman) XI, L.P., Insight Partners (Delaware) XI, L.P., Insight
Partners (EU) XI, S.C.Sp., Insight Partners XI (Co-Investors) (B),
L.P., Insight Partners XI (Co-Investors), L.P., Insight Partners
XI, L.P., Insight Venture Partners X, L.P., Insight Venture
Partners X (Co-Investors), L.P., Insight Venture Partners (Cayman)
X, L.P. and Insight Venture Partners (Delaware) X, L.P., or
Insight, and collectively, the Insight Entities, and does not have
voting or investment power over the shares held by the Insight
Entities. Mr. Wardi disclaims beneficial ownership of the Class B
common stock held by the Insight Entities except to the extent of
his pecuniary interest. See note (15) below for more information
regarding Insight.
(14) The beneficial ownership of all executive officers and
directors as a group (excluding Mr. Warner, who resigned as an
executive officer on November 7, 2022) includes (a) 5,293,122
shares of Class A common stock over which such persons held voting
power or investment power on April 30, 2023, (b) 178,341
shares of Class A common stock subject to RSUs scheduled to vest
and settle within 60 days of April 30, 2023, (c) 6,130,376 shares
of Class B common stock over which such persons held voting power
or investment power on April 30, 2023, and (d) 5,703,585 shares of
Class B common stock underlying stock options exercisable within 60
days after April 30, 2023.
(15) Based on a Schedule 13D/A filed on March 31, 2023, by entities
affiliated with Insight, pursuant to which entities affiliated with
Insight may be deemed the beneficial owners of 3,646,919 shares of
Class A common stock and 30,999,311 shares of Class B common stock
as follows:
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Reporting Person
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Shares of Class A Common Stock
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Shares of Class B Common Stock
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Insight Venture Partners X, L.P.
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1,573,422
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14,160,803
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Insight Venture Partners (Cayman) X, L.P.
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1,290,225
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11,612,028
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Insight Venture Partners (Delaware) X, L.P.
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249,581
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2,246,234
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Insight Venture Partners X (Co-Investors), L.P.
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37,437
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336,935
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Insight Partners XI, L.P.
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122,122
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1,099,100
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Insight Partners (Cayman) XI, L.P.
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133,791
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1,204,121
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Insight Partners (Delaware) XI, L.P.
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17,082
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153,745
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Insight Partners XI (Co-Investors), L.P.
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2,033
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18,302
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Insight Partners XI (Co-Investors) (B), L.P.
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2,802
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25,226
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Insight Partners (EU) XI, S.C.Sp.
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15,868
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142,817
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Insight Partners Fund X Follow-On Fund, L.P.
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75,176 |
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Insight Partners Fund X (Cayman) Follow-On Fund, L.P.
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107,025 |
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Insight Partners Fund X (Delaware) Follow-On Fund,
L.P.
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13,104 |
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Insight Partners Fund X (Co-Investors) Follow-On Fund,
L.P.
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7,251 |
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Insight Venture Associates X, L.P.
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3,150,665
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28,356,000
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Insight Venture Associates X, Ltd.
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3,150,665
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28,356,000
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Insight Associates XI, L.P.
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277,830
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2,500,494
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Insight Associates XI, Ltd.
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277,830
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2,500,494
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Insight Associates (EU) XI, S.a.r.l.
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15,868
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142,817
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Insight Associates Fund X Follow-On, L.P.
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202,556
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Insight Associates Fund X Follow-On, Ltd.
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202,556
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Insight Holdings Group, LLC |
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3,646,919 |
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30,999,311 |
Each of Jeffrey L. Horing, Deven Parekh, Jeffrey Lieberman and
Michael Triplett is a member of the board of managers of Insight
Holdings and may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive
power over the shares held by each of the Funds. The foregoing is
not an admission by any of Jeffrey L. Horing, Deven Parekh, Jeffrey
Lieberman or Michael Triplett that he is the beneficial owner of
the shares held by the Funds. The address for each of the foregoing
persons is 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 36th Floor, New York, New
York 10036.
(16) Based on information provided to us by the investor, Redpoint
Omega Associates II, LLC is the beneficial owner of (i) 78,606
shares of Class A common stock and (ii) 445,437 shares of Class B
common stock. Redpoint Omega II, L.P is the beneficial owner of (i)
2,541,613 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) 14,402,473 shares
of Class B common stock. The sole general partner of Redpoint Omega
II, L.P. is Redpoint Omega II, LLC. Voting and dispositive
decisions with respect to the shares held by Redpoint Omega II,
L.P. and Redpoint Omega Associates II, LLC are made by the managers
of Redpoint Omega II, LLC and Redpoint Omega Associates II, LLC: W.
Allen Beasley, Jeffrey D. Brody, Satish Dharmaraj, R. Thomas Dyal,
Timothy M. Haley, Christopher B. Moore, Scott C. Raney, John L.
Walecka and Geoffrey Y. Yang. The address of each of the persons
named in this footnote is c/o Redpoint Ventures, 2969 Woodside
Road, Woodside, California 94062.
(17) Based on a statement filed with the SEC on Schedule 13G on
February 9, 2023 by The Vanguard Group, The Vanguard Group, as an
investment manager for its clients, including investment companies
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and other
managed accounts, exercises (i) sole investment discretion over
18,244,680 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) shared investment
discretion over 124,450 shares of Class A common stock, (iii)
shared voting discretion over 43,052 shares of Class A common
stock, and (iv) sole voting discretion over none of our securities.
The address for The Vanguard Group is 100 Vanguard Boulevard,
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355.
OTHER MATTERS
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers
and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered
class of our equity securities (collectively, the “Reporting
Persons”), to file reports of ownership and changes of ownership on
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the SEC. Such Reporting Persons are required
by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a)
forms they file.
Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms we have
received and written representations from certain Reporting Persons
that they filed all required reports, we believe that all of our
executive officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders
complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to
them, with the exception of a late Form 4 filed by Daniel S. Loeb
and Third Point LLC on June 21, 2022, and a late Form 4 filed by
Robin Tomasello on December 8, 2022. To the best of our knowledge,
each late filing was due to administrative error.
2023 Annual Report
Our financial statements for fiscal 2023 are included in our annual
report, which we will make available to stockholders at the same
time as this Proxy Statement.
You may also obtain a copy of our annual report, including the
financial statements and the financial statement schedules, free of
charge, by sending a written request to our Investor Relations
department at SentinelOne, Inc., 444 Castro Street, Suite 400,
Mountain View, CA 94104, Attention: Investor
Relations.
Our annual report is also available at
https://investors.sentinelone.com under “SEC Filings” in the
“Financial Info” section of our website and on the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at
www.sec.gov.
Company Website
We maintain a website at www.sentinelone.com. Information contained
on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not intended to
be incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement, and
references to our website address in this Proxy Statement are
inactive textual references only.
Availability of Bylaws
A copy of our amended and restated bylaws may be obtained by
accessing our filings on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You may
also contact our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive
offices for a copy of the relevant bylaw provisions regarding the
requirements for making stockholder proposals and nominating
director candidates.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL DEADLINES FOR 2024 ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS
Stockholder Proposals for Inclusion in Proxy Statement
Stockholders may present proper proposals for inclusion in our
proxy statement and for consideration at our 2024 annual meeting of
stockholders by submitting their proposals in writing to our
Corporate Secretary in a timely manner. For a stockholder proposal
to be considered for inclusion in our proxy statement for our 2024
annual meeting of stockholders, our Corporate Secretary must
receive the written proposal at our principal executive offices not
later than January 18, 2024. In addition, stockholder proposals
must comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange
Act regarding the inclusion of stockholder proposals in
company-sponsored proxy materials. Proposals should be addressed
to:
SentinelOne, Inc.
Attn: Corporate Secretary
444 Castro Street, Suite 400
Mountain View, CA 94041
Pursuant to Rule 14a-8, if a stockholder who has notified us of
his, her or its intention to present a proposal at an annual
meeting does not appear to present his, her or its proposal at such
annual meeting, we are not required to present the proposal for a
vote at such annual meeting.
Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations Not for Inclusion in
Proxy Statement
Our amended and restated bylaws also establish an advance notice
procedure for stockholders who wish to present a proposal before an
annual meeting of stockholders, including nominating directors in
accordance with the SEC’s universal proxy rules, but do not intend
for the proposal to be included in our proxy statement and for
stockholders to nominate directors for election at an annual
meeting of stockholders. In order to be properly brought before our
2024 annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholder must have
given timely notice of such proposal or nomination, in proper
written form. To be timely for our 2024 annual meeting of
stockholders, a stockholder’s notice of a matter that the
stockholder wishes to present, or the person or persons the
stockholder wishes to nominate as a director, must be delivered to
our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive
offices:
•not
earlier than 5:00 p.m. ET/ 2:00 p.m. PT March 1, 2024,
and
•not
later than 5:00 p.m. ET/ 2:00 p.m. PT on March 31,
2024.
If we hold our 2024 annual meeting of stockholders more than 30
days before or more than 70 days after the one-year anniversary
date of the Annual Meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the
preceding year, then such written notice must be received (a) no
earlier than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120th day before the
2024 annual meeting of stockholders and no later than 5:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time, on the later of the 90th
day prior to such annual meeting or 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the
10th
day following the day public announcement of the date of such
meeting is first made.
To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice must include
the specified information concerning the proposal or nominee as
described in our amended and restated bylaws. Notices should be
addressed to:
SentinelOne, Inc.
Attn: Corporate Secretary
444 Castro Street, Suite 400
Mountain View, CA 94041
For information on how to access our amended and restated bylaws,
please see the section titled “Availability
of Bylaws,”
and for additional information regarding stockholder
recommendations for director candidates, please see the section
titled
“Board of Directors and Corporate Governance Stockholder
Recommendations for Nominations to our Board.”
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We know of no other matters to be submitted at the Annual Meeting.
If any other matters properly come before the Annual Meeting, the
persons named in the proxy will have discretion to vote the shares
of our common stock they represent in accordance with their own
judgment on such matters. Discretionary authority with respect to
such other matters is granted by a properly submitted
proxy.
It is important that your shares be represented at the Annual
Meeting, regardless of the number of shares that you hold. You are,
therefore, urged to vote as promptly as possible to ensure your
vote is recorded.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Keenan Conder
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Mountain View, California
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