Item 5.02 - Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
OnMay 19, 2023 , the Board of Directors (the "Board") ofWorkday, Inc. ("Workday") appointedZane Rowe as Chief Financial Officer of Workday, effectiveJune 12, 2023 (the "Transition Date").Barbara Larson , Workday's current Chief Financial Officer, will step down from that role effectiveJune 12, 2023 , and continue as an Executive Vice President of Workday throughNovember 1, 2023 , and then serve as a consultant to Workday throughJuly 8, 2024 .Mr. Rowe , 52, served as VMware's Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President fromMarch 2016 toJune 2023 .Mr. Rowe also served as VMware's interim Chief Executive Officer fromFebruary 2021 throughMay 2021 . Prior to VMware, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ofEMC Corporation , a data storage and management company, fromOctober 2014 untilFebruary 2016 . Prior to that,Mr. Rowe ledNorth America sales for Apple, Inc. and began his executive career in the airline industry.Mr. Rowe currently serves on the board of directors of Sabre Corporation.Mr. Rowe received a bachelor's degree fromEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a master's degree in business administration fromSan Diego State University .
In connection with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to the terms of an offer letter datedMay 23, 2023 , betweenMr. Rowe and Workday (the "Offer Letter"),Mr. Rowe will receive an annual base salary of$700,000 , a one-time signing bonus of$2,000,000 payable in two installments and subject to repayment ifMr. Rowe is terminated by Workday for Cause (as defined in Workday's Change in Control Policy) or resigns his employment without Good Reason (as defined in Workday's Change in Control Policy) within a year of his start date, and will be eligible to participate in the Workday cash incentive plan with a 50% target bonus. Pursuant to the Offer Letter, in accordance with Workday's standard grant practices,Mr. Rowe will be granted an equity award consisting of restricted stock units with a grant date value of$18,000,000 (the "RSU Award") and an additional equity award consisting of restricted stock units with a grant date value of$18,000,000 (the "Sign-On Award"). The RSU Award will be subject to a vesting term of four years with one-fourth of the total shares subject to the RSU Award vesting on the first anniversary of the vesting start date (the "Vesting Start Date") and the balance of the award vesting in equal quarterly installments over the following three years. The Sign-On Award will be subject to a vesting term of two years with one-eighth of the total shares subject to the Sign-On Award vesting three months from the Vesting Start Date and the balance of the award vesting in equal quarterly installments thereafter. Vesting is subject toMr. Rowe's continuous service with Workday.Mr. Rowe will participate in Workday's Change in Control Policy. In addition, the Offer Letter provides that if at any time during the next four yearsMr. Rowe's then outstanding equity awards are not assumed, continued, or substituted in connection with a Change in Control (as defined in Workday's 2022 Equity Incentive Plan), then he will be entitled to receive accelerated vesting of all such outstanding equity awards immediately prior to the Change in Control. IfMr. Rowe's employment is terminated without Cause within two years following the Transition Date, other than in connection with a Change in Control, andMr. Rowe delivers a general release of claims in favor of Workday, he will be entitled to receive: (i) 12 months of his base salary; (ii) a cash incentive plan payout equal to 50% of his base salary; and (iii) accelerated vesting of such number of shares subject to any then outstanding equity awards that would have vested in the 12 months following such termination. The foregoing description of the Offer Letter is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Offer Letter, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1. There are no arrangements or understandings betweenMr. Rowe and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as an officer, he has no family relationships with any of the Workday's directors or executive officers, and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Rowe is expected to enter into Workday's standard form of indemnity agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Workday's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-183640) filed with theSEC onAugust 30, 2012 . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Larson Transition Agreement
Workday has entered into a Separation and Transition Services Agreement (the "Transition Agreement") withMs. Larson , datedMay 24, 2023 (the "Agreement Date") setting forth the terms ofMs. Larson's transition arrangements.Ms. Larson will continue to serve as an employee of Workday from the Agreement Date throughNovember 1, 2023 (the "Transition Period").Ms. Larson's employment with Workday will terminate on the final day of the Transition Period, unless terminated on an earlier date (such date, the "Separation Date"). The Transition Period may be terminated earlier by Workday for Cause, as defined in the Transition Agreement, or due toMs. Larson's breach of the Transition Agreement, or byMs. Larson for any reason upon ten days' written notice. During the Transition Period,Ms. Larson's cash compensation will be comprised of her current base salary and she will remain eligible to receive a cash bonus with respect to the first half of fiscal 2024 with the individual performance component deemed to be achieved at 100%, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Workday cash bonus plan. During the Transition Period, previously granted equity awards will continue to vest in accordance with their terms, other than a restricted stock award for 51,258 shares granted in 2023 thatMs. Larson has agreed to forfeit as of the Agreement Date. The Transition Agreement provides for a customary release of claims byMs. Larson and reaffirmation of her obligations under an employee inventions and proprietary rights assignment agreement.Ms. Larson is expected to continue to provide services to Workday as a consultant throughJuly 8, 2024 (the "Consulting Period"), pursuant to the terms of a consulting agreement between Workday andMs. Larson , datedMay 24, 2023 (the "Consulting Agreement"), subject to delivery byMs. Larson of a second release of claims. In consideration forMs. Larson's services as a consultant,Ms. Larson's then outstanding previously granted equity awards will continue to vest in accordance with their terms during the Consulting Period. Workday may terminate the Consulting Period for Cause (as defined in the Transition Agreement) or due toMs. Larson's breach of the Consulting Agreement, and the Consulting Period will terminate automatically in the eventMs. Larson commences any Conflicting Work (as defined in the Consulting Agreement).Ms. Larson may terminate the Consulting Period for any reason upon ten days' written notice.
The foregoing descriptions of the Transition Agreement and the Consulting Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the Transition Agreement and the Consulting Agreement, which are filed hereto as Exhibit 10.2.
Item 7.01 - Regulation FD Disclosure
A copy of the press release announcingMr. Rowe's appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information in the press release attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits Exhibit Number Description 10.1Offer Letter betweenZane Rowe andWorkday, Inc. datedMay 23, 2023 10.2 Separation and Transition Services Agreement
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