SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Winters Christopher

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O APPIAN CORPORATION
11955 DEMOCRACY DRIVE, SUITE 1700

(Street)
RESTON VA 20190

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/24/2017
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
APPIAN CORP [ APPN ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
General Counsel
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) (1) 11/17/2025 Class B Common Stock 140,000 7.03 D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) (2) 04/25/2027 Class B Common Stock 100 12 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. This option vested with respect to one-fifth of the shares subject to this option on November 17, 2016. The remaining shares subject to this option will vest in four equal annual installments commencing on November 17, 2017 and on the next three anniversaries thereof, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer through each vesting date. The shares subject to this option become exercisable upon the earlier of (a) a change of control or (b) the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering.
2. This option will vest in five equal annual installments commencing on April 25, 2018 and on each of the next four anniversaries thereof, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer through each vesting date. The shares subject to this option become exercisable upon the earlier of (a) a change of control or (b) the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering.
Remarks:
Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Lauren Ackermann, Attorney-in-Fact 05/24/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Lauren Ackermann and Eric Jensen, signing individually, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in fact and agents to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer, director or beneficial owner of more than 10% of a registered
class of securities of Appian Corporation, Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any
amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder and a Form
ID, Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that
may be necessary or desirable to execute such Forms 3, 4, or 5, or Form ID
(including any amendments thereto) and timely file such forms with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority, including creating a new passphrase and generating new EDGAR access
codes via the EDGAR filer manager website; and
(3)	take any other action of any nature whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit, in
the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is Appian Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest
to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by Appian Corporation, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as to any
attorney-in-fact individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed
by Appian Corporation or Cooley LLP.
The undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of May 8,
2017.

/s/ Christopher Winters
Christopher Winters
General Counsel