LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
+Added: Other than as discussed below, during the period covered by this report, there were no material developments in the legal proceedings disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: Pegasystems Litigation
+Added: As previously disclosed, on May 29, 2020, we filed a civil complaint against Pegasystems, Inc.
+Added: (“Pegasystems”), and Youyong Zou, a Virginia resident, in the Circuit Court for Fairfax County, Virginia, alleging claims for trade secret misappropriation, violation of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act (“VCCA”), tortious interference, and statutory business and common law conspiracy.
+Added: Pegasystems Inc.
+Added: & Youyong Zou , No.
+Added: 2020-07216 (Fairfax Cty.
+Added: On April 12, 2022, we voluntarily dismissed our tortious interference claim, and on April 13, 2022, the court denied Pegasystems’ motion to strike our claims after Appian concluded its case in chief, allowing the case to proceed to verdict.
+Added: As of May 4, 2022, the trial is ongoing and set to be presented to the jury for deliberations imminently.
+Added: Also, as previously disclosed, on July 3, 2019, Pegasystems filed a claim against us and BPM.com, Inc., a market analyst company, in U.S.
+Added: District Court for the District of Massachusetts alleging, among other things, that we had engaged in false advertising by re-publishing a study by BPM.com comparing us favorably to Pegasystems and by failing to disclose we commissioned the study.
+Added: Pegasystems Inc.
+Added: & Business Process Management Inc.
+Added: 1:19-cv-11461 (D.
+Added: On April 15, 2022, each of the parties filed motions for summary judgment with the court.
+Added: We continue to believe Pegasystems’ claims are without merit.
+Added: Other Matters
From time to time, we may become involved in legal proceedings or be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of our business.
−Removed: We are not presently a party to any legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, or cash flows.
+Added: Other than as disclosed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, we are not presently a party to any legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, or cash flows.
Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.
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