Salesforce, Inc. Approves Executive Deferred Compensation Plan

What Happened
Salesforce, Inc. announced on Sept. 2, 2026 that its Compensation Committee approved the Salesforce, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan. The Plan lets executive officers and other eligible employees elect to defer portions of their compensation for future payment. The Company filed the 8-K on Sept. 4, 2026; the Plan will be filed as an exhibit to Salesforce’s next Form 10‑Q.

Key Details

• Participants may defer up to 75% of base salary and up to 90% of any annual performance bonus.
• Account balances are tracked via notional investment options elected by participants; there is no required employer match (discretionary company contributions are allowed).
• The Company’s obligations under the Plan are general, unsecured and unfunded; the Company may establish a rabbi trust, but trust assets would remain subject to general creditors.
• Distributions can be elected as lump-sum or installments, with timing dependent on participant elections (including separation-from-service rules). The Committee administers and may amend/terminate the Plan, but may not reduce accrued account values.

Why It Matters
This Plan gives Salesforce executives and eligible employees a formal way to shift compensation and tax timing by deferring pay, while providing flexibility on investment elections and payout timing. For investors, the Plan creates future unsecured compensation obligations for the company (not immediate cash outflows and no guaranteed employer match), and any rabbi trust would not fully shelter assets from creditor claims in insolvency. The filing signals a compensation/retention tool for management but does not, by itself, change current financial results.