UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~December~~January 327, ~~2025~~2026

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

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WORKIVA INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	001-36773 (Commission File Number)	47-2509828 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2900 University Blvd Ames, IA 50010 (888) 275-3125
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(888) 275-3125
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $.001	WK	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 - Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~Appointment~~Departure of ~~Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer~~Director

On ~~December~~January 327, ~~2025~~2026, ~~the~~David ~~Board~~S. ofMulcahy, ~~Directors~~a ~~(the~~Class ~~“Board”)~~I ofdirector ~~Workiva~~and ~~Inc. (~~the “Company”,’s ~~“we”,~~Lead orIndependent ~~“us”)~~Director, ~~appointed~~notified ~~Barbara Larson to serve as~~ the Company’s ~~Executive~~of ~~Vice~~his ~~President,~~resignation ~~Chief~~from ~~Financial~~the ~~Officer~~Board ~~and~~of ~~Treasurer,~~Directors ~~effective~~(the ~~January~~"Board") ~~20,~~of ~~2026~~Workiva Inc. (the ~~“Effective Date”~~"Company"), effective immediately.

MsMr. Larson, age 55, has served as the Chief Financial Officer of SentinelOne, Inc. since September 2024. Before that, Ms. Larson held various positions at Workday from July 2014 until June 2023, including Chief Financial Officer from February 2022 to June 2023; Senior Vice President of Accounting, Tax, and Treasury from February 2021 to January 2022; and General Manager of Workday Financial Management from April 2019 to January 2021. Prior to joining Workday, Ms. Larson held senior financial roles at VMware, Inc., TIBCO Software Inc., and Symantec Corporation. Ms. Larson has also been a member of the board of directors of Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX), a global data, analytics, and technology company, since May 2024. Ms. Larson received a bachelorMulcahy’s ~~degree~~decision ~~in business administration from the University of Arizona. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Larson and any other person pursuant~~ to ~~which~~resign ~~she~~ was ~~selected as an officer. Ms. Larson does~~ not ~~have any~~ related ~~party~~to ~~transactions~~any ordisagreement ~~family relationships~~ with the Company oron any ofmatter ~~the~~relating ~~Company’s~~to ~~other~~its ~~officers or directors~~operations, ~~and~~policies ~~does not have a direct~~ or ~~indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K~~practices.

In connection with ~~this appointment, Ms~~Mr. Larson and the Company entered into an executive employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) which provides that her annual base salary will be $485,000, that she will have the opportunity to earn an annual bonus pursuant to the CompanyMulcahy’s ~~applicable bonus plan~~resignation, ~~with~~on anJanuary ~~initial~~27, ~~target bonus opportunity of 85% of her base salary for~~ 2026, ~~and~~the ~~that~~Board ~~she~~appointed ~~will~~Suku ~~receive~~Radia anas ~~initial~~Lead ~~grant~~Independent ofDirector ~~restricted stock units with a grant date value~~ of ~~$8,000,000 pursuant to~~ the ~~Workiva Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan~~Board, ~~as amended and restated. The Employment Agreement further provides that she will be entitled~~ to ~~employee~~hold ~~benefits~~office ~~made~~until ~~generally available by~~ the ~~Company~~appointment toand ~~its~~qualification ~~full-time~~of ~~U.S.~~his ~~employees. Under her Employment Agreement~~successor, ~~Ms.~~or ~~Larson~~until ishis ~~subject~~earlier toresignation ~~certain~~or ~~confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-compete covenants similar to those of other Company executive officers~~removal.

IfAppointment Ms. Larson is terminated by the Company for any reason other than “Cause” or her death or “Disability” (as such terms are defined in her Employment Agreement), she will be paid a lump sum payment equal to her annual base salary, which will be paid 60 days following her termination, and the vesting of her outstanding equity awards and any equity-based compensation awards that would have vested during the one-year period following her termination will be accelerated, with performance-based awards vesting at target levels, subject to her executing a customary release of claims. In the event of a Change in Control (as such term is defined in her Employment Agreement), if Ms. Larson’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by her for good reason in the three months prior to or one year following a Change in Control, the Company will pay her a lump sum payment equal to 18 months of her annual base salary plus target bonus for the current year, which will be paid 60 days following her termination, and the vesting of her outstanding equity awards will be accelerated, with performance-based awards vesting at maximum levels, subject to her executing a customary release of claims.Directors

~~The~~On ~~foregoing~~January ~~description~~27, 2026, on the recommendation of the ~~Employment~~Nominating ~~Agreement~~and ~~does~~Governance ~~not~~Committee, ~~purport~~the Board resolved to beincrease ~~complete~~the ~~and~~size isof ~~qualified~~the inBoard ~~its~~to ~~entirety~~eight bymembers ~~reference~~as of June 1, 2026, and elected (1) R. Scott Herren, 64, to serve as a Class III director, effective March 1, 2026, for the ~~copy~~term expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and (2) Mark S. Peek, 68, to serve as a Class I director, effective June 1, 2026, for the ~~Employment~~term ~~Agreement~~expiring ~~filed~~at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. It is anticipated that Mr. Herren will stand for reelection as ~~Exhibit~~a 10Class III director at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.1 toAs of the date of this ~~report~~filing, the Board has not yet determined the committee(s) to which Mr. Herren and Mr. Peek will be appointed.

InMr. ~~connection~~Herren ~~with~~and ~~her~~Mr. ~~appointment,~~Peek ~~Ms.~~will ~~Larson~~receive ~~has~~compensation ~~also~~in ~~entered~~accordance ~~into~~with anpolicies ~~indemnification~~and ~~agreement~~procedures ~~with~~previously ~~the~~approved ~~Company,~~by the ~~form~~Board offor ~~which~~non-employee ~~was~~directors ~~attached~~of the Company, as ~~Exhibit~~most ~~10.7~~recently todescribed in the Company’s ~~Registration~~Proxy Statement on ~~Form~~Schedule ~~S-1~~14A filed ~~with~~on April 17, 2025, under the ~~Securities~~heading "Director Compensation” (and ~~Exchange~~such ~~Commission~~description is incorporated herein by reference), subject to proration to reflect the commencement date of his service on ~~November~~the 17Board. Mr. Herren and Mr. Peek's compensation will be disclosed in Workiva’s 2026 proxy statement to be filed on or before April 30, ~~2014~~2026.

~~Appointment~~Mr. ofHerren ~~Interim~~currently serves as an executive advisor at Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO). Prior to his current advisory position, Mr. Herren served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Cisco from December 2020 until August 2025, managing the financial strategy, global finance organization, procurement, corporate development, and ~~Treasurer~~acquisition integrations for the company. Prior to joining Cisco in 2020, Mr. Herren spent over six years as CFO at Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) where he was responsible for global financial strategy including operations, corporate development, financial systems, tax and treasury as well as the company’s procurement organizations. Mr. Herren serves on the board of directors and chairs the Audit Committee for Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK), is on the board of the Technology Association of Georgia, is the past chair of the Georgia Tech President’s Advisory Board and is a member of their College of Engineering Advisory Board. He holds a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Columbia University.

AsMr. ~~previously~~Peek ~~disclosed~~has served on the board of directors of SentinelOne (NYSE: S), a provider of autonomous cybersecurity solutions, since May 2021. He has also served as a member of the board of directors of Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ: TRMB), a software, hardware and services technology company, since May 2010. Mr. Peek is not currently employed in ~~its~~a ~~quarterly~~full ~~reports~~time oncapacity ~~Form~~with ~~10-Q~~any company or organization. From February 2018 until May 2025, Mr. Peek was an executive vice president of Workday, Inc. ("Workday") (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, and until October 2022 was simultaneously the ~~periods~~managing ~~ended~~director and head of Workday Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Workday. From June 302015 to February 2018, ~~2025~~Mr. Peek was co-president of Workday, and ~~September~~from 30June 2012 until April 2016, ~~2025~~served as Workday's chief financial officer. From December 2011 to June 2012, Mr. Peek also served on the ~~Company~~board ~~announced~~of ~~that~~directors ~~Jill~~of EWorkday. ~~Klindt,~~Prior ~~Executive~~to ~~Vice~~joining ~~President~~Workday, ~~Chief~~Mr. ~~Financial~~Peek ~~Officer~~was president, business operations and ~~Treasurer~~chief financial officer of VMware, ~~will~~Inc., ~~step~~a ~~down~~provider inof ~~2025~~business ~~following~~infrastructure avirtualization ~~transition~~solutions. ~~period~~From April 2007 to January 2011, ~~and~~Mr. Peek served as chief financial officer of VMware, ~~pursuant~~Inc. From 2000 to Ms2007, Mr. ~~Klindt’s~~Peek ~~Severance~~was senior vice president and chief accounting officer at Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). Prior to joining Amazon.com, Mr. Peek spent 19 years at Deloitte, the last ten years as a partner. Mr. Peek also serves on the Advisory Board of the Foster School of

~~Transition~~Business ~~Services~~at ~~Agreement,~~the ~~her~~University ~~employment~~of ~~will~~Washington. ~~end~~Mr. onPeek ~~December~~received ~~26,~~a ~~2025,~~B.S. ~~unless~~in ~~terminated~~accounting ~~earlier~~and byinternational ~~either~~finance ~~party~~from Minnesota State University.

OnIn ~~December~~accordance 3,with ~~2025~~ the ~~Board~~Company’s ~~appointed~~customary ~~Julie Iskow~~practice, ~~64,~~ the Company’s ~~President,~~will ~~Chief~~be ~~Executive~~entering ~~Officer~~into ~~and~~its astandard ~~director~~form of ~~the~~indemnification ~~Board,~~agreement towith ~~succeed~~Mr. MsHerren and Mr. ~~Klindt~~Peek, aswhich ~~Interim~~will ~~Chief~~require ~~Financial~~the ~~Officer~~Company ~~and~~to ~~Treasurer~~indemnify ~~(“Interim~~them ~~CFO”),~~against ~~effective~~certain liabilities that may arise as ofa ~~December~~result ~~27,~~of ~~2025~~their (status or ~~upon~~service ~~the~~as ~~termination~~a director. The description of MsMr. ~~Klindt’~~Herren and Mr. Peek's ~~employment~~indemnification ifagreement ~~earlier).~~is ~~Ms.~~qualified ~~Iskow~~in ~~will~~its ~~serve~~entirety asby ~~Interim~~the ~~CFO~~full ~~until~~text of the ~~Effective~~Company’s ~~Date~~standard form of indemnification agreement, ~~and~~which ~~will~~is ~~remain~~incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.07 to the Company’s ~~President,~~Registration ~~CEO~~Statement ~~and~~on ~~director~~Form ~~through~~S-1 ~~and~~filed ~~after~~on ~~the~~November ~~interim~~17, ~~period~~2014.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Herren and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Herren was appointed as a director. Mr. Herren does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Peek and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Peek was appointed as a director. Mr. Peek does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Section 7 - Regulation FD

Item 7.01 - Regulation FD Disclosure

On ~~December~~January 1028, ~~2025~~2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of MsMr. ~~Larson~~Herren asto ~~the~~serve ~~Company’s~~as ~~Executive~~a ~~Vice~~Class ~~President,~~III ~~Chief~~director ~~Financial Officer~~ and ~~Treasurer,~~Mr. ~~and~~Peek ~~the~~to ~~appointment~~serve ~~of Ms. Iskow~~ as ~~the~~a ~~Company’s~~Class ~~Interim~~I ~~CFO~~director. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information contained in Exhibit 99.1 is furnished under this Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

ExhibitNumber						Description
10.1+						Employment Agreement, dated December 4, 2025, by and between the Company and Barbara Larson
99.1*						Press Release entitled "Workiva Announces Two New Appointments to Board of Directors" dated January 28, 2026
99.1*						Press Release entitled "Workiva Appoints Barbara Larson as EVP & Chief Financial Officer to Drive Operational Excellence" dated December 10, 2025
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

+ Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement

* Furnished herewith

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this ~~10th~~28th day of ~~December~~January, ~~2025~~2026.


WORKIVA INC.

By:			/s/ Brandon E. Ziegler
Name:			Brandon E. Ziegler
Title:			Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer & Corporate Secretary

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