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the Securities Exchange Act Of 1934

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the Securities Exchange Act Of 1934

SVMK Inc.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its

Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement,

if other than the Registrant)

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the Securities Exchange Act Of 1934

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Time and Date

Place

Items of Business

Record Date

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STOCKHOLDERS

June 11, 2019 at 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time

The Annual Meeting will be a completely

virtual audio meeting of stockholders,
to be conducted via live audio webcast.
You will be able to attend the virtual Annual
Meeting and submit your questions during
the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SVMK2019 .

???To elect three Class I directors to hold

office until the 2022 annual meeting of
stockholders or until their successors
are elected and qualified, subject to their
earlier death, resignation or removal.

???To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young

LLP as our independent registered public
accounting firm for our fiscal year ending
December 31, 2019.

???To transact such other business that

may properly come before the Annual Meeting
or any adjournment thereof.

April 15, 2019 (the ?Record Date?). Only

stockholders of record at the close of business
on the Record Date are entitled to receive
notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting.

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Virtual Annual Meeting to be

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Lora D. Blum

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and
Secretary

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL 1

MEETING

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 8

Director Nominees 8
Continuing Directors 9

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Summary Compensation

Director Independence 11
Board Leadership Structure 12
Board and Stockholder Meetings and Committees 12
Audit Committee 13
Compensation Committee 14
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee 14
Compensation Committee Interlocks and 14
Insider Participation
Considerations in Evaluating Director 15
Nominees
Stockholder Recommendations for Nominations 15
to the Board of Directors
Communications with the Board of Directors 15
Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code 16
of Conduct
Role of the Board in Risk Oversight 16
Non-Employee Director Compensation 16

PROPOSAL NO. 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS 19

Nominees 19
Vote Required 19

PROPOSAL NO. 2 RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT 20

OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM

Fees Paid to the Independent Registered 20

Public Accounting Firm
Auditor Independence 20
Audit Committee Policy on Pre-Approval 21
of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services
of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
Vote Required 21

AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT 22

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 24

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 25

Processes and Procedures for Compensation 25

Decisions
Summary Compensation Table 26
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2018 Year-End 26
Executive Employment Arrangements 27
Potential Payments upon Termination or 28
Change in Control
Executive Incentive Compensation Plan 29
401(k) Plan 31
Equity Compensation Plan Information 31

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL 32

OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY 35

TRANSACTIONS

OTHER MATTERS 37

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting 37

Compliance
Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Report and SEC Filings 37
Company Website 37

PROPOSALS OF STOCKHOLDERS FOR 2020 ANNUAL 38

MEETING

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Name Class Age

Director Nominees
Alexander J. Lurie I 45

Dana L. Evan(1) I 59
Brad D. Smith(2) I 55

Continuing Directors
Ryan Finley II 42
Benjamin C. Spero(1)(2) II 43
Serena J. Williams II 37
Susan L. Decker(1)(3) III 56
David A. Ebersman(3) III 49
Erika H. James(3) III 49
Sheryl K. Sandberg(2) III 49

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Position Director
Since

Chief Executive Officer, interim Chief 7/1/1905

Financial Officer, and Director
Director 7/4/1905
Director 7/9/1905

Director 6/21/1905
Director 7/1/1905
Director 7/9/1905
Director 7/9/1905
Chair of the Board 7/7/1905
Director 7/10/1905
Director 7/7/1905
Current Expiration of
Term Term
Expires For Which
Nominated

7/11/1905 7/14/1905

7/11/1905 7/14/1905
7/11/1905 7/14/1905

7/12/1905 ?
7/12/1905 ?
7/12/1905 ?
7/13/1905 ?
7/13/1905 ?
7/13/1905 ?
7/13/1905 ?
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Board and Stockholder Meetings and Committees

Name of Director Audit

Committee

Susan L. Decker Member

David A. Ebersman
Dana L. Evan Chair
Erika H. James
Sheryl K. Sandberg
Brad D. Smith
Benjamin C. Spero Member

Total Number of Meetings 6*

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Compensation Nominating and
Committee Corporate
Governance
Committee
Member
Chair

Member
Member
Chair
Member

5** 1
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Cash Compensation

Annual Cash Compensation for Non-Employee

Directors
Board of Audit
Directors Committee

Member $30,000 $8,000

Chair $42,000 $20,000

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mployee

Compensation Nominating
Committee &
Governance
Committee

$5,000 $3,500

$10,000 $7,500
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Director Compensation in Fiscal 2018

Name Fees Earned Stock

or Paid Awards
in Cash ($) $0
David A. Ebersman 12,375
Susan L. Decker 10,375
Dana L. Evan 12,500
Ryan Finley 7,500
Lee Fixel(3) ?
Erika H. James(4) 8,375
Sheryl K. Sandberg(5) ?
Brad D. Smith 10,000
Benjamin C. Spero(6) 10,750
Serena J. Williams(7) 7,500

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Stock Option Total ($)
Awards Awards
$0 $0
462,000 ?
462,000 ?
462,000 ?
? ?
? ?
477,750 1,633,800
? ?
462,000 ?
? ?
462,000 ?
Total ($) RSUs Options
Outstanding Outstanding
(#)(2) (#)(2)
474,375 26,250
472,375 26,250
474,500 26,250
7,500 ?
? ?
2,119,925 35,000
? ?
472,000 26,250
10,750 ?
469,500 41,250
 Options
Outstanding
(#)(2)
210,000
210,000
420,000
?
?
210,000
?
210,000
?
210,000
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Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

7/10/1905 7/9/1905
Audit Fees(1) $3,303,860 $1,241,6
Audit-Related Fees(2) ?
Tax Fees(3) 597,802
All Other Fees(4) 1,945

Total Fees $3,903,607 $1,708,0

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7/9/1905
$1,241,691
?
464,445
1,900

$1,708,036
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Name Age Position

Zander Lurie(1) 45 Chief Executive Officer, interim Chief
Financial Officer, and Director
Lora D. Blum 45 Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Rebecca Cantieri 44 Chief People Officer
Thomas E. Hale 50 President
John S. Schoenstein 49 Chief Sales Officer

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Summary Compensation

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Zander Lurie, our Chief Executive Officer,
interim Chief Financial Officer (since
April 1, 2019), and Director;
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Summary Compensation

Name Year Salary ($)

Zander Lurie(3) ### 418,750

### 350,000

Thomas E. Hale(4) ### 363,750

Timothy J. Maly(5) ### 322,917

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Option Awards Stock Awards
$0 $0

3,281,850 2,468,400
? ?

1,316,250 990,000

877,500 660,000
 Non-Equity All Other Total ($)
Incentive Plan Compensation
Compensation $0
$0
422,816 18,614
315,000 5,078

309,256 19,619

243,292 5,165
Total ($)

6,610,430
670,078

2,998,875

2,108,874
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Outstanding Equity Awards

Name Grant Number of

Date(1) Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
(#)
Zander Lurie 12/09/2011 28,258 (3)
05/19/2015 210,000 (4)
08/06/2015 190,000 (5)
01/16/2016 2,200,000 (6)
01/16/2016 ?
03/05/2018 561,000 (8)
03/05/2018 ?

Thomas E. Hale 08/29/2016 1,000,000 (10)

08/29/2016 ?
03/05/2018 225,000 (12)
03/05/2018 ?

Timothy J. Maly 12/09/2011 188,385 (14)

08/21/2015 750,000 (15)
08/29/2016 250,000 (16)
08/29/2016 ?
03/05/2018 150,000 (18)
03/05/2018 ?

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 Option Awards
Number of Option Option
Securities Exercise Expiration
Underlying Price ($) Date
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable
(#)
? 11.00
? 16.03
? 16.03
? 16.03
? ?
? 13.20
? ?

? 16.03
? ?
? 13.20
? ?

? 11.00
? 16.03
? 16.03
? ?
? 13.20
? ?
 Stock Awards
Option Number of Market Value
Expiration Shares or of Shares or
Date Units of Stock Units of Stock
That Have That Have
Not Vested (#) Not Vested
$0

12/09/2021 ?
05/19/2025 ?
08/06/2025 ?
01/16/2026 ?
? 650,625 (7)
03/05/2028 ?
? 140,250 (9)

08/29/2026 ?
? 218,750 (11)
03/05/2028 ?
? 56,250 (13)

12/09/2021 ?
08/21/2025 ?
08/29/2026 ?
? 10,000 (17)
03/05/2028 ?
? 37,500 (19)
 Market Value
of Shares or
Units of Stock
That Have
Not Vested
$0

?
?
?
?
7,983,169
?
1,720,868

?
2,684,063
?
690,188

?
?
?
122,700
?
460,125
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Equity Compensation Plan Information

Plan Category Number of

Securities to be
Issued upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options,
Restricted
Stock Units
and Rights (#)

Equity compensation plans approved by

security holders

2011 Equity Incentive Plan(1) 23,340,204

2018 Equity Incentive Plan(2) 864,217

2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan(3) ?

Equity compensation plans not approved ?

by security holders

TOTAL 24,204,421

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 Weighted Number of
Average Securities
Exercise Price of Remaining
Outstanding Available
Options for Future
and Rights ($) Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation
Plans
(Excluding
Securities
Reflected in the
first
Column) (#)

14.43 ?

12.75 13,626,822

? 2,673,444

? ?

14.39 16,300,266
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Beneficial Ownership

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each person, or group of affiliated persons,
who beneficially owned more than 5% of our
common stock;
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

Common Stock
Name of Beneficial Owner+ Number
Named Executive Officers and Directors:
Zander Lurie(1) 3,315,044
Thomas E. Hale(2) 1,063,088
Timothy J. Maly(3) 1,902,683
Susan L. Decker(4) 93,333
David A. Ebersman(5) 215,833
Dana L. Evan(6) 395,208
Ryan Finley(7) 8,105,289
Erika H. James(8) 45,938
Sheryl K. Sandberg(9) 10,318,577
Brad D. Smith(10) 119,583
Benjamin C. Spero(11) 8,700,473
Serena J. Williams(12) 134,583
All executive officers and directors as 35,357,698
a group (15 persons)(13)

Greater than 5% Stockholders:

Entities affiliated with Tiger Global(14) 17,867,042
FMR LLC(15) 14,186,773
Sheryl K. Sandberg Revocable Trust(16) 10,318,577
Spectrum Equity Investors(17) 8,700,473
SM Profits, LLC(18) 8,105,289

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Common Stock
Percentage

2.50
*
1.50
*
*
*
6.30
*
8.10
*
6.80
*
26.30

14.00
11.10
8.10
6.80
6.30
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SVMK INC.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR the following Class I nominees:
1.00 Election of Directors

Nominees:

1
2
3

The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR proposal 2:

2.00 Ratification of the appointment of Ernst

& Young LLP as the independent registered
accountants of SVMK Inc. for the fiscal
year ending
December 31, 2019.

NOTE: Such other business as may properly

come before the meeting or any adjournment
thereof.

For address changes and/or comments, please check this box and write
on the back where indicated.

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s)

hereon. When signing as attorney, executor,
administrator, or other fiduciary, please
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All

ds you vote
ees:
irectors ?

Alexander "Zander" J. Lurie

Dana L. Evan
Brad D. Smith

ds you vote

of the appointment of Ernst

s the independent registered
f SVMK Inc. for the fiscal

2019.

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adjournment

ents, please check this box and write them

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y, executor,
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r partnership
Withhold For All
All Except

? ?
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nominee(s), mark ?For All Except? and write
the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line
below.

For

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Against Abstain

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:

SVMK INC.
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
June 11, 2019 11:00 AM
This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

The stockholder(s) hereby appoint(s)

Alexander "Zander" J. Lurie and Lora D.
Blum, or either of them, as proxies, each
with the power to appoint his or her substitute,
and hereby authorize(s) them to represent
and to vote, as designated on the reverse
side of this ballot, all of the shares of
Common stock of SVMK INC. that the stockholder(s)
is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting
of Stockholders to be held at 11:00 AM, PDT
on June 11, 2019, at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SVMK2019,
and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

This proxy, when properly executed, will

be voted in the manner directed herein.
If no such direction is made, this proxy
will be voted in accordance with the Board
of Directors' recommendations.

Address Changes/Comments:

(If you noted any Address Changes/Comments

above, please mark corresponding box on
the reverse side.)

Continued and to be signed on reverse side

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