PGR DEF 14A Report ended May 16, 2014

Yamini Rangan Independent President and CEO of HubSpot, Inc. Age 49 Director Since 2023 Splunk Committee(s):Governance & Sustainability Committee

Mr. Wallace currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and director at a company in a software-adjacent sector and brings significant organizational and operational leadership skills, as well as a deep understanding of business operations, strategic planning and scaling enterprises. Mr. Wallace provides valuable insights into identifying growth priorities, evolving company culture to scale and the current market and risk environment for technology companies. Rick Wallace has served as a member of our Board since 2022. Since 2006, Mr. Wallace has served as President, CEO and a director of KLA Corporation, a supplier of industry-leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry. Prior to this role, Mr. Wallace served in various leadership roles at KLA, including as Chief Operations Officer from July 2005 to December 2005, Executive Vice President of the Customer Group from May 2004 to July 2005, and Executive Vice President of the Wafer Inspection Group from July 2000 to May 2004. Prior to joining KLA, he served in engineering roles at Ultratech Stepper, Inc., a supplier of equipment to global semiconductor fabrication plants, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor design and manufacturing company, and Procter & Gamble, a consumer goods company. Mr. Wallace previously served as a member of the board of directors of Proofpoint, Inc., a provider of security-as-a-service solutions, from 2017 to 2021, and NetApp, Inc., a storage and data management company, from 2011 to 2019. Mr. Wallace holds a B.S. from the University of Michigan and an M.S. from Santa Clara University.

Patricia Morrison Independent Former EVP, Customer Support Services, and CIO of Cardinal Health Age 63 Director Since 2013 Splunk Committee(s):Audit Committee;Cybersecurity &Data Responsibility Committee

Mark Carges Independent Former CTO of eBay Age 61 Director Since 2014 Splunk Committee(s):Cybersecurity & Data Responsibility Committee

Mr. Visoso possesses deep financial expertise and public company management experience. He brings nearly 30 years of global financial leadership and public company finance experience from his work at multinational technology and consumer product organizations. Mr. Visoso has significant knowledge of international financial markets and a deep understanding of the financial operations of at-scale technology companies. In addition, Mr. Visoso is an “audit committee financial expert.” Luis Visoso has served as a member of our Board since 2022. Since April 2021, he has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Unity Software Inc., a real-time 3D (RT3D) software platform company. Prior to joining Unity, Mr. Visoso served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Palo Alto Networks, Inc., a cybersecurity company, from 2020 to 2021. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, he served in various roles at Amazon.com, Inc., an e-commerce and cloud-computing company, from 2018 to 2020, including as Chief Financial Officer of Amazon Web Services, Inc. in 2020, and Chief Financial Officer of Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer organization, from 2018 to 2020. From 2016 to 2018, he served as Senior Vice President, Business, Technology and Operations Finance at Cisco Systems, Inc., a networking technology company. Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Visoso held various roles at The Procter & Gamble Company, a consumer products company, from 1993 to 2016, including most recently as Vice President, F&A Global Business Units. Mr. Visoso previously served as a member of the board of directors of Unity from 2020 to 2021. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Kenneth Hao Independent Chairman and Managing Partner of Silver Lake Age 54 Director Since 2021 Splunk Committee(s):Talent & Compensation Committee

Mr. Smith possesses significant executive leadership experience, financial expertise and background in scaling cloud businesses from his past employment as a Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer at high-growth technology companies. He has a deep understanding of growth strategies and the complex financial issues facing scaling companies and possesses valuable investment acumen. Mr. Smith also brings significant board leadership and governance experience developed at a range of companies, including in board leadership roles. Graham Smith has served as a member of our Board since 2011 and Chair since 2019. From November 2021 to April 2022, Mr. Smith served as our interim CEO. Mr. Smith served in various leadership positions at salesforce.com, inc., a provider of enterprise cloud computing software, from 2007 to 2015, including as Chief Financial Officer and most recently as Executive Vice President. Prior to joining Salesforce, Mr. Smith served as Chief Financial Officer at Advent Software Inc., a portfolio accounting software company, from 2003 to 2007. Mr. Smith has served as a member of the board of directors of Procore Technologies, Inc., a provider of cloud-based construction management software, since 2020 and Axon Enterprise, Inc., a provider of public safety security devices and solutions, since 2023. Mr. Smith previously served on the board of directors of Citrix Systems, Inc., an enterprise software company, from 2015 to 2018, MINDBODY, Inc., a cloud-based wellness services marketplace (acquired by Vista Equity Partners), from 2015 to 2019, Xero Limited, an online accounting software company, from 2015 to 2020, Slack Technologies, Inc., a provider of cloud-based professional collaboration tools, from 2018 to 2021, Elliott Opportunity II Corp., a special purchase acquisition company, from June to December 2021 and BlackLine, Inc., a provider of cloud-based solutions for finance and accounting, from 2015 to 2022. Mr. Smith holds a B.Sc. from Bristol University in England and qualified as a chartered accountant in England and Wales.

Mr. Steele serves as our Chief Executive Officer and has in-depth knowledge of our strategies, operations and culture. In addition, he has extensive prior operational, strategic, organizational and commercial leadership experience as a Chief Executive Officer and in various leadership roles within the software industry. He brings over three decades of experience in scaling software businesses and leverages his cybersecurity expertise, deep understanding of sales strategies and commitment to driving innovation and customer success on a global scale. Mr. Steele also provides valuable perspective as a result of his service on other public company boards. Gary Steele has served as our President, CEO and as a member of our Board since 2022. Prior to joining Splunk, he served as CEO and a director of Proofpoint, Inc., a provider of security-as-a-service solutions, from 2002 to 2022, and served as the Chair of the board of Proofpoint from 2018 to 2021. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Steele served as Chief Executive Officer of Portera Systems Inc., a software company. Before Portera, Mr. Steele served as the vice president and general manager of the Middleware and Data Warehousing Product Group at Sybase, Inc., an enterprise and mobile software company. Mr. Steele also served in business development, marketing, and engineering roles at Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Company, computer, computer software and information technology companies. Mr. Steele has served as a member of the board of directors of Upwork Inc., a talent freelancing platform, since 2018. Mr. Steele previously served as a member of the board of directors of Vonage Holdings Corp., a cloud communications provider, from 2016 to 2021. Mr. Steele holds a B.S. from Washington State University.

The Board and management team recognize the importance of continuously developing our executive talent. The Talent & Compensation Committee periodically reviews the performance of, and succession planning for, our management team, and reports its findings and recommendations to the Board, works with the Board in evaluating potential successors to management positions and confers with the CEO to encourage our management team’s employee development programs. The Talent & Compensation Committee also periodically reviews a succession plan for the CEO position, using formal criteria to evaluate potential successors, and reporting such information to the Board. In conducting its evaluation, the Talent & Compensation Committee considers current and future organizational needs, competitive challenges, leadership/ management potential and development and emergency situations.

General Via (ret) has more than 40 years of military and public sector service in senior leadership positions, with many years of information technology expertise. He has an extensive background in cybersecurity and data infrastructure and a deep understanding of U.S. government and other public sector clients. General Via (ret) provides valuable insights into today's evolving threat environment. General Dennis L. Via, US Army, Retired, has served as a member of our Board since 2020. General Via (ret) has served as an Executive Vice President for Corporate Engagement and a member of the Global Defense Sector leadership team since 2021, an Executive Vice President in the Global Defense Group’s Joint Combatant Command from 2018 to 2021 and a fellow for Defense Futures since 2017 at Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., a management and information technology consulting firm, and prior to this role, he served as Senior Executive Advisor from 2017 to 2018. Prior to joining Booz Allen, he served in the United States Army from 1980 to 2016, holding multiple command and senior leadership positions, including as the Commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command from 2012 to 2016 and retiring as a four-star General. He holds a B.S. from Virginia State University and a Master of Education from Boston University.

Mr. Tunnell is a partner of a private investment firm, with over 25 years of financial expertise. He has evaluated and led investments in many software and technology companies, including Splunk. Mr. Tunnell provides important shareholder perspective, deep risk management experience and regulatory and compliance acumen. He also has experience as a member of the board of directors of other private companies. David Tunnell has served as a member of our Board since 2022. Since 2003, Mr. Tunnell has served as a Partner at Hellman & Friedman LLC, a private investment firm he originally joined in 1994. Mr. Tunnell holds an A.B. from Harvard University and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.