8x8 Appoints Contact Center and Growth Marketing Leader Bruno Bertini as Chief Marketing Officer - Seite 2

8x8 remains committed to expanding the 8x8 XCaaS (eXperience Communications as a Service) integrated cloud contact center and unified communications platform. The company is investing in building its ecosystem of innovative technology and service partners to expand the portfolio of AI/ML solutions available on the 8x8 XCaaS platform and to deliver superior communications experiences to businesses and their customers around the world. Bertini will partner with Chief Revenue Officer, Lisa Martin, to build out a world class go-to-market program that drives strategic growth.

Bertini was granted restricted stock units (RSUs) for up to 502,512 shares of 8x8’s common stock and performance stock units (PSUs) for up to 167,504 shares of 8x8’s common stock. In addition, 8x8 granted RSUs for up to 58,000 shares of 8x8’s common stock to two additional employees. For each recipient, the RSUs will vest over a period of three years from the date of grant on September 15, 2023, with 33.3% of the shares vesting on September 15, 2024 and the remaining 66.7% vesting in equal quarterly installments over the following two years. Additionally, the PSUs will vest, to the extent earned, in two tranches over a three-year vesting period, with performance-based vesting for each tranche based on specified percentage increase in Service Revenue as measured over a trailing 12-month period during the vesting period. For both the RSUs and PSUs, vesting is subject to the recipient’s continuing employment or other association with 8x8 or any of its subsidiaries on the vesting date. The awards were granted under and in accordance with 8x8’s Amended and Restated 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan and approved by the independent directors of 8x8’s Compensation Committee as material inducements to the hiring of the new employees in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

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This press release contains forward-looking statements related to the Company’s future product strategies, investments in innovation, and new opportunities for growth and market leadership. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. Readers are directed to 8x8’s periodic and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a description of such risks and uncertainties. 8x8 undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.