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HUBSPOT INC

For the period ended Jun 11, 2024. Filed Apr 25, 2024.

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Jun 11, 2024 · Filed Apr 25, 2024

HUBS$200.61-2.1%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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April 25, 2024

Dear Fellow Stockholders:

I am pleased to invite you to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of HubSpot, Inc. (“HubSpot”) to be held on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Annual Meeting will be a virtual stockholder meeting, conducted via live audio webcast, through which you can submit questions and vote online.

Details regarding the meeting and the business to be conducted are more fully described in the accompanying Notice of 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement.

Pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules that allow issuers to furnish proxy materials to stockholders over the Internet, we are posting the proxy materials on the Internet and delivering a notice of the Internet availability of the proxy materials. On or about April 25, 2024, we will begin mailing to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability (the “Notice”) containing instructions on how to access or request a copy of our Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, I hope you will vote as soon as possible. You may vote over the Internet or at the Annual Meeting or, if you requested printed copies of proxy materials, you also may vote by mailing a proxy card or voting by telephone. Please review the instructions on the Notice or on the proxy card regarding your voting options.

Thank you for being a HubSpot stockholder. We look forward to seeing you at our Annual Meeting.

Sincerely,

Brian Halligan

Co-founder and Executive Chairperson

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANTIn order to ensure your representation at the virtual Annual Meeting, whether or not you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, please vote your shares as promptly as possible over the Internet by following the instructions on your Notice or, if you requested printed copies of your proxy materials, by following the instructions on your proxy card. Your participation will help to ensure the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting and save HubSpot the extra expense associated with additional solicitation. If you hold your shares through a broker, your broker is not permitted to vote on your behalf on (1) the election of directors, (2) the non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, (3) the vote to approve the HubSpot, Inc. 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, or (4) the vote to amend the HubSpot, Inc. Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to limit the liability of certain officers in certain circumstances as permitted pursuant to recent amendments to Delaware law, unless you provide specific instructions to the broker by completing and returning any voting instruction form that the broker provides (or following any instructions that allow you to vote your broker-held shares via telephone or the Internet). For your vote to be counted, you will need to communicate your voting decision before the date of the Annual Meeting. Voting your shares in advance will not prevent you from attending the virtual Annual Meeting, revoking your earlier submitted proxy or voting your stock during the virtual Annual Meeting.

2 Canal Park

Cambridge, MA 02141

NOTICE OF 2024 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that HubSpot, Inc. will hold its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Annual Meeting will be a virtual stockholder meeting, conducted via live audio webcast, through which you can submit questions and vote online. The Annual Meeting can be accessed by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HUBS2024 and entering your 16-digit control number (included on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials mailed to you). The purpose of the Annual Meeting will be the following:

To elect three Class I directors, Brian Halligan, Ron Gill, and Jill Ward, to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, subject to their earlier resignation or removal;

To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024;

To conduct a non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers;

To approve the HubSpot, Inc. 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan;

To approve an amendment of the Company’s Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to limit the liability of certain officers in certain circumstances as permitted pursuant to recent amendments to Delaware law; and

To transact any other business that properly comes before the Annual Meeting (including adjournments and postponements thereof).

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2024 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting as set forth in the Proxy Statement. You are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting only if you were a stockholder as of the close of business on April 15, 2024 or hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting.

For instructions on how to vote your shares, please refer to the instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials you received in the mail, the section entitled “Voting” beginning on page 1 of this Proxy Statement or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, your enclosed proxy card.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Alyssa Harvey Dawson

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Cambridge, Massachusetts

April 25, 2024

PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING

OF STOCKHOLDERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING1
Internet Availability of Proxy Materials1
Record Date1
Quorum1
Shares Outstanding1
Voting1
Annual Meeting Participation2
Technical Issues During the Meeting2
Revoking Your Proxy2
Votes Required to Adopt Proposals2
Effect of Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes3
Voting Instructions3
Voting Results3
Additional Solicitation/Costs3
Householding3
Questions on Voting4
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS5
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE8
Board Independence8
Board Leadership Structure8
Board and Committee Meetings9
Corporate Governance Policies and Committee Charters9
Board Committees10
Identifying and Evaluating Director Nominees11
Board Skills and Experience Matrix13
Stockholder Communications13
Board and Committee Evaluations14
Board’s Role in Risk Oversight14
Compensation of Non-Employee Directors15
PURPOSE AT HUBSPOT16
Sustainability Strategy and Oversight16
Culture and Values17
Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging17
Social Impact18
Related Company Policies18
Stakeholder Engagement19
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT23
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports24
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION25
Compensation Discussion and Analysis25
Executive Summary25
Compensation Philosophy27
Determining Executive Compensation28
Elements of Compensation30
Compensation Risk Assessment34
Other Benefits35
Severance and Change in Control Payments and Benefits35
Other Compensation Practices and Policies35
Tax and Accounting Considerations36
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation36
2023 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE37
2023 GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS TABLE38
2023 OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END TABLE39
2023 OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED TABLE40
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM40
2023 Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control40
CEO Pay Ratio41
Pay Versus Performance42
Report of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors49
RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS50
Certain Relationships and Transactions50
Policies and Procedures for Related Person Transactions51
PROPOSAL ONE - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS52
PROPOSAL TWO - RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM53
PROPOSAL THREE – NON-BINDING, ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS56
PROPOSAL FOUR – APPROVAL OF HUBSPOT, INC. 2024 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN57
PROPOSAL FIVE – APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO OUR SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO LIMIT THE LIABILITY OF CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AS PERMITTED PURSUANT TO RECENT AMENDMENTS TO THE DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW63
TRANSACTION OF OTHER BUSINESS65
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION65
APPENDIX A - RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP OPERATING INCOME AND RECONCILIATION OF CONSTANT CURRENCY REVENUE GROWTHA-1
APPENDIX B - HUBSPOT, INC. 2024 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLANB-1
APPENDIX C - CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF HUBSPOT, INC.C-1
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