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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
April 22, 2020
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)
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salesforce.com, inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
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Delaware 001-32224 94-3320693
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) 		(Commission
File Number) 		(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
Salesforce Tower
415 Mission Street, 3rd Fl
San Francisco, California 94105
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 901-7000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share CRM New York Stock Exchange , Inc.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 22, 2020, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of salesforce.com, inc. (the “Company”) approved stock option, restricted stock unit and performance-based restricted stock unit awards as set forth below to Mr. Marc Benioff, our principal executive officer, Mr. Mark Hawkins, our principal financial officer, and Messrs. Parker Harris, Srinivas Tallapragada and Bret Taylor, each a named executive officer (collectively, the “Named Executive Officers”) in the Company's 2019 Proxy Statement. The stock options grant the right to purchase shares of common stock at the fair market value on the grant date. Both the stock option and restricted stock unit grants are subject in each case to the Company’s applicable standard four-year vesting schedule. The performance-based restricted stock units are subject to vesting based on a performance-based condition and a service-based condition, as described in more detail below.

Name Stock Options Restricted Stock Units Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units
Marc Benioff 174,207 n/a 86,344
Mark Hawkins 108,879 16,220 17,989
Parker Harris 119,767 17,841 19,788
Srinivas Tallapragada 119,767 17,841 19,788
Bret Taylor 130,655 19,463 21,586

The performance-based restricted stock unit awards granted to the Named Executive Officers provide that, if the officer remains employed through May 15, 2023, his shares will vest in a percentage of the target number of shares shown above, between zero and 200 percent, depending on how the Company’s total shareholder return (“TSR”) ranks over the three-year period from the grant date (the “Performance Period”), relative to the companies in the NASDAQ-100 Index as of the grant date (the “Index Group”). If the Company’s TSR over the Performance Period is at the 60th percentile when ranked against the TSRs of the companies in the Index Group, 100 percent of the target number of shares will be eligible to vest. For every percentile by which the Company’s TSR ranking within the Index Group exceeds the 60th percentile, the number of shares eligible to vest will increase by 2 22/39 percent of target, up to a maximum payout of 200 percent of target if the Company’s TSR ranking is at the 99th percentile. For every percentile by which the Company’s TSR ranking within the Index Group is below the 60th percentile, the number of shares eligible to vest will decrease by 3 1/3 percent of target, with no payout if the Company’s TSR ranking is below the 30th percentile. Additionally, if the Company’s absolute TSR over the Performance Period is negative, in no event will the number of shares eligible to vest exceed 100 percent of the target amount, even if the Company’s TSR ranks above the 60th percentile within the Index Group.

Special vesting rules apply to the performance-based restricted stock units in the event of a change of control. Each award provides that if a change of control of the Company occurs during the officer’s employment, his shares will become eligible to vest based on how the Company’s TSR performance ranks relative to the Index Group from the grant date through the date of the change of control (instead of through the three-year Performance Period), using the same zero to 200 percent scale described above (any such shares that become eligible to vest based the Company’s TSR performance as compared to the Index Group through the date of the change of control are referred to as “eligible shares”). A portion of the service-based condition will be considered satisfied as of the date of a change of control, and a pro-rated portion of the eligible shares (if any) will vest to reflect service through that date, with the remaining eligible shares vesting in equal quarterly installments thereafter over the balance of the original Performance Period, subject to the officer’s continued employment through each vesting date. Any shares eligible to vest based on the TSR performance are also subject to accelerated vesting if the officer’s employment terminates within three months before, or 18 months after, a change of control in a qualifying termination of employment, determined in accordance with the terms of his existing change of control and retention agreement.



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.
 
Dated: April 24, 2020 salesforce.com, inc.
/s/ Amy Weaver
Amy Weaver
President and Chief Legal Officer