Corporate Overview Fourth Quarter 2015

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1999

Our Evolution 15 Years Ago…

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2010

Our Evolution The Last Decade…

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2015

Our Evolution Today

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The Opportunity

Work is Changing

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WHO

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

HOW

The Market Need is Real

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Ben Schiller | May 8, 2015

What Do Workers Want from the Boss?

Walter Frick | November 3, 2015

When Treating Workers Well Leads to More

Innovation

Adam Miller | March 26, 2015

3 Things Millennials Want in a Career

(hint: it’s not more money)

Sylvia Voerhauser-Smith | October 15, 2015

Is HR Disconnected? Here’s How HR Can

Reconnect and Embrace the Future

Lauren Weber | September 30, 2015

How to Get More Women Into the Workforce

The Market is HUGE

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22.2M USERS

ADDRESSABLE MARKET

$31B

81M EST. USERS

CURRENT MARKET

400M ADDRESSABLE SEATS

CORNERSTONE

Source: Adapted from Gartner, IDC, US Census Bureau

Scale to Meet the Need

11 Note: User and client count figures exclude Growth Edition and Cornerstone for Salesforce.

CLIENTS

2,400+ USERS

22M+ COUNTRIES

191 LANGUAGES

42 OFFICES

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San Francisco

Santa Monica

Sunnyvale

Sao Paulo

Madrid Paris

London Amsterdam

Stockholm

Dusseldorf Munich

Tel Aviv

Bangalore

Mumbai

Hong Kong

Tokyo

Sydney

Auckland

Global Reach

As of September 30, 2015

New Delhi

Leadership Position in Talent Management

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Niche Players Visionaries

Challengers Leaders

Magic Quadrant for Talent Management Suites

Lumesse

COMPLETENESS OF VISION

ABI

LITY

TO

EX

ECU

TE

Source: Gartner (August 2015)

Deltek (HRsmart)

Technomedia

Haufe PeopleFluent

SumTotal

Halogen Software

Saba

Oracle (Talent Management Cloud)

SAP (SuccessFactors)

Talentsoft

Organically-Grown Core Suite

Acquired by

Acquired by

Acquired by

Acquired by

Acquired by

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Marching to $1Billion

•  Focus on innovation •  Organically grown

•  Pure SaaS

•  System of engagement

•  Focus on client success

•  Focus on integration

•  Built through acquisition

•  Mix of SaaS and On-Premise

•  System of record

•  Clients multiple levels removed

ERP Suite Best Of Breed

The Competitive Landscape

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2003-2004 2009 2011 2013 2007

2008 2010 2012 2014 2005-2006

Key Client Additions

CSOD has Accelerating Client Traction

12 21 44 73 105 168 280 481

805

1,237

1,631

2,153

0

400

800

1,200

1,600

2,000

2,400

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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Expanded Global Footprint

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Europe, Middle East & Africa

Select Notable Clients Select Notable Clients

JAPAN CHINA

AUSTRALIA

JAPAN

INDIA CHINA

Asia Pacific

SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN

AUSTRIA FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM

GERMANY

8 29 OFFICES LANGUAGES EST. USERS

7 9 1.8M OFFICES LANGUAGES EST. USERS

6.2M

Growth Across All Metrics

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$11.0 $19.6

$29.3

$46.6

$75.5

$117.9

$185.1

$263.6

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Revenue Growth

105 168

280

481

805

1,237

1,631

2,153

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Client Growth

0.9

2.1

3.3

4.9

7.5

10.6

14.0

18.1

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

User Growth (in millions) (in millions)

Note: User and client count figures exclude Growth Edition and Cornerstone for Salesforce.

Now with More People, More to Sell

ANALYTICS LEARNING PERFORMANCE RECURITING

Bolstered by Tier One Global Partners

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Content Partners Service Partners Technology Partners

Opportunities Abound

Investment Landscape

ü  Market Segments

ü  Vertical Opportunity

ü  Installed Base Opportunity

ü  Extended Enterprise

ü  Big Data

ü  Link

ü  Platform

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STRATEGIC ACCOUNTS

GROWTH EDITION

ENTERPRISE

MID-MARKET

5000+ Employees

1000-5000 Employees (Nationals)

400-1000 Employees

(Majors)

<400 Employees

UP MARKET

DOWN MARKET

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Top

150 Accounts

Opportunities Across All Market Segments

Healthcare

Vertical Opportunity

Public Sector Life Sciences

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HAVE 2+ MODULES

2 / 3

Installed Base Penetration

2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+

2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+

3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+

3+ 3+ 3+

HAVE 3+ MODULES

1 / 2Nearly

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Installed Base Opportunity

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0

250

500

750

1,000

1,250

1,500

1,750

2,000

2,250

2,500

Learning Performance Succession Connect Compensation Recruiting Onboarding

Existing Client Penetration Client Opportunity

Num

ber o

f Clie

nts

Approximately $1.5B opportunity within installed base

60% penetration

among other

products results in nearly $700M

opportunity

Calculated based on 2,466 clients with approximately 9,000 users on average

Extended Enterprise Opportunity

Engage and enable the entire ecosystem

•  Training for profit

•  Partner enablement

•  Customer engagement

•  Crowdsourcing

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Cornerstone has “Massive Data”

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User

ü  Position ü  Previous Position ü  Education ü  Skills ü  Certifications ü  Accomplishments ü  Languages ü  Organization ü  Preferences

Collaboration

ü  Connections ü  Live Feed (Status) ü  Feedback ü  Actions ü  Snapshot ü  Teams ü  Discussions ü  Badges ü  Likes ü  Comments

Talent Organization

ü  Transcript ü  Performance ü  Skills ü  Goals ü  Assessments ü  Dev Plans ü  Succession ü  Compensation ü  Applicants ü  Applicant Status

ü  Industry ü  Business Unit ü  Department ü  Division ü  Region ü  Groups ü  Hierarchies ü  Cost Center ü  Grade ü  Location

22.2M USERS | 191 COUNTRIES | DECADE OF DATA

Cornerstone Analytics

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REPORT DISCOVER PREDICT PLAN

Cornerstone Reporting

Standard & custom reports embedded with Cornerstone

Cornerstone View

Highly visual dashboards that can easily slice/dice talent

information

Cornerstone Insights

Predictive analytics for managing talent decisions

Cornerstone Planning

Big data solution for workforce planning

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DEEPER INSIGHTS

Understand the real dynamics behind

your business.

SMARTER DECISIONS

Tap into real-time data to drive smarter talent

decisions.

DATA-DRIVEN RECOMMENDATIONS

Actionable predictions & recommendations.

The Power of Predictive Analytics

One Global System of Record

•  Unify employee and talent data •  Gain a complete workforce view

•  Manage the complete employee lifecycle

•  Easily feed data to/from other systems

Cornerstone Link

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GLOBAL VIEW

Maintain one centralized source of

employee data.

REDUCE RISKS

Eliminate error-prone manual processes to

improve compliance.

SAVINGS

Free up valuable human capital resources and streamline

processes.

INSIGHTS

Integrate employee data

for deeper insights.

The Power of Link

Platform Opportunity: Cornerstone Edge

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LEARN INTEGRATE BUILD MARKET

Cornerstone Developer

Developer community to learn and access key resources for

Cornerstone Edge

Cornerstone API Services

Review Cornerstone API library, documentation, tutorials

Cornerstone App Builder

Create new, unique applications leveraging Cornerstone APIs &

development tools

Cornerstone Marketplace

Easily access, download, install and configure custom and 3rd

party apps

Cornerstone Platform Changes Everything

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Multi-tenant REST APIs Mobile-Ready

Cornerstone Apps Partner Apps Custom Apps One unified suite to recruit, train,

develop, and connect employees Marketplace of apps integrated and

embedded within Cornerstone Client-specific applications designed

and built by clients or partners

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The Power of Platform

AGILITY

Solve your rapidly

changing business needs.

SPEED

Build and deploy apps quickly, or

use existing apps.

SIMPLICITY

Create apps with ease using EDGE

builder tools.

COST

Save money leveraging our state-of-the-art

SaaS infrastructure.

Financial Highlights

Strong Momentum

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$11.0 $19.6

$29.3

$46.6

$75.5

$117.9

$185.1

$263.6

$0

$60

$120

$180

$240

$300

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$15.0 $24.9

$34.5

$60.9

$97.6

$154.3

$231.7

$316.1

$0

$65

$130

$195

$260

$325

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

(in millions) (in millions)

Revenue Bookings

Growing Revenue Per User

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$11.27

$12.14

$13.05

$15.04

$16.40

$10

$11

$12

$13

$14

$15

$16

$17

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Calculated using full-year revenue for the period divided by the midpoint of the beginning and ending user base during the period.

Bootstrapped Mentality Since Inception

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November 1999

Founded with

raised from angel investors

September 2007

in first round of funding led by

Bessemer Venture Partners & Bay Partners

Primarily financed

through debt and revenue

March 2009

in second round of funding led by Meritech Capital

Partners

Initial public offering

March 2011

$32.0M

$12.7M

$700K

Clear Path to Profitability

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$0.2 $2.2

$11.2

$20.6

$33.3

$43.0

$0

$9

$18

$27

$36

$45

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015E

(in millions)

-21.9%

-17.0%

-13.5%

-6.7% -6.4% -5.6%

-25%

-20%

-15%

-10%

-5%

0% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015E

Non-GAAP Operating Cash Flow

Non-GAAP Net Loss Margin

Note: 2015E values reflect the latest issued guidance. 2015E non-GAAP net loss margin uses the

midpoint of the revenue guidance range of $340.5 - $342.0M

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Not Just Software, But Service too! •  95% average dollar

retention since inception

•  Many repeat buyers

•  Pioneering Client Success Framework

•  Business consulting, client success management and solution architecture

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Thank You!