spt-20210616


Delaware	001-39156	27-2404165
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


131 South Dearborn St., Suite 700			60603
Chicago	,	Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)			(Zip Code)

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share	SPT	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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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 June 16, 2021, the Sprout Social, Inc. (the “Company”) board of directors (the "Board") elected William Thomas Stanley to the Board as a Class II director for a term expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company. The election of Mr. Stanley expands the size of the Board to seven directors.

Mr. Stanley is expected to receive cash and equity compensation equivalent to that of other non-employee directors pursuant to the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (the “Policy”) as described in the Company's proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2021.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Stanley and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected as a director of the Company. With respect to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, there are no relationships or related transactions between Mr. Stanley and the Company that would be required to be reported.

A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Stanley is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The information in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Press release dated June 16, 2021


SPROUT SOCIAL, INC.


By:			/s/ Heidi Jonas
Name:			Heidi Jonas
Title:			General Counsel and Secretary