SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Brown Hayden

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O UPWORK INC.
441 LOGUE AVENUE

(Street)
MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/02/2018
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Upwork Inc. [ UPWK ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SVP, Product & Design
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 331,656 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (1) 12/14/2021 Common Stock 6,125 1.52 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (1) 07/24/2023 Common Stock 20,965 3.04 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (2) 04/06/2024 Common Stock 120,597 2.76 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (3) 12/18/2024 Common Stock 15,642 3.67 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (4) 04/22/2025 Common Stock 85,693 3.58 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (5) 12/22/2025 Common Stock 51,668 3.03 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (6) 09/25/2027 Common Stock 594,120 3.68 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The stock option is fully vested and immediately exercisable.
2. The stock option vested and shall continue to vest with respect to varying amounts between 1,788 and 1,790 shares on the last day of each month beginning in April 2014 and ending in December 2015, varying amounts between 1,584 and 1,586 shares on the last day of each month beginning January 2016 and ending in June 2017, 2,750 shares on the last day of each month beginning in July 2017 and ending in February 2019, and 1,282 shares on the last day of March 2019, subject to the continuing employment of the Reporting Person on each vesting date.
3. The stock option vested and became exercisable,and shall continue to vest and become exercisable, at a rate of 1/60th of the shares each month following the December 19, 2014 vesting commencement date, subject to the continuing employment of the Reporting Person on each vesting date.
4. The stock option vested and shall continue to vest at a rate of 1/60th of the shares each month following the April 15, 2015 vesting commencement date, subject to the continuing employment of the Reporting Person on each vesting date. The stock option contains an early-exercise provision and is exercisable as to unvested shares, subject to the Issuer's right of repurchase.
5. The stock option vested and became exercisable, and shall continue to vest and become exercisable, at a rate of 1/60th of the shares each month following the January 1, 2016 vesting commencement date, subject to the continuing employment of the Reporting Person on each vesting date.
6. The stock option vested and became exercisable, and shall continue to vest and become exercisable, at a rate of 1/60th of the shares each month following the September 26, 2017 vesting commencement date, subject to the continuing employment of the Reporting Person on each vesting date.
/s/ Jacob McQuown, Attorney-in-Fact 10/02/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Brian Levey, Jacob McQuown, Chris Cheng, Noah Johnson and Nanette Agustines, and each of them, as her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a representative of Upwork Inc. (the "Company"), any and all Form ID, or Form 3, 4 or 5 reports and any amendments thereto required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder with respect to transactions in the Company's securities;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, or Form 3, 4 or 5 report and any amendments thereto and timely file such report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney‑in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney‑in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney‑in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney‑in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4 or 5 reports with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys‑in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 17th day of September, 2018.


Hayden Brown         
 Hayden Brown