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(d) Appointment of New Director

On April 19, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Stem, Inc. (the “Company”), on recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee of the Board, appointed Mr. Gerard Cunningham to the Board as a Class I director, effective April 19, 2024. At this time, no decision has been made as to the Board committees on which Mr. Cunningham will serve. When available, any committee assignments will be reported by an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Mr. Cunningham holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Manchester and a Master of Science in Operations Research from Strathclyde Business School. He has extensive experience in the technology, software services (“SaaS”), and artificial intelligence (“AI”) sectors and as an entrepreneur and founder of several companies in AI, SaaS and data science. Most recently, Mr. Cunningham was a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he co-founded and led its global clean technology practice and was a member of its AI leadership team.

The Board has determined that neither Mr. Cunningham nor any of his immediate family members has a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction in which the Company was or is to be a participant and that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Cunningham is expected to enter into a standard indemnification agreement in substantially the same form that the Company has entered into with its other non-employee directors, the form of which was filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023. As a non-employee director, Mr. Cunningham will receive pro-rated compensation in the same manner as the Company’s other non-employee directors. The Company previously disclosed the terms of non-employee director compensation in its preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 3, 2024. The Board also approved a pro-rated grant of 12,138 restricted stock units to Mr. Cunningham with grant value equal to $19,178, which will vest in full on June 7, 2024, subject to his continued service on the Board on that date.

The Company’s press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Cunningham is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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The following exhibit is furnished as part of this Report:

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.

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