Company adds independent director as part of mutual cooperation agreement
PagerDuty, Inc., a global leader in digital operations management, announced that it has entered into a cooperation agreement (the “cooperation agreement”) with Scalar Gauge Fund (“Scalar Gauge”) to appoint a highly qualified and independent member to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). In accordance with the cooperation agreement with Scalar Gauge, the Company will appoint Donald J. Carty to its Board of Directors, effective immediately, expanding the size of its Board to ten. He will be a Class I director with a term expiring at PagerDuty’s 2026 annual meeting. Carty will also serve on the Audit Committee.
“We welcome Don to our Board and expect to benefit from his extensive experience as both a public company executive and board member as we execute our value creation strategy,” said Jennifer Tejada, Chairperson and CEO of PagerDuty. “Our Board and management team believes that PagerDuty’s strategic shift to focus on enterprise customers, the evolution of our go-to-market approach and our platform strategy are driving meaningful momentum in our business. With Don’s appointment, we have welcomed three experienced enterprise leaders as independent directors to our Board in the past 12 months, providing fresh perspectives on our strategy and operations. We remain focused on reaccelerating growth and increasing profitability to drive shareholder value.”
“PagerDuty is positioned to drive profitable growth with its mission-critical Operations Cloud and growing enterprise revenue base,” said Carty. “I look forward to working alongside my fellow directors and the PagerDuty team to build on the company’s positive momentum to generate further shareholder value.”
“We appreciated the opportunity to engage with the PagerDuty Board and management team, and we believe that Don’s experience will help the company enhance value for shareholders,” said Sumit Gautam, Founder and Portfolio Manager of Scalar Gauge. “We will continue to work collaboratively with the Board to help the company build on its progress.”
PagerDuty has entered into a cooperation agreement with Scalar Gauge Fund, L.P., pursuant to which Scalar Gauge has agreed to customary standstill provisions and voting commitments. The full cooperation agreement between PagerDuty and Scalar Gauge will be filed with the SEC on a Form 8-K.
