{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001582961-23-000013","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"DOCN","cik":"0001582961","company_name":"DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.","filed_at":"2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:39.510751+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-17T00:44:09.662222+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.45,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.45,"confidence":"high","headline":"DigitalOcean appoints Chris Merritt, former Cloudflare CRO, to board","bullets":["Christopher Merritt appointed as Class I director effective April 17, 2023; board size expanded to eight.","Merritt served as Cloudflare's Chief Revenue Officer and President of Field Operations through January 2023.","Receives initial RSU award valued at $400,000 vesting over three years; eligible for future cash fees and RSU grants.","Appointment aligns with DigitalOcean's focus on SMB go-to-market growth, per CEO Yancey Spruill."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001582961-23-000013","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001582961-23-000013.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001582961-23-000013.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001582961-23-000013.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1582961/000158296123000013/0001582961-23-000013-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1582961/000158296123000013/docn-20230414.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-17T00:44:09.662222+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"96f2aaba62","claim":"Christopher Merritt was appointed as Class I director at DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"appointed Christopher Merritt as a Class I director of the Company to fill the resulting vacancy, effective April 17, 2023","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1582961/000158296123000013/0001582961-23-000013-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Class I director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}