---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001582961-25-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOCN"
cik: "0001582961"
company_name: "DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T03:04:13.386234+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DigitalOcean director Christopher Merritt will not stand for reelection at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Christopher Merritt notified Board on March 26, 2025 of decision not to stand for reelection.
- Merritt will continue serving as director until the 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Departure is not due to any disagreement with DigitalOcean's operations, policies, or practices.
- No replacement for the departing director has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001582961-25-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOCN
- cik: 0001582961
- company_name: DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1582961/000158296125000053/0001582961-25-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1582961/000158296125000053/docn-20250326.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001582961-25-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher Merritt departed as Director at DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: notified intention not to stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 26, 2025, Christopher Merritt, a member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), notified the Company of his intention not to stand for reelection at the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1582961/000158296125000053/0001582961-25-000053-index.htm

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