Company adds independent director as part of mutual cooperation agreement

SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE: PD), a global leader in digital operations management, today 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.

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About Donald J. Carty

Donald J. Carty currently serves as Chairman of Porter Airlines, a privately held Canada-based airline. Carty previously served as Chairman and CEO of AMR Corporation and American Airlines, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific Air Lines and Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Dell. Carty also has decades of experience as a public company board member, previously serving as Chairman of the Virgin America Board, and as a director on the boards of VMware, Hawaiian Airlines, CNR, EMC, Dell, Talisman Energy Corp., Gluskin Sheff, Barrick Gold, Sears, Solution Inc., Placer Dome, and Brinker International.

About PagerDuty

PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) is a global leader in digital operations management, enabling customers to achieve operational efficiency at scale with the PagerDuty Operations Cloud. The PagerDuty Operations Cloud combines AIOps, Automation, Customer Service Operations and Incident Management to create a flexible, resilient and scalable platform to increase innovation velocity, grow revenue, reduce cost, and mitigate the risk of operational failure. Nearly half of the Fortune 500 and approximately two-thirds of the Fortune 100 rely on PagerDuty as essential infrastructure for the modern enterprise. To learn more and try PagerDuty for free, visit www.pagerduty.com.

About Scalar Gauge

Scalar Gauge is a special situations investment firm utilizing a private equity approach in public markets. The fund invests with a long-term view, and often works with management teams, boards and other strategic investors to help create shareholder value. For more information, please visit www.scalargauge.com.

The PagerDuty Operations Cloud

The PagerDuty Operations Cloud is the platform for mission-critical, time-critical operations work in the modern enterprise. Through the power of AI and automation, it detects and diagnoses disruptive events, mobilizes the right team members to respond, and streamlines infrastructure and workflows across your digital operations. The Operations Cloud is essential infrastructure for revolutionizing digital operations to compete and win as a modern digital business.

Forward Looking Statements

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