S-8 1 pagerdutys-8x3152024jeli.htm S-8 Document

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PAGERDUTY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware27-2793871
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
600 Townsend St., Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94103
(844) 800-3889
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Jeli, Inc. 2019 Stock Plan, as amended
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(Full title of the plan)
Jennifer G. Tejada
Chief Executive Officer
PagerDuty, Inc.
600 Townsend St., Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94103
(844) 800-3889
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(Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
David J. Segre
Jon C. Avina
Calise Y. Cheng
Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304		Shelley Webb
PagerDuty, Inc.
600 Townsend St., Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94103
(844) 800-3889
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer    ý
Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨
Smaller reporting company   ¨
Emerging growth company   ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by PagerDuty, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to register 61,719 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.000005 per share, pursuant to the Jeli, Inc. 2019 Stock Plan, as amended (“Jeli Plan”).

On November 15, 2023, Jolt Merger Sub, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant (“Merger Sub”), was merged with and into Jeli, Inc. (“Jeli”) and Jeli became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 2, 2023, by and among the Registrant, Jeli, Merger Sub and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, as the Securityholder Stockholder Representative (the “Merger Agreement”). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Registrant assumed the Jeli Plan and each unvested option that was previously granted by Jeli under the Jeli Plan and that was outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the effective time of the merger, which, upon the effective time of the merger, was converted into a stock option exercisable for the Registrant’s Common Stock (the “Assumed Options”).

PART II
ITEM 3.    INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
a.The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2024, as amended by that Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10K/A for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2024, pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
b.The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock which is contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April 2, 2019 (File No. 001-38856) under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
c.All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

Not applicable.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.



Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation’s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement for expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees, and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and its amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees, and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers, whereby it has agreed to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, including indemnification against expenses and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings to which the director or officer was, or is threatened to be made, a party by reason of the fact that such director or officer is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner that the director or officer reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the Registrant.

The Registrant maintains insurance policies that indemnify its directors and officers against various liabilities arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, that might be incurred by any director or officer in his or her capacity as such.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8.    EXHIBITS
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*    Filed herewith
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

1. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:



(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(d) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been


advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.




SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S‑8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California, on March 18, 2024.
PAGERDUTY, INC.
By:/s/ Jennifer G. Tejada
Jennifer G. Tejada
Chief Executive Officer



POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jennifer G. Tejada, Owen Howard Wilson, and Shelley Webb, and each or any one of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SignatureTitleDate
/s/ Jennifer G. Tejada
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 18, 2024
Jennifer G. Tejada
/s/ Owen Howard Wilson
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
March 18, 2024
Owen Howard Wilson
/s/ Mitra Rezvan
Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
March 18, 2024
Mitra Rezvan
/s/ Teresa CarlsonDirector
March 18, 2024
Teresa Carlson
/s/ Sameer DholakiaDirector
March 18, 2024
Sameer Dholakia
/s/ Elena GomezDirector
March 18, 2024
Elena Gomez
/s/ William LoschDirector
March 18, 2024
William Losch
/s/ Rathi MurthyDirector
March 18, 2024
Rathi Murthy
/s/ Zachary NelsonDirector
March 18, 2024
Zachary Nelson
/s/ Alex SolomonDirector
March 18, 2024
Alex Solomon
/s/ Bonita StewartDirector
March 18, 2024
Bonita Stewart