DOCN 8-K
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (DOCN)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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CURRENT REPORT
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A copy of the opinion of Freshfields US LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of shares of common stock of DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), offered pursuant to the Company’s prospectus supplement dated July 15, 2026, is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: July 23, 2026
| DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ W. Matthew Steinfort | |
| W. Matthew Steinfort, Chief Financial Officer | ||
Exhibit 5.1
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| Doc ID - US-LEGAL 14430688/5 Our Ref - 184316-0001 SKS/CYYC |
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DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. 105 Edgeview Drive, Suite 425 Broomfield, CO 80021 |
July 23, 2026
Ladies and Gentlemen:
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-294563) (the “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), certain securities, including up to 12,543,915 shares of its common stock, par value $0.000025 per share (the “Securities”), to be sold pursuant to the share purchase agreements dated July 14, 2026 and July 15, 2026 by and among the Company and the purchasers party thereto (the “Share Purchase Agreements”).
We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies of such corporate and other records, agreements, documents and other instruments and certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company and such other persons, and we have made such other investigations, as we have deemed necessary or advisable as a basis for the opinion expressed below.
In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have assumed, without independent inquiry or investigation, that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete; (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals; (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine; (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so; (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.
Based upon the foregoing, we advise you that, in our opinion, when the Securities have been issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Share Purchase Agreements, the Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New York, and the opinion expressed herein is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. We do not undertake to advise you of changes in law or facts that may come to our attention after the date of this letter.
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the Company on the date hereof and its incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement and further consent to the reference to our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Freshfields US LLP