---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-011444"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AERG"
cik: "0000879911"
company_name: "APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:30:37.590424+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Energetics appoints Warren Spector as CFO; $300k salary, 575k options

## Summary
- Warren Spector (age 67) appointed CFO effective Jan 28, 2026; previously VP Finance since June 2025.
- Employment agreement: 3-year term, $300k base salary, discretionary bonus, and eligibility for stock grants.
- Incentive stock options for 575,000 shares at $1.78 exercise price; 75k vest immediately, 500k vest over 4 years.
- Forfeits prior options for 250,000 shares issued while VP Finance; no further force.
- Severance of 90 days' base salary on termination without cause or for good reason; change-of-control vesting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-011444
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AERG
- cik: 0000879911
- company_name: APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879911/000121390026011444/0001213900-26-011444-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879911/000121390026011444/ea0274951-8k_applied.htm

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