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APLD to contribute cloud unit to Ekso for 97% stake; renamed ChronoScale
Applied Digital Corp.
- APLD subsidiary contributes Applied Digital Cloud Corp to Ekso for 138,216,820 shares, representing ~97% of combined equity.
- Ekso will rename to ChronoScale Corporation; APLD designees to hold 4 of 7 board seats post-closing.
- Closing expected Q2 2026; conditions include stockholder approval, PIPE investment with minimum $15M cash.
- Initial APLD board designees: Wes Cummins (Chairman), Jason Zhang, Ella Benson, Richard Nottenburg.
- Pre-closing PIPE investment will be dilutive to both Ekso legacy stockholders and APLD's Cloud.