M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.80
Applied Digital Corp. (APLD): M&A transaction — Applied Digital completes cloud business spinoff, retains ~97% of ChronoScale (CHRN)
Applied Digital Corp.
- Contributed cloud business to Ekso Bionics; combined entity renamed ChronoScale Corp., trading on Nasdaq as CHRN as of May 5, 2026.
- Applied Digital received ~138M shares of ChronoScale, representing ~97% ownership, plus invested $15.75M in a private placement at $12.01/share.
- Applied Digital entered a Management Advisory and Corporate Services Agreement with ChronoScale, receiving 1% of gross revenue quarterly plus service fees.
- Investor Rights Agreement gives Applied Digital the right to designate 4 of 7 directors and approval rights over major actions while holding ≥30% of voting securities.
- ChronoScale must file a resale registration statement within 60 days and use commercially reasonable efforts to have it declared effective within 30-60 days.