secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Applied Digital Corp. (APLD)
CIK:        0001144879
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-26-021333
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 1.01, 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Digital completes cloud business spinoff, retains ~97% of ChronoScale (CHRN)
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000149315226021333/0001493152-26-021333-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000149315226021333/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-021333

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