CEO 1.5M RSU grant cliff vesting
Company: Applied Digital
The claim, verbatim
The CEO's 1,500,000-RSU grant from January 6, 2026 vests 300,000 RSUs on January 6, 2027, then 150,000 every six months until fully vested on the five-year anniversary, subject to continued employment.
Source (primary)
39,350 shares are withheld for taxes as Applied Digital (APLD) CEO’s stock award vests. - Stock Titan (-, news_article)
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Quote: “300,000 RSUs on January 6, 2027 (the "Cliff Date"), with the remainder vesting in equal installments of 150,000 RSUs every six months after the Cliff Date”
How we checked this
Checked on October 16, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
Footnote 2 of the Form 4 states these vesting terms. They require continued full-time employment in a Board-approved role, with possible accelerated vesting.
Confirmed in the source:
- The CEO received a grant of 1,500,000 RSUs on January 6, 2026
- 300,000 RSUs vest on January 6, 2027
- The remainder vests in installments of 150,000 RSUs every six months after that date
- The grant becomes fully vested on the five-year anniversary of the grant date
- Vesting is subject to continued employment
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.stocktitan.net/sec-filings/APLD/form-4-applied-digital-corp-insider-trading-activity-25d675191f81.html) in full (16,400 characters, retrieved October 15, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms 39,350 shares are withheld for taxes as Applied Digital (APLD) CEO’s stock award vests. - Stock Titan
Quote: “300,000 RSUs on January 6, 2027 (the "Cliff Date"), with the remainder vesting in equal installments of 150,000 RSUs every six months after the Cliff Date”