Board appointment of Ella Benson
Company: Applied Digital
What the later record shows
Delivered; the record does not say when
The 2024 annual meeting proxy profiles Ella Benson among the directors, and its truncated text says 'Since May 2024'. The exact effective date relative to the May 6 deadline is not stated.
“Ella Benson Ms. Benson brings over a decade of experience in financial services and is a Director at Oasis Management Co., Ltd.”
2024-10-22 · Applied Digital DEF 14A filed 2024-10-23 View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
“PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS GENERAL INFORMATION This proxy statement”
2024-10-22 · Applied Digital DEF 14A filed 2024-10-23 View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
Checked October 9, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Applied Digital appointed Ella Benson, a Director at Oasis Management, to its board of directors effective no later than four business days after April 30, 2024, and agreed to include her in the company's slate of nominees for election as directors at the 2024 and 2025 annual meetings of stockholders.
Source (primary)
Applied Digital SC 13D filed 2024-05-07 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “the Issuer (i) appointed Ella Benson, a Director at Oasis Management (" Ms. Benson ") to the board of directors of the Issuer (the " Board "), effective no later than four (4) business days after the date of the Cooperation Agreement, and (ii) agreed to include Ms. Benson in the Issuer's slate of nominees for election as directors of the Issuer at the Issuer's 2024 and 2025 annual meetings of stockholders, subject to certain conditions.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The Schedule 13D states that under the April 30, 2024 Cooperation Agreement, Applied Digital appointed Oasis Management Director Ella Benson to its board within four business days and agreed to nominate her at the 2024 and 2025 annual meetings. The filing adds that the nomination commitment is subject to certain conditions, which the claim omits but does not contradict.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital appointed Ella Benson to its board of directors
- Ella Benson is a Director at Oasis Management
- The appointment was effective no later than four business days after the Cooperation Agreement dated April 30, 2024
- Applied Digital agreed to include Ella Benson in its slate of director nominees at its 2024 and 2025 annual meetings of stockholders
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000090266424003324/p24-1647sc13d.htm) in full (22,224 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital SC 13D filed 2024-05-07
Quote: “the Issuer (i) appointed Ella Benson, a Director at Oasis Management (" Ms. Benson ") to the board of directors of the Issuer (the " Board "), effective no later than four (4) business days after the date of the Cooperation Agreement, and (ii) agreed to include Ms. Benson in the Issuer's slate of nominees for election as directors of the Issuer at the Issuer's 2024 and 2025 annual meetings of stockholders, subject to certain conditions.”
confirms Applied Digital DEF 14A filed 2024-10-23
Quote: “Ella Benson Ms. Benson brings over a decade of experience in financial services and is a Director at Oasis Management Co., Ltd.”