Independent director appointment
Company: Applied Digital
What the later record shows
Outcome not yet confirmed
No passage mentions Rachel H. Lee or confirms her appointment to the Board.
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
Rachel H. Lee was appointed as an independent director to the Board of Directors, effective February 22, 2024
Source (primary)
Applied Digital 8-K filed 2024-02-22 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “Rachel H. Lee was appointed as an independent director to its Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective February 22, 2024”
How we checked this
Checked on October 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
Applied Digital's February 22, 2024 Form 8-K states that Rachel H. Lee was appointed as an independent director to its Board, effective February 22, 2024.
Confirmed in the source:
- Rachel H. Lee was appointed to Applied Digital Corporation's Board of Directors
- The appointment was as an independent director
- The appointment was effective February 22, 2024
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487924000039/apld-20240222.htm) in full (4,968 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital 8-K filed 2024-02-22
Quote: “Rachel H. Lee was appointed as an independent director to its Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective February 22, 2024”