Initial APLD-designated board members
Company: Applied Digital
What the later record shows
Partly delivered · happened May 5, 2026
At closing, three of the four expected designees were seated: Cummins as Chairman, Benson, and Nottenburg. Douglas Miller was designated in place of Jason Zhang.
“The initial APLD Designees are Wes Cummins (Chairman), Ella Benson, Douglas Miller and Richard Nottenburg.”
2026-05-04 · Applied Digital 8-K filed 2026-05-05 View cached copy (2026-08-30)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
Initial APLD designees expected at Closing: Wes Cummins (Chairman), Jason Zhang, Ella Benson, Richard Nottenburg
Source (primary)
Applied Digital 8-K filed 2026-02-17 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
Quote: “The initial APLD Designees, as of the Closing, are expected to be Wes Cummins (Chairman), Jason Zhang, Ella Benson and Richard Nottenburg”
How we checked this
Checked on October 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The 8-K names Wes Cummins (Chairman), Jason Zhang, Ella Benson and Richard Nottenburg as the expected initial APLD Designees to the combined company's board at Closing.
Confirmed in the source:
- The initial APLD Designees are expected as of the Closing
- Wes Cummins is expected to be an initial APLD Designee and Chairman
- Jason Zhang is expected to be an initial APLD Designee
- Ella Benson is expected to be an initial APLD Designee
- Richard Nottenburg is expected to be an initial APLD Designee
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000149315226006897/form8-k.htm) in full (22,349 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital 8-K filed 2026-02-17
Quote: “The initial APLD Designees, as of the Closing, are expected to be Wes Cummins (Chairman), Jason Zhang, Ella Benson and Richard Nottenburg”