Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and President · Applied Digital Corp. (APLD)

Wes Cummins

A named executive officer of Applied Digital in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$27,708,092

FY2024: $1,237,002

1st of 3 named executive officers at Applied Digital by FY2025 total.

3 named officers on file for Applied Digital, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed September 22, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Wes Cummins compensation by year

Applied Digital Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Applied Digital reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$279,167$312,500$600,000$706,251$875,000
Bonus$300,000$150,000$600,000$1,500,000$1,200,000
Stock awards$0$0$0$25,462,000$185,900,249
Option awards—$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$4,020,000$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0$0$0
All other$0$5,492,078$37,002$39,841$1,242,271
Total$4,599,167$5,954,578$1,237,002$27,708,092$189,217,520

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Applied Digital Corp. DEF 14A filed September 22, 2025, accession 0001493152-25-014495, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Applied Digital Corp. filed document, accession 0001493152-25-014495. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed September 22, 2025.

$4.6M
$6.0M
$1.2M
$27.7M
$189.2M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU4,500,000$212,760,000—
RSU1,600,000$75,648,000—
RSU1,500,000$70,920,000—
RSU300,000$14,184,000—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Applied Digital Corp.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

25 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed September 22, 2025)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-16Purchase—55,803$18.045,874,453
2026-10-10Tax withholding—39,350$23.685,818,650
2026-10-10Exercise or conversion derivative—100,000$0.00200,000
2026-10-10Exercise or conversion—100,000—5,858,000
2026-08-04Other—714,685—12,798
2026-07-31Grant or award—1,600,000—6,387,600
2026-07-31Tax withholding—629,600$27.395,758,000
2026-06-22Grant or award—800,000—5,102,400

The 8 most recent of 25 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Applied Digital discloses, by trigger · FY2026
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control, no termination$0$165,480,000$0$165,480,000
Involuntary termination without cause$2,187,500$137,112,000$85,030$139,384,530
Change in control and involuntary termination$4,375,000$236,400,000$85,030$240,860,030

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Applied Digital Corp.'s FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Applied Digital’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Wes Cummins · this pageChief Executive Officer and Chairman$27,708,092
Laura LaltrelloChief Operating Officer$9,946,409
Saidal MohmandChief Financial Officer$9,787,555

Board service

Applied Digital board · FY2023–FY2026

How this board is paid

Company policy: Applied Digital pays directors a $40,000 cash retainer and $240,000 in RSUs. As stated in Applied Digital's FY2026 proxy.

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