Donaghey Christopher Wayne 4
4 · APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC. · Filed Jan 28, 2026
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Applied Energetics (AERG) CEO Christopher Donaghey Sells 10,000 Shares
What Happened
- Christopher Wayne Donaghey, President & CEO (also Principal AO and Director) of Applied Energetics, sold 10,000 common shares on Jan 26, 2026. The transaction is reported as a disposition of 10,000 shares at a reported price of $1.65 per share, for a total of $16,500.
Key Details
- Transaction date: January 26, 2026 (reported on Form 4 filed Jan 28, 2026).
- Reported price/amount: 10,000 shares at $1.65 each = $16,500.
- Footnote F1: The filing states the sale price reflects a weighted average of multiple trades executed at prices ranging from $1.6668 to $1.70 on January 21, 2026; the reporting person will provide full trade details to the SEC staff upon request.
- Additional footnotes (F2–F6) in the filing describe outstanding equity awards held by the insider (various stock options with milestone- or time-based vesting and RSUs with annual vesting); these describe vesting schedules and expirations but do not change that this transaction was a sale.
- Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided summary of the filing.
- Filing timeliness: Form 4 was filed Jan 28, 2026 for a Jan 26 transaction; this appears to be timely under the standard two-business-day reporting window.
Context
- This was a straight sale (disposition) of existing shares, not an option exercise or award grant. Sales are often routine (e.g., liquidity or tax planning) and do not by themselves indicate the insider’s view of the company’s future performance. The filing also documents the insider’s outstanding options and RSUs with various vesting conditions (time-based and revenue milestone–based).
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
Donaghey Christopher Wayne
DirectorPresident & CEO/Principal AO
Transactions
- Sale
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
[F1]2026-01-26$1.65/sh−10,000$16,500→ 133,592 total
Holdings
- 1,000,000
Incentive Stock Options
[F2]Exercise: $0.78→ Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (1,000,000 underlying) - 1,000,000
Incentive Stock Options
[F3]Exercise: $2.36Exp: 2032-07-13→ Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (1,000,000 underlying) - 150,000
Non-Statutory Stock Options
[F4]Exercise: $0.35Exp: 2029-04-29→ Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (150,000 underlying) - 200,000
Options
[F5]Exercise: $0.61Exp: 2029-04-29→ Common Stock, par value $0.001 (200,000 underlying) - 100,000
Restricted Stock Units
[F6]→ Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (100,000 underlying)
Footnotes (6)
- [F1]Sale price reflects the weighted average price of multiple trades executed at prices ranging from $1.6668 to $1.70, on January 21, 2026. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the SEC staff, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.
- [F2]These options vest upon the achievement of specified revenue milestones as follows: with respect to 170,000 Shares, upon achievement of gross revenues of $10 million; with respect to an additional 330,000 Shares, upon achievement of gross revenues of $25 million; and with respect to the remaining 500,000 Shares, upon achievement of gross revenues of $50 million. They were issued in exchange for services pursuant to an Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the 2018 Incentive Stock Plan and expire ten years from the date of grant.
- [F3]These options vest over four years, in equal annual installments of 250,000 shares, commencing on July 12, 2023, having currently vested as to 750,000 shares..
- [F4]These options vested in instalments of 37,500 shares on each of 9/29/2019, 4/29/2020, 9/29/2020 and 4/29/2021. They were issued in exchange for services pursuant to an Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the 2018 Incentive Stock Plan.
- [F5]These options vested on May 12, 2022. They were issued in exchange for services pursuant to an Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the 2018 Incentive Stock Plan.
- [F6]These RSUs vest in equal annual installments of 100,000 shares, commencing on July 12, 2023 and have no expiration date or exercise price .
Signature
/s/ Christopher Donaghey|2026-01-28