Christopher Wayne Donaghey - 13 Jul 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC. (AERG)

Reporting relationship: President & CEO/Principal AO, Director
Issuer ticker: AERG
Reported as of: 13 Jul 2025
Net transaction value: -$84,977
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 16 Jul 2025, 17:15:20 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 09 Jul 2025
Next SEC filing: 08 Aug 2025
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/ Christopher Donaghey

Key filing fact

Christopher Wayne Donaghey filed Form 4 for APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC. (AERG) on 16 Jul 2025.

Key facts

This page summarizes Christopher Wayne Donaghey's Form 4 filing for APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC. (AERG).
3 reported transactions and 5 derivative rows are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 16 Jul 2025, 17:15.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 09 Jul 2025.
Current net transaction value: -$84,977.

Research use

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (1)

CIK 0001953387 Primary reporting owner

Donaghey Christopher Wayne

Relationship: President & CEO/Principal AO, Director
Address: C/O APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC., 9070 S. RITA ROAD, SUITE 1500, TUCSON
Signature: /s/ Christopher Donaghey
Signature date: 16 Jul 2025

Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

AERG transaction

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

Options Exercise

Transaction value
Shares: +100,000
Change %: +76%
Price
Shares after: 231,027
Date: 13 Jul 2025
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

AERG transaction

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

Tax liability

Transaction value: $84,977
Shares: -37,435
Change %: -16%
Price: $2.27
Shares after: 193,592
Date: 15 Jul 2025
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

AERG transaction Derivative

Restricted Stock Unit

Options Exercise

Transaction value
Shares: -100,000
Change %: -50%
Price
Shares after: 100,000
Date: 13 Jul 2025
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
Underlying amount: 100,000
Exercise price
Footnotes: F2

AERG holding Derivative

Incentive Stock Options

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 1,000,000
Date: 13 Jul 2025
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
Underlying amount: 1,000,000
Exercise price: $0.7800
Footnotes: F3

AERG holding Derivative

Non-Statutory Stock Options

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 150,000
Date: 13 Jul 2025
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
Underlying amount: 150,000
Exercise price: $0.3500
Footnotes: F4

AERG holding Derivative

Non-Statutory Stock Options

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 200,000
Date: 13 Jul 2025
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
Underlying amount: 200,000
Exercise price: $0.6100
Footnotes: F5

AERG holding Derivative

Incentive Stock Options

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 1,000,000
Date: 13 Jul 2025
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
Underlying amount: 1,000,000
Exercise price: $2.36
Footnotes: F6

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 6 footnotes

Footnote F1

Consists of vesting of RSUs in the amount of 100,000 shares with no exercise price and forfeiture of 37,435 to cover tax withholding. Price reflects the weighted average price of multiple trades executed at prices ranging from $2.27 to $2.29, on July 15, 2025. 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.

Footnote F2

RSUs vest automatically in the amount of 100,000 shares on each anniversary date, without execution or any need for exercise, and have no expiration date. They were issued in exchange for services pursuant to an RSU Agreement.

Footnote F3

The 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote F6

These options vest over four years, in equal annual instalments of 250,000 shares, commencing on July 12, 2023, having currently vested as to 750,000 shares. They were issued in exchange for services pursuant to an Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the 2018 Incentive Stock Plan.