SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Donaghey Christopher Wayne (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC. 9070 S. RITA ROAD, SUITE 1500 (Street) TUCSON ARIZONA 85747 (City) (State) (Zip) UNITED STATES (Country)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC. [ AERG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President & CEO
	2a. Foreign Trading Symbol
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/13/2026	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	07/13/2026		M		100,000	D	(1)	213,592	D
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	07/13/2026		F		39,850	D	(1)	173,742	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Options	$0.78							(2)	(2)	Common Stock, par value $.001 per share	1,000,000		1,000,000	D
Non-Statutory Stock Options	$0.35							(3)	04/29/2029	Common Stock, par value $.001 per share	150,000		150,000	D
Non-Statutory Stock Options	$0.61							(4)	05/12/2031	Common Stock, par value $.001 per share	200,000		200,000	D
Incentive Stock Options	$2.36							(5)	07/13/2032	Common Stock, par value $.001 per share	1,000,000		1,000,000	D
Restricted Stock Units	(6)	07/13/2026		M			100,000	(6)	(6)	Common Stock, par value $.001 per share	100,000	(6)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Consists of vesting of RSUs in the amount of 100,000 shares with no exercise price and forfeiture of 39,850 to cover tax withholding.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. These RSUs vested automatically in equal annual instalments of 100,000 shares on each anniversary date, without execution or any need for exercise, and had no expiration date. They were issued in exchange for services pursuant to an RSU Agreement.

	/s/ Christopher Donaghey	08/25/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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* Form 4: SEC 1474 (03-26)