Separation Agreement, dated February 20, 2025, by and between the Company and Michael Maniscalco

Exhibit 10.2

SEPARATION AND GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT

This Separation and General Release Agreement (“Agreement”) confirms the terms of the separation of Michael Maniscalco’s (“you” or “your”) employment with Applied Digital Corporation (the “Company”), including the consideration described below in Section 4 that you will receive if you (a) sign and return this Agreement to the Company (Attn: Mark Chavez) by not later than February 21, 2025 (the “Deadline”), (b) do not revoke the waiver set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement during the 7-day revocation period explained in Section 6 below, and (c) comply with the terms of this Agreement and the Employment Agreement (as defined below). This Agreement will be effective and binding immediately upon execution hereof by you and the Company, and the waiver set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement will be effective automatically without further action, notice or deed, immediately upon the expiration of the 7-day revocation period. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement, save for and to the extent set forth in Section 6, shall be irrevocable upon execution by the parties.

By signing and delivering this Agreement, you will be entering into a binding agreement with the Company and agreeing to the terms and conditions in the numbered sections below, including the general release of claims in Section 5. Therefore, you are advised to consult with an attorney of your choice before signing this Agreement.

If you choose not to sign and return this Agreement by the Deadline, you will not receive the consideration described in Section 4. If you sign and return this Agreement by the Deadline but you revoke your acceptance of the waiver set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement, the total value of any consideration you will receive under Section 4 will be limited to an aggregate of $1,000, payable pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof (and you will not be entitled to any Accelerated Vesting (as defined below)).

1. Separation of Employment/Service. You acknowledge that the last day of your employment with the Company was January 31, 2025 (“Separation Date”). Upon the Separation Date you will be deemed to have resigned from all positions that you hold with the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates. You agree that within two (2) business days following the Effective Date, you will update your accounts or profiles on any social media platform (including, but not limited to, Facebook, X (f/k/a Twitter) or LinkedIn) to reflect that you are no longer actively employed by or affiliated with the Company or any of its and affiliates.

2. Final Pay; Expenses. You have received your final paycheck as required by applicable law. Your final paycheck included payment for all salary/wages that you earned through and including your Separation Date, less applicable withholdings and deductions. You acknowledge and agree that you have submitted your final documented expense reimbursement statement reflecting all business expenses you incurred through the Separation Date, if any, for which you seek reimbursement.

3. Employee Benefits. Your active participation in the Company’s group health insurance plan(s) and coverage under any other employee benefit plans or programs in which you participate, if any, will end in accordance with the terms of each applicable plan or program. Regardless of whether you enter into this Agreement, you will have the right to continue at your expense the medical insurance coverage that you had in effect as of the Separation Date (generally for up to 18 months) under COBRA, subject to the eligibility, election and other rules thereunder. To continue health insurance coverage under COBRA, you must pay the full premium cost plus the administrative fee. You will receive a COBRA notice and information about your 401(k) account (if any), in separate letters.

4. Consideration. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, if you choose to sign and return this Agreement by the Deadline, you do not revoke the waiver in Section 6 of this Agreement, and you abide by the other terms of this Agreement, the Company agrees to provide you with the following consideration, less withholding for all applicable taxes and deductions:

(a) beginning on the next regular pay date following the Effective Date, subject to your ongoing compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will pay to you an amount equal to $200,000 payable in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices for a period of six (6) months following the Separation Date; and

(b) the Company shall accelerate the vesting of (i) 26,979 of the 75,000 restricted stock unit awards previously granted to you by the Company on April 4, 2023, and (ii) 133,000 of the 200,000 restricted stock units previously granted to you by the Company on January 31, 2024 (collectively, the “Accelerated Vesting”). For avoidance of doubt, any portion of any restricted stock unit awards previously granted to you by the Company that are unvested as of the Separation Date (after giving effect to the Accelerated Vesting), shall automatically, without further action, notice, or deed, be forfeited, without payment of consideration therefor.

You acknowledge that you are not otherwise entitled to the severance and other consideration under any severance policy, plan, program, agreement, or otherwise and that the Company would not agree to provide you with these severance payments and benefits and other consideration without your general release of claims and other promises in this Agreement. You also agree that this these severance payments and benefits and other consideration constitute good and valuable consideration for your general release of claims and other promises in this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Company’s aggregate payment obligation under Section 4(a) shall be limited to $1,000 (and the Accelerated Vesting shall become null and void) if the waiver contemplated in Section 6 does not become effective on the 8^th day after the date of this Agreement.

5. General Release of Claims. In exchange for the consideration described in Section 4, to which you are not otherwise entitled, you (for yourself and your heirs, executors, administrators, beneficiaries, personal representatives and assigns) hereby completely, forever, irrevocably and unconditionally release and discharge, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company, the Company’s past, present and future parent organizations, subsidiaries and other affiliated entities, related companies and divisions and each of their respective past, present and future officers, directors, employees, shareholders, trustees, members, partners, attorneys and agents (in each case, individually and in their official capacities) and each of their respective employee benefit plans (and such plans’ fiduciaries, agents, administrators and insurers, individually and in their official capacities), as well as any predecessors, future successors or assigns or estates of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, actions, charges, controversies, causes of action, suits, rights, demands, liabilities, obligations, damages, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees, damages and obligations of any kind or character whatsoever, that you ever had, now have or may in the future claim to have by reason of any act, conduct, omission, transaction, agreement, occurrence or any other matter whatsoever occurring up to and including the date that you sign this Agreement.

This general release of claims includes, without limitation, a release of any and all claims:

You expressly acknowledge that this general release of claims includes any and all claims arising up to and including the date you sign this Agreement which you have or may have against the Released Parties, whether such claims are known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, asserted or unasserted, disclosed or undisclosed. By signing this Agreement, you expressly waive any right to assert that any such claim, demand, obligation or cause of action has, through ignorance or oversight, been omitted from the scope of this release and you further waive any rights under statute or common law principles that otherwise prohibits the release of unknown claims.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the waiver and release of the claims in this Section 5 which are described in Section 6 below shall not become effective unless and until set forth in Section 6.

This general release of claims does not apply to, waive or affect: any rights or claims that may arise after the date you sign this Agreement; any claim for workers’ compensation benefits (but it does apply to, waive and affect claims of discrimination and/or retaliation on the basis of having made a workers’ compensation claim); claims for unemployment benefits or any other claims or rights that by law cannot be waived in a private agreement between an employer and employee; your rights to any vested benefits to which you are entitled under the terms of the applicable employee benefit plan; and any rights to insurance coverage that you may have with respect to any claims made or threatened against you in your capacity as an officer of the Company (the “Excluded Claims”). This general release of claims also does not apply to, waive, affect, limit or interfere with your preserved rights described in Section 13 below.

6. Waiver of Claims under ADEA; Time to Consider/Revoke. You acknowledge, understand and agree that the general release of claims in Section 5 above includes, but is not limited to, a waiver and release of all claims that you may have under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (the “ADEA”) arising up to and including the date that you sign this Agreement. As required by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, you are hereby advised that:

7. No Pending Claims. You represent and warrant that you have no charges, lawsuits, or actions pending in your name against any of the Released Parties relating to any claim that has been released in this Agreement. You also represent and warrant that you have not assigned or transferred to any third party any right or claim against any of the Released Parties that you have released in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement you may have signed for the benefit of the Company is intended to impair your preserved rights under whistleblower laws or cause you to disclose your participation in any governmental whistleblower program or proceeding.

8. Covenant not to Sue. Except as provided in Section 13 below, you covenant and agree that you will not report, institute or file a charge, lawsuit or action (or encourage, solicit, or voluntarily assist or participate in, the reporting, instituting, filing or prosecution of a charge, lawsuit or action by a third party) against any of the Released Parties with respect to any claim that has been released in this Agreement.

9. Cooperation. You agree that following your execution of this Agreement, at the Company’s request, you shall provide all assistance and advise the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in any investigation which may be performed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any governmental agency of any kind and any litigation, actual or threatened, in which any Released Party may become involved, whether in defense or prosecution, or any other matter in which you were involved or had knowledge during your employment or service with the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates and/or in which the Company determines that you are a relevant witness or possess relevant information. Such assistance shall include without limitation, (i) responding promptly and truthfully to any inquiries that may arise with respect to matters you were responsible for or involved with during your employment or service, (ii) furnishing good faith advice, information, judgment and knowledge with respect to matters you were responsible for or involved in during your employment or service, and (iii) you making yourself available for interviews by the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or their respective counsel, deposition and/or court appearances at the Company’s request.

10. Non-Disparagement. You agree that you will not at any time make any disparaging or derogatory statements concerning the Company or its affiliates, or their respective officers, employees, consultants, directors, agents or shareholders, or the Company’s or its affiliates’ respective customers, businesses, products or services, including on social media such as Glassdoor or LinkedIn. However, nothing in this Section is intended to, and this Section shall not, restrict or limit you from exercising your preserved rights described in Section 13, including your protected rights under the National Labor Relations Act, government whistleblower programs, and whistleblowing statutes and regulations, or restrict or limit you from providing truthful information in response to a subpoena, other legal process or valid governmental inquiry.

11. Non-Disclosure Obligations.

(a) You acknowledge your obligation to keep confidential, and to not disclose or use (and you agree to keep confidential and not disclose or use) any and all confidential information or otherwise non-public information concerning the Company and its affiliates that you acquired during the course of your employment (such as non-public information about the Company’s business affairs, prospects and financial condition), unless such disclosure is made in response to a subpoena, other legal process, valid governmental inquiry or otherwise required by law or is reasonably necessary to exercise your preserved rights under Section 13. Confidential information includes all trade secrets and information related to know-how, show-how, technical, operating, financial, and other business information and materials. You also acknowledge and reaffirm, and agree to comply with, your obligations under Sections 22 through 36 of that certain Executive Employment Contract by and between you and the Company effective as of September 25, 2023 (as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Employment Agreement”) and any other agreement relating to non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, intellectual property or confidential information that you previously executed for the benefit of the Company, which agreement, if any, also remains in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict between any such obligation or agreement and this Agreement, the provisions which are broadest (including, without limitation, with respect to scope and duration), or otherwise most favorable to the Company or its affiliates, as applicable, shall control.

(b) You acknowledge receipt of the following notice under the Defend Trade Secrets Act: An individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law. An individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

12. Return of Company Documents and Other Property. You confirm that you have returned to the Company any and all Company documents, materials and information (whether in hardcopy, on electronic media or otherwise) related to Company’s or its affiliates’ businesses and/or containing any non-public information concerning the Company or any of its affiliates or their respective clients, as well as all equipment, keys, access cards, credit cards, computers, computer hardware and software, sales and promotional materials, contact and client lists, files, notes, drawings, business plans and forecasts, financial information, electronic devices, automobiles and any other Company, affiliate, or client property in your possession, custody or control. You also represent and warrant that you have not retained copies of any of the Company’s or its affiliates’ or clients’ documents, materials or information (whether in hardcopy, on electronic media or otherwise). You also agree that you will disclose to the Company all passwords necessary or desirable to enable the Company to access all information which you have password-protected on any of its computer equipment or on its computer network or system.

13. Preserved Rights: This Agreement is not intended to, and shall not, in any way prohibit, limit or otherwise interfere with:

(a) your protected rights under federal, state or local law to, without notice to the Company: (i) communicate or file a charge with a government regulator, (ii) participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by a government regulator, or (iii) receive an award paid by a government regulator for providing information; provided, however, if you bring a claim before the EEOC or similar state or local agency, you shall not be entitled to any relief or recovery (whether monetary or otherwise) and you hereby waive any and all rights to relief or recovery under, or by virtue of, any such filing of a charge with, or investigation, hearing or proceeding conducted by, the EEOC or any other similar state or local government agency relating to any claim that has been released in this Agreement;

(b) your protected right to test in any court, under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, or like statute or regulation, the validity of the waiver of rights under ADEA in this Agreement; or

(c) your protected right to disclose any facts necessary to receive unemployment insurance, Medicaid, or other public benefits to which you are entitled; or

(d) your right to enforce the terms of this Agreement and to exercise your rights relating to any other Excluded Claims; or

(e) your protected rights, if any, under the National Labor Relations Act.

14. No Other Pay or Benefits; No-Right to Re-Employment. You acknowledge and agree that upon payment of the amounts described in Section 2 above, you will have been paid for all work performed including, without limitation, all salary/wages, bonuses, overtime, commissions and any earned, but unused, vacation time due to you up through and including the last day of your employment. You acknowledge and agree that, except for the Company’s obligation, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to provide the consideration specifically provided in Section 4, you are entitled to no other payments or benefits and the Released Parties have no further liabilities or obligations to you whatsoever, whether arising out of your employment with the Company, your separation from the Company or otherwise. You further acknowledge that you have no right to reinstatement or re-employment with the Company or any affiliate of the Company, or to service on its or their boards of directors and agree that any application by you for re-employment may be rejected without explanation or liability.

15. No Admission. Nothing contained in this Agreement will constitute or be treated as an admission by you, the Company or any of the other Released Parties of any liability, wrongdoing or violation of law.

16. Breach. In the event you breach any of your obligations under this Agreement or the Employment Agreement, then, in addition to any of the Company’s other rights and remedies at law or in equity, the Company shall have the right to cease providing the consideration under Section 4 of this Agreement, and/or require you to repay any amounts previously received (including, without limitation, forfeiture of any shares subject to the Accelerated Vesting, or, if you previously sold or otherwise disposed of such shares, payment to the Company of an amount equal to the fair market value of such shares as of the date of such shares were issued to you, as determined by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion). All of the other terms of this Agreement will remain in effect. The exercise of your preserved rights under Section 13 will, in no event, be considered a breach of your obligations under this Agreement. You and the Company hereby waive your respective rights to trial by jury in any action concerning this Agreement or any and all matters arising directly or indirectly out of this Agreement. You represent that you have consulted with counsel of your choice or have chosen voluntarily not to do so specifically with respect to this jury trial waiver.

17. Section 409A. The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Agreement comply with, or are exempt from, the Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and applicable guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”). Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance with, or exempt from, Section 409A. In no event shall the Company or any of its affiliates be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalties that may be imposed on you under Section 409A or any damages for failing to comply with Section 409A. For purposes of Section 409A, each payment in a series of installment payments under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment.

18. Miscellaneous

(a) This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between you and the Company concerning the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings (both written and oral) between you and the Company concerning the subject matter of this Agreement, except that your obligations under Sections 22 through 36 of the Employment Agreement and any other agreement(s) relating to non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, intellectual property, confidential information, and non-disclosure that you have signed for the benefit of the Company shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may only be modified by a written document signed by you and an authorized officer of the Company.

(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Company and the other Released Parties and shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. This Agreement also shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, you and your heirs, executors, administrators, trustees and legal representatives. This Agreement is personal to you, and you may not assign or delegate your rights or duties under this Agreement, and any such assignment or delegation will be null and void.

(c) The provisions of this Agreement are severable. If any provision in this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and the invalid, illegal and unenforceable provision shall be reformed and construed so that it will be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.

(d) The Company and you shall each bear their own costs, fees (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees) and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement.

(e) Should the Company prevail in an action to enforce its rights under this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to recover its costs and expenses, including the costs of litigation, court fees, and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with such action.

(f) The failure of the Company to seek enforcement of any provision of this Agreement in any instance or for any period of time shall not be construed as a waiver of such provision or of the Company’s right to seek enforcement of such provision in the future.

(g) This Agreement will be governed and interpreted under the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to choice of law principles. The Company and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the State of Texas for the resolution of any disputes arising under or respect to this Agreement.

(h) Given the full and fair opportunity provided to each party to consult with their respective counsel regarding terms of this Agreement, ambiguities shall not be construed against either party by virtue of such party having drafted the subject provision.

(i) The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

(j) This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic .pdf submission), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered (by telecopy, portable document format (.pdf) or otherwise) to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.

19. Opportunity to Review. You represent and warrant that you:

20. Time for Acceptance. Notwithstanding in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement may only be accepted by you on or after the Separation Date (but in no event after the Deadline). You agree that any modifications, material or otherwise, made to this Agreement do not restart or affect in any manner the original twenty-one (21)-day consideration period.

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If you wish to accept this Agreement, please sign, date and return it to the Company (Attn: Mark Chavez at [***]) on or after the Separation Date and no later than the Deadline.

Agreed to and accepted on this 20th day of February, 2025