| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
As previously announced, on April 5, 2022, Core Scientific, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Michael Trzupek, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, notified the Board of Directors of the Company of his decision to resign from his position on April 4, 2022, effective immediately.
On April 19, 2022, the Company and Mr. Trzupek reached an agreement regarding Mr. Trzupek’s separation from the Company (the “Separation Agreement”), effective May 6, 2022 (the “Separation Date”). As previously announced, Denise Sterling, the former Senior Vice President of Finance of the Company, assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer on April 5, 2022.
Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, in exchange for certain releases of claims, Mr. Trzupek’s agreement to transition his responsibilities and duties to other Company personnel, and certain additional covenants related to cooperation and competitive activity, the Company will provide cash severance benefits to Mr. Trzupek of $75,000, representing three months of base salary, to be paid in a single lump sum less any required taxes and other withholding amounts. He will also be entitled to any accrued but unpaid compensation for the period prior to the Separation Date. In addition, Mr. Trzupek will be deemed to have time vested in 1,200,000 of his outstanding restricted stock units, which will remain subject to certain transaction vesting terms, as detailed in the award agreements assumed by Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp (“XPDI”) pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(iv) of the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among XPDI et al and the Company, dated as of July 20, 2021, and he will be entitled to receive an additional 200,000 time-vested restricted stock units. The Separation Agreement contains mutual releases, subject to customary exceptions, and mutual covenants not to compete or disparage.
The foregoing description of the Separation Agreement contained herein does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the complete text of the Separation Agreement, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2022.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On April 18, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing that it has begun daily reporting of self-mined Bitcoin production on its corporate website. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.
The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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