8-K: Current report filing
Published on November 15, 2022
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On November 9, 2022, the board of directors of Core Scientific, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Todd DuChene to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Legal Officer, effective November 14, 2022.
Mr. DuChene, age 59, has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary since January 2022. He had served as General Counsel and Secretary of Core Scientific Holding Co. (“Legacy Core”) from April 2019 until Legacy Core’s merger with Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. Prior to joining Legacy Core, Mr. DuChene served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer for FLIR Systems, Inc., an industrial and military technology company, from September 2014 to April 2019.
Mr. DuChene has no family relationship with any directors or executive officers of the Company, nor are there any arrangements or understandings between Mr. DuChene and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as President or Chief Legal Officer. There are no related party transactions between Mr. DuChene and the Company reportable under Item 5.02 of Form 8-K and Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statement and Exhibits |
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Core Scientific, Inc. | ||||||
| Dated: November 15, 2022 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Denise Sterling |
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| Name: | Denise Sterling | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||