---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-112014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLSK"
cik: "0000827876"
company_name: "CLEANSPARK, INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T21:55:02.003504+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CleanSpark appoints Brian Carson CAO, adopts LTIP with up to $35M CEO target

## Summary
- Brian Carson appointed CAO effective Oct 1, 2024; base salary $300k, bonus up to 40%, 131,148 RSUs.
- New LTIP ties RSU vesting to peer-group performance; CEO Zach Bradford target $17.575M, max $35.15M.
- FY2025 base salaries raised: Bradford $950k, Schultz $855k, Vecchiarelli $510k, Garrison $550k, Monnig $410k.
- LTIP vesting: 40% after FY2025 performance test, balance over 12 quarters; payout 0-200% of target.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-112014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLSK
- cik: 0000827876
- company_name: CLEANSPARK, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000095017024112014/0000950170-24-112014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000095017024112014/clsk-20241001.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-112014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-112014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-112014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian Carson was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at CLEANSPARK, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective October 1, 2024, Brian Carson has been appointed as the new Chief Accounting Officer of CleanSpark, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000095017024112014/0000950170-24-112014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.