---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-111309"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CORZ"
cik: "0001839341"
company_name: "Core Scientific, Inc./tx"
filed_at: "2022-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T06:17:38.623981+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Trzupek resigns effective April 4; Sterling named CFO; daily Bitcoin production reporting begins

## Summary
- CFO Michael Trzupek resigned effective April 4; Denise Sterling appointed CFO on April 5.
- Separation agreement provides $75,000 cash severance, vests 1.2M RSUs, grants 200K additional RSUs.
- Company began daily reporting of self-mined Bitcoin production on corescientific.com, updated at 12pm EST.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-111309
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CORZ
- cik: 0001839341
- company_name: Core Scientific, Inc./tx
- filed_at: 2022-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839341/000119312522111309/0001193125-22-111309-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839341/000119312522111309/d330098d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-111309
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-111309.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-111309.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Denise Sterling was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Core Scientific, Inc./tx.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Denise Sterling, the former Senior Vice President of Finance of the Company, assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer on April 5, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839341/000119312522111309/0001193125-22-111309-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Trzupek resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Core Scientific, Inc./tx.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839341/000119312522111309/0001193125-22-111309-index.htm

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