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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-030553"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CORZ"
cik: "0001839341"
company_name: "Core Scientific, Inc./tx"
filed_at: "2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:33:21.026120+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Scientific appoints Jorge Ray as Principal Accounting Officer effective May 7, 2026

## Summary
- Jorge Ray, age 43, appointed Principal Accounting Officer effective May 7, 2026; previously Chief Accounting Officer since March 2026.
- Compensation: base salary $400,000, target bonus 40% of base, RSU grant $600,000 (3-year vest), plus $193,000 signing bonus ($71,000 for relocation).
- Prior roles: Corporate Controller at Raymond James Financial (2025-2026), EVP & Chief Accounting Officer at BankUnited (2017-2025), earlier at KPMG and PwC.
- No family relationships or transactions with directors/officers requiring disclosure; appointment not pursuant to any arrangement with other persons.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-030553
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CORZ
- cik: 0001839341
- company_name: Core Scientific, Inc./tx
- filed_at: 2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839341/000162828026030553/0001628280-26-030553-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839341/000162828026030553/core-20260430.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-030553
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-030553.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-030553.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jorge Ray was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at Core Scientific, Inc./tx.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On April 30, 2026, the Board of Directors of Core Scientific, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Jorge Ray as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, effective May 7, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839341/000162828026030553/0001628280-26-030553-index.htm

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