Company: CLSKW
Filing Date: 2025-01-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-007763
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Company: CLEANSPARK, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-01-22
Form: DEF 14A
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 performance measures, while meeting or exceeding efficiency targets.

(2) Amounts shown represent the aggregate grant date fair value, as computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718. For a discussion of the assumptions made in the valuations reflected in these columns, see Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.

(3) Amounts shown include compensation paid in bitcoin in accordance with the executives’ respective employment agreements and certain taxes paid by the Company on behalf of the executives in accordance with the executives’ employment agreements. The value included in the table represents the bitcoin price on the date of the issuance of the bitcoin.

(4) Mr. Garrison and Mr. Monnig became NEOs on May 7, 2024 and were not NEOs during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. The compensation earned in 2024 relates to service both before and after the May 7, 2024 appointment at NEOs.

#### CleanSpark332025 Proxy Statement
Grants of Plan-based awards

The following table summarizes grants of plan-based awards granted to our NEOs during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024. This information supplements the information about these awards set forth in the foregoing Summary Compensation Table.

<div align='center'>Grants of Plan-based awards*</div>

|                      |     |              |               | ALL OTHER STOCK AWARDS: NUMBER OF SHARES OF STOCK |         |     | GRANT DATE FAIR VALUE OF STOCK AND OPTION |           |
| NAME                 |     | GRANT DATE   | TYPE OF AWARD | OR UNITS                                          
 (#)                                               |         |     | AWARDS                                    
 ($)                                       |           |
| Zachary K. Bradford  |     | 9/30/2024(1) | RSU           |                                                   | 535,332 |     |                                           | 5,000,001 |
| Gary A. Vecchiarelli |     | 9/30/2024(1) | RSU           |                                                   |  32,120 |     |                                           |   300,001 |
| S. Matthew Schultz   |     | 9/30/2024(1) | RSU           |                                                   | 410,493 |     |                                           | 3,834,005 |
| Scott E. Garrison    |     | 9/30/2024(1)