Company: CLSKW
Filing Date: 2025-01-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-007763
Chunk: 26

Company: CLEANSPARK, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-01-22
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 26
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 adequacy of the Audit Committee’s charter.

The Audit Committee consists of (i) Roger P. Beynon, who is the Chairman of the Audit Committee, (ii) Dr. Thomas L. Wood, and (iii) Larry McNeill. Each member of the Audit Committee meets the requirements for independence, including the enhanced requirements applicable to audit committee members, and can read and understand fundamental financial statements in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq listing standards. In arriving at this determination, the Board has examined each Audit Committee member’s professional experience and the nature of their employment in the corporate finance sector. The Board has also determined that Mr. Beynon qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under applicable SEC and Nasdaq listing standards.

The Audit Committee operates pursuant to a written charter that is available on the Company’s website at investors.cleanspark.com/governance/.

During fiscal year 2024, the Audit Committee held eight meetings.

#### CleanSpark192025 Proxy Statement
Report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors

The Audit Committee oversees the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the systems of internal controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee reviewed the audited financial statements in the Company’s annual report with management, including a discussion of any significant changes in the selection or application of accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements, and the effect of any new accounting pronouncements.

The Audit Committee reviewed with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, which is responsible for expressing opinions on the conformity of the Company’s audited financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles and effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, its judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Company’s accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee under the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC. In addition, the Audit Committee has discussed with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm its independence from management and the Company, has received from the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm the written disclosures and the letter required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has considered the compatibility of non-audit services with the auditor’s independence.

The Audit Committee met with the Company’s independent registered