Independent auditor appointment
Company: CleanSpark
What the later record shows
Delivered on time
Later proxies say MaloneBailey audited the company's financial statements continuously from 2018 until it was dismissed in July 2024. That span covers fiscal 2021, although no passage names the FY2021 audit specifically.
“MaloneBailey has audited the Company’s financial statements since 2018.”
2023-01-22 · CleanSpark DEF 14A filed 2023-01-23 View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
“MaloneBailey, LLP (“MaloneBailey”), the Company’s prior independent registered public accounting firm, was informed on July 3, 2024 that it was dismissed”
2024-07-02 · CleanSpark 8-K filed 2024-07-03 View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
Checked October 9, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
MaloneBailey, LLP appointed as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.
Source (primary)
CleanSpark DEF 14A filed 2021-08-02 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
Quote: “MaloneBailey, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The proxy statement says the Audit Committee selected MaloneBailey, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and asks stockholders to ratify that appointment. The claim does not say whether stockholders ratified it, and this document, filed before the meeting, could not show that.
Confirmed in the source:
- CleanSpark's Audit Committee selected MaloneBailey, LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm.
- The appointment covers the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000166357721000372/clsk_def14a.htm) in full (322,860 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms CleanSpark DEF 14A filed 2021-08-02
Quote: “MaloneBailey, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021”
confirms CleanSpark 8-K filed 2024-07-03
Quote: “MaloneBailey, LLP (“MaloneBailey”), the Company’s prior independent registered public accounting firm, was informed on July 3, 2024 that it was dismissed”
confirms CleanSpark DEF 14A filed 2023-01-23
Quote: “MaloneBailey has audited the Company’s financial statements since 2018.”