CEO Jamie Leverton termination and separation agreement
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
CEO Jamie Leverton was terminated on February 6, 2024, and her director status terminated on February 12, 2024. She received a Separation Agreement providing $1,100,000 cash payment and $500,000 in lieu of bonus for 2023 Fiscal Year.
Source (primary)
Thompson v. Leverton — Entry #8: FILING ERROR - DUPLICATE DOCKET ENTRY - COMPLAINT against Joseph Flinn, Asher Genoot, Alexia Hefti, Michael Ho, Hut 8 Corp., Jamie Leverton, Stanley O'Neal… (RECAP (purchased via PACER), court_filing)
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Quote: “Defendant Leverton served as the Company's CEO from the Merger until her termination on February 6, 2024. Defendant Leverton also served as a Company director from the Merger until her termination on February 12, 2024... On February 12, 2024, Defendant Leverton and the Company entered into the Separation Agreement which entitles Defendant Leverton to a $1,100,000 cash payment and another cash payment of $500,000 in lieu of a bonus for the 2023 Fiscal Year.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 12, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The complaint states both termination dates and the two Separation Agreement payment amounts as given in the claim.
Confirmed in the source:
- Leverton's tenure as CEO ended with her termination on February 6, 2024
- Leverton's service as a director ended with her termination on February 12, 2024
- On February 12, 2024, Leverton and the Company entered a Separation Agreement providing a $1,100,000 cash payment
- The Separation Agreement provides a further $500,000 cash payment in lieu of a bonus for the 2023 Fiscal Year
What we did: Read our cached copy of RECAP (purchased via PACER) (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.618845/gov.uscourts.nysd.618845.8.0.pdf) in full (109,654 characters, retrieved September 25, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Thompson v. Leverton — Entry #8: FILING ERROR - DUPLICATE DOCKET ENTRY - COMPLAINT against Joseph Flinn, Asher Genoot, Alexia Hefti, Michael Ho, Hut 8 Corp., Jamie Leverton, Stanley O'Neal…
Quote: “Defendant Leverton served as the Company's CEO from the Merger until her termination on February 6, 2024. Defendant Leverton also served as a Company director from the Merger until her termination on February 12, 2024... On February 12, 2024, Defendant Leverton and the Company entered into the Separation Agreement which entitles Defendant Leverton to a $1,100,000 cash payment and another cash payment of $500,000 in lieu of a bonus for the 2023 Fiscal Year.”