CFO employment through successor hiring or May 1, 2025
Company: Core Scientific
What the later record shows
Delivered on time
A successor CFO had been appointed by March 6, 2025, ahead of May 1, 2025, and the filing ties this to Sterling's departure. The exact last day of her employment is not given.
“In connection with the appointment of Mr. Nygaard as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, the departure of Ms.”
2025-03-06 · Core Scientific 424B3 filed 2025-03-07 View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
Checked October 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Ms. Sterling will remain employed through the earlier of May 1, 2025, or upon hiring of her successor.
Source (primary)
Core Scientific 8-K filed 2024-09-06 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
Quote: “Ms. Sterling will remain employed with the Company through the earlier of May 1, 2025, or the hiring of her successor.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The 8-K states that under the Transition Agreement Ms. Sterling will remain employed through the earlier of May 1, 2025, or the hiring of her successor.
Confirmed in the source:
- Denise Sterling, Core Scientific's CFO, will remain employed with the company under a transition agreement
- Her employment continues through the earlier of May 1, 2025, or the hiring of her successor
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839341/000162828024039711/core-20240906.htm) in full (7,907 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Core Scientific 8-K filed 2024-09-06
Quote: “Ms. Sterling will remain employed with the Company through the earlier of May 1, 2025, or the hiring of her successor.”
confirms Core Scientific 424B3 filed 2025-03-07
Quote: “In connection with the appointment of Mr. Nygaard as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, the departure of Ms.”