Independent directors appointed
Company: Marathon Digital
What the later record shows
Not a promise: a reported event · happened August 1, 2026
The appointments were effective August 1, 2026, before the August 3 statement. Later news confirms both joined the board.
“MARA added two independent directors, Craig Hart and Nancy Novak, to better align its board with energy”
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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
Craig Hart and Nancy Novak appointed as independent directors to the board
Source (primary)
marathon-digital 8-K exhibit (ex99-1.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
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Quote: “announcement of the appointment of Craig Hart and Nancy Novak as independent directors to its board of directors (the "Board"), effective August 1, 2026”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
MARA's August 4, 2026 press release announces the appointment of Craig Hart and Nancy Novak as independent directors to its board, effective August 1, 2026.
Confirmed in the source:
- MARA appointed Craig Hart as an independent director to its board
- MARA appointed Nancy Novak as an independent director to its board
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1507605/000149315226035933/ex99-1.htm) in full (4,945 characters, retrieved September 2, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms marathon-digital 8-K exhibit (ex99-1.htm)
Quote: “announcement of the appointment of Craig Hart and Nancy Novak as independent directors to its board of directors (the "Board"), effective August 1, 2026”