Carson compensation agreement
Company: CleanSpark
What the later record shows
Outcome not yet confirmed
Carson appears as Chief Accounting Officer in later filings. No passage describes his salary, bonus, RSU or bitcoin pool terms.
Checked October 11, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Brian J. Carson to receive annual base salary of $425,000, annual discretionary bonus up to 75% of base salary (target $318,750), 280,837 restricted stock units vesting over three years, and pro rata share of 1.247 bitcoin per month pool
Source (primary)
CleanSpark 8-K filed 2025-09-08 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “Brian J. Carson $425,000 up to 75% $318,750 280,837; The other Executives will receive their pro rata share of a bitcoin pool of 1.247 bitcoin per month”
How we checked this
Checked on October 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing's compensation table and text state each of these terms, and the bitcoin pool applies to all Executives other than Schultz, including Carson.
Confirmed in the source:
- Brian J. Carson's annual base salary is $425,000
- Carson's annual discretionary bonus is up to 75% of base salary, with a target amount of $318,750
- Carson receives 280,837 RSUs vesting in three equal annual installments over three years
- Carson receives a pro rata share of a 1.247 bitcoin per month pool
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000095017025113381/clsk-20250904.htm) in full (15,035 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms CleanSpark 8-K filed 2025-09-08
Quote: “Brian J. Carson $425,000 up to 75% $318,750 280,837; The other Executives will receive their pro rata share of a bitcoin pool of 1.247 bitcoin per month”