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Mr. Sullivan has served on our Board of Directors since January 23, 2024. Mr. Sullivan has served as our President since May 15, 2023 and as our Chief Executive Officer since August 2, 2023. Prior to joining the Company, from 2017 to 2023, Mr. Sullivan served as Managing Director and Head of the Digital Assets and Infrastructure Group at XMS Capital Partners (a financial advisory firm) where he oversaw over $5 billion of transactions. While employed at XMS Capital Partners, Mr. Sullivan represented Power and Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corporation in its acquisition of Core Scientific Holding Co., a predecessor, and its subsidiary entities (collectively, Legacy Core) in 2021. He received his B.A. in Financial Economics from the University of Rochester.

Mr. Nygaard has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since March 2025. Prior to joining us, Mr. Nygaard was a Managing Director of XMS Capital Partners, LLC (XMS Capital), a global financial services firm, from 2008, with responsibility for leading the firm's M&A execution activities, strategic financings, and chairing the firm's Fairness Committee. Mr. Nygaard served as Chief Financial Officer of Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. (XPDI), the predecessor of the Company pursuant to merger, from January 2021 to January 2022 when the Company merged with and into XPDI and the combined company changed its name to Core Scientific, Inc. Prior to XMS Capital, from 1995 to 2007, Mr. Nygaard held various roles involving corporate finance and M&A in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. With 30 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience, Mr. Nygaard has completed many strategic transactions and financings for a diverse range of clients across a variety of industry sectors. Mr. Nygaard graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, where he was valedictorian of his department and received Bronze Tablet Honors, the university's highest academic distinction.

Mr. DuChene has been our Corporate Secretary since April 1, 2019. Since May 2023 he has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary. Prior to that, from November 2022 to May 2023, he served as our President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary, and, from January 2022 to November 2022, he served as EVP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary. Mr. DuChene also served as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Legacy Core from April 2019 until January 2022. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. DuChene served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer for FLIR Systems, Inc., an industrial and military technology company, from September 2014 to April 2019. Prior to joining FLIR, Mr. DuChene served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Nuance Communications, Inc., a leading provider of speech recognition and related technology to enterprise, healthcare, and mobile and consumer customers from October 2011 to September 2014. Previously, Mr. DuChene served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of National Semiconductor Corporation from January 2008 to October 2011, prior to its acquisition by Texas Instruments Inc. In addition, Mr. DuChene has served as General Counsel to each of Solectron Corporation, Fisher Scientific International Inc. (now ThermoFisher Scientific) and OfficeMax, Inc. Mr. DuChene began his legal career as an associate with BakerHostetler (a law firm) in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988. Mr. DuChene holds a B.A. in Political Science from The College of Wooster and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

Ms. Crain has served on our Board of Directors since May 14, 2025. Ms. Crain was Chief Operating Officer and a Co-Founder of Moelis & Company (Moelis), an investment banking firm, from its inception in 2007 through 2023. She led Moelis' global strategy, operations, and risk functions through all stages of the firm's growth. Prior to Moelis, Ms. Crain was a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank from 2001 to 2007, where she served as the Chief Operating Officer of the UBS Investment Banking Department Americas and was a member of the Investment Bank Board. From 1997 to 2001, Ms. Crain was in the private equity industry, after beginning her career in 1988 at Merrill Lynch. Ms. Crain is a member of the Board of Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) and Chair of the Strategy Committee and member of the Personnel Committee. In addition, she is an Advisory Partner at Consello Group, a global advisory firm that works with companies on strategy and value creation since 2024. Ms. Crain holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. in Economics from Arizona State University.

Mr. Rozov has served on our Board of Directors since January 23, 2024. Since September 2025, Mr. Rozov has served as Chief Executive Officer of Ambac Assurance Corporation and Chief Investment Officer of American Acorn Corporation. Mr. Rozov is also the founder and managing partner of Terrace Edge Ventures LLC. From 2019 to 2021, he was a Partner of GoldenTree Asset Management LLC and also served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Syncora Guarantee Inc. and, from 2020 to 2021, as Chief Executive Officer of Financial Guaranty UK Ltd. From 2009 to 2019, he was a Partner and Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he headed the Financial Institutions Advisory group and served on the Management Committee of Moelis Asset Management. From 2014 to 2019, he helped co-found College Avenue Student Loans LLC, where he served on the board, and co-founded Chamonix Partners Capital Management LLC. From 2007 to 2009, he was a Managing Director at UBS AG, where he served as Head of the Americas for the Repositioning Group. Mr. Rozov currently serves on the boards of Dave Inc. and Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. and previously served on the boards of Midwest Holding Inc. and Neo Performance Materials Inc. He holds an M.Sc. in data science from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree with highest honors in physics and materials engineering from Rutgers University.

Mr. Weiss has served on our Board of Directors since January 23, 2024. Mr. Weiss is the founder and Chief Investment Officer for Blockchain Investment Group LP, a hedge fund of funds investing exclusively in blockchain assets since October 2017. Mr. Weiss began his career as a US Government bond trader at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. After earning his MBA from Columbia Business School, Mr. Weiss joined the Private Equity and Venture Capital Division of GE Capital as a Director in the internet business space. While in this role, Mr. Weiss joined a client company, Internet Capital Group (ICG), as a Director of investments in business-to-business internet companies. Mr. Weiss also served as ICG's Board of Directors representative for a number of portfolio companies. After ICG, Mr. Weiss served as a founding Principal at Stripes, identifying and leading investments in the online direct marketing space. Mr. Weiss has also been an active investor of personal capital in hedge funds and hedge fund of funds for over twenty years and purchased his first bitcoin in December 2013. Mr. Weiss is a director of OranjeBTC (OBTC3.SA), a Brazilian publicly traded company dedicated to holding Bitcoin, and served as a director of Kindly MD, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAKA) from August 14, 2025 (the effective date of the merger with and into Nakamoto Holdings, Inc.) until September 29, 2025.

Mr. Booth has served on our Board of Directors since January 23, 2024. Mr. Booth is currently an entrepreneur and author of The Price of Tomorrow - Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future. From 1999 to 2017, Mr. Booth was Chief Executive Officer and Founder of BuildDirect.com Technologies, Inc. (TSX-V: BILD) a company that connects buyers and sellers of building materials and equipment to simplify the home improvement market. Mr. Booth is a Founding Partner of ego death capital, a venture capital fund that invest in entrepreneurs solving world problems. Mr. Booth's insights and achievements have earned him the BC Technology Industry Association's Person of the Year in 2015, and in October 2023, he was honored with induction into BCTIA's Hall of Fame. Furthermore, in 2016, he gained recognition from Goldman Sachs, who named him one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs. He is a co-founder of Addy and NocNoc. Mr. Booth also actively serves on the Board of Directors of Fedi, and Breez, in addition to several advisory boards. A dedicated member of the Young Presidents Organization since 2004, he further contributes as a Founding Fellow at the Creative Destruction Lab.

On July 29, 2026, the Company announced the appointment of Mark W. Adams, as a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Adams, age 62, was President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Penguin Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of memory and AI infrastructure, from August 2020 to January 30, 2026. From February 2017 until March 2019, Mr. Adams was Chief Executive Officer of Lumileds, Inc., a global leader in led lighting and OEM lighting solutions. Prior to that, Mr. Adams served as President of Micron Technology (Micron) from 2012 to 2016 and in various other leadership roles in Micron from 2006 to February 2012. Mr. Adams has over 25 years of experience in the technology sector, including semiconductors and memory solutions. Mr. Adams is a member of the Board of Seagate Technology Holdings Public Limited Company and Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

On May 26, 2026, the Company announced the appointment of Steve M. Smith, as a member of the Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Smith, age 70, has been Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Zayo, a global internet network provider since October 2020. From 2007 until 2018, Mr. Smith was Chief Executive Officer and President of Equinix, one of the largest global data centers globally. Prior to that, Mr. Smith held senior leadership roles in HP Services, Lucent Technologies and Electronic Data Systems Corporation. Mr. Smith is also a member of the Board of NextDC, a publicly traded data center company in Australia. Mr. Smith served in the U.S. Army where, among other things, he was aide-de-camp to the Office of the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Pacific. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds a B.S. in Engineering.

On April 30, 2026, the Board of Directors of Core Scientific, Inc. appointed Jorge Ray as the Company's Principal Accounting Officer, effective May 7, 2026. Mr. Ray, age 43, currently serves as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and has held this position since March 2026. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ray served as Corporate Controller at Raymond James Financial, Inc. from April 2025 to March 2026, overseeing accounting and financial reporting. Before that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at BankUnited, Inc. from May 2017 to April 2025. Mr. Ray previously worked at KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, specializing in audit services for financial institutions. Mr. Ray holds a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.