Core Scientific, Inc 10-K/A, filed Mar 18, 2026
Core Scientific, Inc. (CORZ)
10-K/A
2026-03-18
For: 2025-12-31
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Core Scientific, Inc filed this 10-K/A on March 18, 2026, covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
(Mark One)
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2025
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 001-40046
Core Scientific, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(512 ) 402-5233
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share |
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller
reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller
reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | Emerging growth company | ||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of
the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b))
by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the
registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based
compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the
common stock outstanding, other than shares held by persons who may be deemed affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference
to the closing sales price for the common stock on June 30, 2025 of $17.07, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, was
approximately $4.25 billion.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes ☒ No ☐
As of February 26, 2026, 315,332,655 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001, were outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (the “Original Filing”), filed by Core Scientific, Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 2, 2026. The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 is to attach Exhibit 97.1, which was inadvertently omitted
from the Original Filing.
Except as described above, no changes have been made to the Original Filing, and this Amendment No. 1 does not modify,
amend or update in any way any of the financial or other information contained in the Original Filing. This Amendment No. 1 does
not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the date of the Original Filing.
Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 contains new
certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which are attached hereto. Because no financial statements
have been included in this Amendment No. 1, and this Amendment No. 1 does not contain or amend any disclosure with respect to
Items 307 and 308 of Regulation S-K, paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 of such certifications have been omitted. Similarly, because no financial
statements have been included in this Amendment No. 1, certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
have been omitted.
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Part IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
3. Exhibits
Exhibit Description | ||
2.1†† | ||
2.2†† | ||
2.3†† | ||
2.4 | ||
3.1 | ||
3.2 | ||
4.1 | ||
4.2†† | ||
4.3†† | ||
4.4 | ||
4.5 | ||
4.6 |
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Exhibit Description | ||
10.1# | ||
10.2# | ||
10.3# | ||
10.4# | ||
10.5# | ||
10.6# | ||
10.7# | ||
10.8# | ||
10.9++ | ||
10.10†† | ||
10.11++ | ||
10.12++ | ||
10.13††++ | ||
10.14††++ |
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Exhibit Description | ||
10.15††++ | ||
10.16 | ||
10.17 | ||
10.18 | ||
10.19# | ||
10.20# | ||
10.21# | ||
10.22# | ||
10.23# | ||
10.24# | ||
10.25# | ||
10.26# | ||
10.27# | ||
10.28# | ||
16.1 |
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Exhibit Description | ||
19 | ||
21.1 | ||
23.1 | ||
23.2 | ||
31.1* | ||
31.2* | ||
32.1 | ||
32.2 | ||
97.1 | ||
101.INS | XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | |
101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | |
101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | |
101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. | |
101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. | |
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104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags) |
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* | Filed or furnished herewith. |
# | Indicates management contract or compensatory plan. |
†† | Certain of the exhibits and schedules to these exhibits have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The registrant agrees to furnish a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request. |
++ | Portions of this Exhibit (indicated by asterisks) have been omitted as the Registrant has determined that the omitted information is (i) not material and (ii) the type of information that the registrant customarily and actually treats as private or confidential. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Core Scientific, Inc. | |||
By: | /s/ Adam Sullivan | ||
Name: | Adam Sullivan | ||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: | March 18, 2026 | ||
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Adam Sullivan, certify that:
| 1 | I have reviewed this Amendment No.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Core Scientific, Inc.; and | ||||
| 2 | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report. | ||||
Date: March 18, 2026
| /s/ Adam Sullivan | ||
Adam Sullivan | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Jim Nygaard, certify that:
| 1 | I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Core Scientific, Inc.; and | ||||
| 2 | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report. | ||||
Date: March 18, 2026
| /s/ Jim Nygaard | ||
| Jim Nygaard | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||