CleanSpark Inc.

03/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/07/2024 20:23

Change in Certifying Accountants Form 8 K

Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

On July 3, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of CleanSpark, Inc. (the "Company") approved the engagement of BDO USA, P.C. ("BDO") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company's consolidated financial statements effective immediately. Accordingly, MaloneBailey, LLP ("MaloneBailey"), the Company's prior independent registered public accounting firm, was informed on July 3, 2024 that it was dismissed and replaced by BDO as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.

MaloneBailey's report on the Company's consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2023 and 2022 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders' equity, and cash flow for each of the fiscal years then ended, and the related notes to such consolidated financial statements (collectively, the "Company financial statements"), did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the fiscal years ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, and the subsequent interim period through July 3, 2024, there were no: (i) disagreements with MaloneBailey on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures or audit scope or procedures, which disagreements if not resolved to MaloneBailey's satisfaction would have caused MaloneBailey to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its report or (ii) reportable events as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, except for the material weakness in the Company's internal control over financial reporting related to the Company's general information technology controls over third-party information systems and applications that are relevant to the preparation of the Company's financial statements, as described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

The Company has provided MaloneBailey with a copy of the disclosures made by the Company in response to this Item 4.01 and has requested that MaloneBailey furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Company in response to this Item 4.01 and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A letter from MaloneBailey is attached hereto as Exhibit 16.1.

During the fiscal years ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, and the subsequent interim period through July 3, 2024, the Company did not consult BDO with respect to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by BDO that BDO concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K, or a reportable event, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.