Marathon Digital Holdings Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	NOTE 15 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Parties are considered related to the Company if the parties, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. The Company discloses all related party transactions. On September 23, 2022, the Company made an incremental 30,000 thousand investment in Auradine, Inc., bringing its total holdings in Auradine to $35,500 thousand based upon a previously issued and disclosed SAFE instrument. Said Ouissal, a director of the Company, owns approximately 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of Auradine, and Fred Thiel, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, sits on Auradine’s Board of Directors. On November 3, 2022, the Company’s Board met and determined that Said Ouissal is no longer deemed to be an independent director of the Company. As a result, Mr. Ouissal stepped down from the Audit and Compensation Committees.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

NOTE 15 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Parties are considered related to the Company if the parties, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. The Company discloses all related party transactions.

On September 23, 2022, the Company made an incremental 30,000 thousand investment in Auradine, Inc., bringing its total holdings in Auradine to $35,500 thousand based upon a previously issued and disclosed SAFE instrument. Said Ouissal, a director of the Company, owns approximately 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of Auradine, and Fred Thiel, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, sits on Auradine’s Board of Directors. On November 3, 2022, the Company’s Board met and determined that Said Ouissal is no longer deemed to be an independent director of the Company. As a result, Mr. Ouissal stepped down from the Audit and Compensation Committees.