Hut 8 Announces Voting Results From Special Meeting
- Shareholders overwhelmingly approve the Merger of Equals
- Transaction expected to establish New Hut as a large scale Bitcoin miner
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Shareholders overwhelmingly approve the Merger of Equals with US Bitcoin Corp
"I am so grateful that our shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the Transaction: this successful vote is noteworthy because it reflects how engaged and supportive they are of our Merger of Equals," said Hut 8 CEO Jaime Leverton. "Our focus now moves to completing the final steps necessary to complete the Transaction with USBTC and move forward as a new Hut 8 focused on economical mining and highly diversified revenue streams including from high performance computing, hosting, and managed infrastructure operations - the maintenance and management of third-party mining sites using purpose-built software."
Pursuant to the Transaction, Hut 8 and USBTC will combine in an all-stock merger of equals and the combined company will be named Hut 8 Corp. ("New Hut") and be a
The approval of the resolutions in respect of the Transaction were voted as follows:
RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD/ | |||
# | % | # | % | # | % | |
Approval of the Arrangement | 53,999,833 | 97.28 % | 1,511,996 | 2.72 % | 0 | 0.00 % |
Approval of the issuance of | 53,194,836 | 95.84 % | 2,306,418 | 4.16 % | 0 | 0.00 % |
Approval of the New Hut | 48,304,846 | 87.02 % | 7,206,983 | 12.98 % | 0 | 0.00 % |
The completion of the Transaction is subject to certain conditions, including the final order of the Supreme Court of
Further disclosure on the matters of the Meeting and Transaction can be found in the Circular available on the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com or on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
Through innovation, imagination, and passion, Hut 8's seasoned executive team is bullish on building and operating computing infrastructure that powers Bitcoin mining, traditional data centres, and emerging technologies like AI and machine learning. Hut 8's infrastructure portfolio includes seven sites: five high performance computing data centres across
This press release includes "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and
Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts, but instead represent management's expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events based on certain material factors and assumptions at the time the statement was made. While considered reasonable by Hut 8 as of the date of this press release, such statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to, security and cybersecurity threats and hacks, malicious actors or botnet obtaining control of processing power on the Bitcoin network, further development and acceptance of the Bitcoin network, changes to Bitcoin mining difficulty, loss or destruction of private keys, increases in fees for recording transactions in the Blockchain, erroneous transactions, reliance on a limited number of key employees, reliance on third party mining pool service providers, regulatory changes, classification and tax changes, momentum pricing risk, fraud and failure related to digital asset exchanges, difficulty in obtaining banking services and financing, difficulty in obtaining insurance, permits and licenses, internet and power disruptions, geopolitical events, uncertainty in the development of cryptographic and algorithmic protocols, uncertainty about the acceptance or widespread use of digital assets, failure to anticipate technology innovations, the COVID19 pandemic, climate change, currency risk, lending risk and recovery of potential losses, litigation risk, business integration risk, changes in market demand, changes in network and infrastructure, system interruption, changes in leasing arrangements, failure to achieve intended benefits of power purchase agreements, potential for interrupted delivery, or suspension of the delivery, of energy to the Company's mining sites, and other risks related to the digital asset and data centre business. For a complete list of the factors that could affect the Company, please see the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Information Form dated March 9, 2023, and Hut 8's other continuous disclosure documents which are available on the Company's profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com and on the EDGAR section of the
In connection with the Transaction of Hut 8 and USBTC, that, if completed, would result in Hut 8 Corp. ("New Hut") becoming a new public company, New Hut has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Form S-4") with the
This press release is not intended to and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
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