Shares of Hut 8 Corp. common stock are expected to begin trading on Nasdaq and the TSX on December 4 under the ticker symbol “HUT”
Completion of the transaction creates a strong, diversified, and infrastructure rich organization with a pipeline of greenfield and brownfield opportunities
Hut 8 Mining Corp. (Nasdaq | TSX: HUT), (“Hut 8” or the “Company”) one of North America’s largest, most innovative digital asset mining pioneers and high performance computing infrastructure providers, proudly announces the completion of its business combination pursuant to which Hut 8 and U.S. Data Mining Group, Inc. dba US Bitcoin Corp (“USBTC”) have combined in an all-stock merger of equals (the “Transaction”). The combined company is named “Hut 8 Corp.” (“New Hut”) and is a U.S.-domiciled entity.
“This business combination is the largest M&A transaction that has ever transpired within our industry and represents a highly strategic union of two organizations with complementary strengths, that together, will prove to equal more than the sum of their parts,” said New Hut CEO Jaime Leverton. “We are excited to move forward and continue growing, with a pipeline of greenfield and brownfield opportunities, integration across the mining value chain, leading operational leverage and expertise, and diverse and uncorrelated fiat revenue streams.”
As a result of the Transaction, Hut 8 common shares will cease trading on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) prior to the open of trading on December 4, 2023. As of the open of trading on December 4, 2023, shares of New Hut common stock will trade on Nasdaq and the TSX under the ticker symbol “HUT.” Shareholders of Hut 8 received, for each Hut 8 share held, 0.2 of a share of New Hut common stock, which effectively resulted in a consolidation of the Hut 8 shares on a 5 to 1 basis. Stockholders of USBTC received, for each share of USBTC capital stock, 0.6716 of a share of New Hut common stock.
“Together, the strengthened New Hut team will work to drive growth in economical mining operations, high performance computing, extensive hosting operations, and our groundbreaking managed services business: an end-to-end enterprise model for energy infrastructure partnerships that covers everything from design and site construction to energy and property management,” said Asher Genoot, President of New Hut. “New Hut is laser-focused on driving efficiency and improvement across our spectrum of operations to ensure that we are well positioned and uniquely nimble as we approach the halving and beyond.”
New Hut has access to approximately 825 MW of gross energy across six sites with self-mining, hosting, and managed service operations:
It has 7.5 EH/s of installed self-mining capacity at six sites with current self-mining operations: Medicine Hat, AB; Drumheller, AB; Niagara Falls, NY; Kearney, NB; Granbury, TX; and King Mountain, TX. The 1.7 EH/s installed self-mining production at the King Mountain, TX site is owned by the King Mountain Joint Venture in which Hut 8 has a 50% membership interest alongside a leading energy partner (the “King Mountain JV”).
New Hut will manage 220 MW of hosting infrastructure at its King Mountain, TX site, powered by a mix of energy sources including wind and nuclear, supporting multiple clients, including some of the industry’s largest miners. Hosting is owned by the King Mountain JV.
New Hut will manage 680 MW of energy under its managed services division, powered by energy from a mix of sources including renewable and zero-emission in Kearney, NB and Granbury and King Mountain, TX. This unique, leading-edge service offering gives Bitcoin mine site owners the opportunity to have experts manage all day-to-day operations, hosting, site management, and maintenance using purpose-built site management software.
In addition, New Hut will offer enterprise customers cloud, colocation, AI, and Machine Learning services at its five high performance computing data centers located in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia, and in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada.
Jaime Leverton will serve as Chief Executive Officer of New Hut; Bill Tai will serve as Chair of New Hut’s Board of Directors; Asher Genoot will serve as President of New Hut; Mike Ho will serve as Chief Strategy Officer of New Hut; and Shenif Visram will serve as Chief Financial Officer of New Hut.
