GRIID Infrastructure and Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. Complete Business Combination
GRIID’s common stock expected to begin trading on Cboe Canada on Jan. 2, 2024, under ticker symbol “GRDI”
CINCINNATI, Dec. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GRIID Infrastructure Inc. (“GRIID” or the “Company”), an American bitcoin mining company that leverages a low-cost, low-carbon energy mix to manage and operate vertically integrated bitcoin mining facilities, today announced that it completed its business combination with Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. (“Adit EdTech”) (NYSE: ADEX, ADEX.U, and ADEX.WS), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. Adit EdTech stockholders approved the business combination at a special meeting held on Nov. 30, 2023.
Following the business combination, the surviving company was renamed GRIID Infrastructure Inc. Beginning on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, GRIID’s common stock is expected to trade on Cboe Canada, the new business name of the NEO Exchange, under the ticker symbol “GRDI,” and GRIID is seeking to list its common stock and warrants on a U.S. exchange.
A detailed description of the business combination can be found in the proxy statement/prospectus filed by Adit EdTech on Nov. 3, 2023, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and available at www.sec.gov, as well as Adit EdTech’s previous filings with the SEC and a current report on Form 8-K, which GRIID expects to file with the SEC within four business days following the closing of the business combination.
About GRIID Infrastructure Inc.
GRIID is a purpose-built bitcoin mining company, founded in 2018, that has operated mining facilities since 2019. GRIID has built long-term power relationships securing affordable, reliable, environmentally responsible power, enabling a vertically integrated self-mining business model with significant growth opportunity. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, GRIID operates a R&D center in Austin, Texas and a development, deployment and equipment repair center in Rutledge, Tennessee. GRIID currently maintains mining facilities in Watertown, New York; Limestone, Maynardville and Lenoir City, Tennessee. To learn more, please visit www.griid.com.
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Cboe Canada has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release and accepts no responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Media Contact:
Malory Van Guilder
Skyya PR
+1 651-335-0585
GRIID@skyya.com
Investor Contact:
Jim Golden
Collected Strategies
+1 646-354-7698
griid-cs@collectedstrategies.com
Company Contact:
Harry Sudock
GRIID Infrastructure
+1-615-854-7556
harry@griid.com
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