Mr. Asher Genoot reports

HUT 8 COMPLETES TRANSACTION TO ACQUIRE FOUR POWER GENERATION FACILITIES TOTALING 310 MW IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MACQUARIE

Hut 8 Corp. has completed its previously announced stalking horse bid transaction to acquire four natural gas power plants in Ontario, Canada, in partnership with Macquarie Equipment Finance Ltd., a subsidiary of Macquarie Group Ltd., a global financial service group.

"We have developed a deep partnership with Macquarie throughout this process and are actively working with them on a plan to generate a return on our ownership interest in these assets in the near term," said Hut 8 chief executive officer Asher Genoot. "We are evaluating a range of strategic options for these assets and look forward to sharing updates as they materialize."

The joint venture entity formed by Hut 8 and Macquarie, Far North Power Corp., is the owner of 310 megawatts of power infrastructure, including:

• A 110-megawatt facility in Kingston;
• A 120-megawatt facility in Iroquois Falls;
• A 40-megawatt facility in Kapuskasing;
• A 40-megawatt facility and bitcoin mine in North Bay.

"Our leadership team not only brings a proven track record of maximizing the value of distressed assets to this transaction, but also brings a wealth of energy sector expertise and relationships," said Chris Vickery, vice-president of energy at Hut 8. "We are excited to continue collaborating with the Macquarie team to refine a commercial strategy for these assets and look forward to exploring further opportunities to deepen our relationship with our partner."

With the completion of the transaction, Macquarie has entered into a new secured financing arrangement with Far North in the form of an operating lease facility. In addition, Macquarie holds a minority equity interest of approximately 20 per cent in Far North, and Hut 8, indirectly, is the majority owner and holds an approximately 80-per-cent interest. The completion of the transaction has also resulted in the full and final resolution of all litigation claims and counterclaims made between Hut 8 and certain Validus Power Corp. entities.

About Hut 8 Corp.

Through innovation, imagination and passion, Hut 8's seasoned executive team is bullish on creating value at the intersection of infrastructure and energy through bitcoin mining and hosting, groundbreaking managed services, energy arbitrage, operating traditional data centres, and capitalizing on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning. Headquartered in Miami, Fla., Hut 8's infrastructure portfolio includes 11 sites: five high performance computing data centres across British Columbia and Ontario that offer cloud, co-location, AI, machine learning and VFX rendering computing solutions, and six bitcoin mining, hosting and managed service sites located in Alberta, New York, Nebraska and Texas. Long distinguished for its unique treasury strategy, Hut 8 has one of the highest inventories of self-mined bitcoin of any publicly traded company globally.

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