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Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. Announces Adjournment of Special Meeting to Approve Extension Proposal and NTA Proposal

New York, NY (June 30, 2023) – Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. (“ADEX”) (NYSE: ADEX, ADEXU, ADEXW) convened its special meeting of its stockholders on June 30, 2023 (the “Special Meeting”). The purpose of the meeting was described in ADEX’s definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2023.

The only proposal submitted for a vote of the stockholders at the Special Meeting was for the approval of the adjournment of such meeting (the “Adjournment Proposal”). The Adjournment Proposal was approved by stockholders at the Special Meeting. In accordance with the authority granted pursuant to the Adjournment Proposal, the Special Meeting was adjourned. ADEX will continue to solicit additional proxies on the proposal to extend the time ADEX has to consummate its initial business combination (the “Extension Proposal”) and the proposal to remove the prohibition on the Company consummating an initial business combination or effecting a redemption or repurchase of IPO Shares in connection with an approved initial business combination, a tender offer and certain amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, if, upon approval of any such initial business combination, tender offer, or amendment, the Company does not have net tangible assets in excess of $5 million (the “NTA Proposal”), as described in the Proxy Statement. The adjourned Special Meeting will reconvene at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time on July 11, 2023, and will still be held virtually at https://www.cstproxy.com/aditedtech/ext2023. The sole items to be considered at the reconvened Special Meeting will be the Extension Proposal and the NTA Proposal.

Stockholders of record as of May 8, 2023 are entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. Stockholders who have not yet done so are encouraged to vote as soon as possible. If any such stockholders have questions or need assistance in connection with the Special Meeting, please contact ADEX’s proxy solicitor, Okapi Partners LLC, by calling (877) 259-6290 (banks and brokers can call collect at (212) 297-0720), or by emailing info@okapipartners.com.

Important Information About the Merger and Where to Find It

This communication is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed business combination transaction between ADEX and Griid Holdco LLC (“GRIID”) and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of GRIID, the combined company or ADEX, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. ADEX has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended from time to time, containing a proxy statement/prospectus with the SEC. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all ADEX stockholders. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of ADEX are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction as they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by ADEX through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.

Participants in Solicitation

GRIID, ADEX and their respective directors, executive officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. Information regarding ADEX’s directors and executive officers is available in ADEX’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on March 28, 2023. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.