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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214659-23-017047
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231229
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231228

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ault Alliance, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000896493
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, NEC [3679]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		IRS NUMBER:				941721931
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12711
		FILM NUMBER:		231523949

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11411 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 240
		CITY:			LAS VEGAS
		STATE:			NV
		ZIP:			89141
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(949) 444-5464 3679

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11411 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 240
		CITY:			LAS VEGAS
		STATE:			NV
		ZIP:			89141

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BitNile Holdings, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20211213

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Ault Global Holdings, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20210119

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DPW Holdings, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20171229
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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT NO. 1
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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Amendment No. 1)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Filed by the Registrant</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">Check the appropriate box:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 95%; text-align: justify">Preliminary Proxy Statement</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Confidential, For Use of the Commission Only (as Permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Definitive Proxy Statement</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Definitive Additional Materials</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &sect; 240.14a-12</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>AULT ALLIANCE, INC.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</P>

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than the Registrant)</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><B>x</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 99%">No fee required</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i) (1) and 0-11.&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">(1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 97%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: </TD></TR>
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    <TD>(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: </TD></TR>
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    <TD>(3)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): </TD></TR>
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    <TD>(4)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: </TD></TR>
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    <TD>(5)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">Total fee paid: </TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 99%">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials:</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: </TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Filing Party: </TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ANNUAL
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER
29, 2023</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The following Notice of Change of Location, Date
and Time of Annual Meeting of Stockholders (this &#8220;<B>Notice</B>&#8221;) supplements and relates to the original Notice of Annual
Meeting and Proxy Statement (the &#8220;<B>Proxy Statement</B>&#8221;) of Ault Alliance, Inc. (the &#8220;<B>Company</B>&#8221;), dated
December 1, 2023, furnished to stockholders of the Company in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of
the Company for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders originally scheduled to be held on Friday, December 29, 2023. This Notice is
being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2023 and is being mailed to stockholders on or about January 2,
2024.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE PROXY STATEMENT.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>NOTICE OF CHANGE OF LOCATION, DATE AND TIME</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER
29, 2023</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">To the Stockholders of Ault Alliance, Inc.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the location, date
and time of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#8220;<B>Annual Meeting</B>&#8221;) of Ault Alliance, Inc. (the &#8220;<B>Company</B>&#8221;)
has been changed. You are hereby advised that the Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, January 12, 2024 at 9:00&nbsp;A.M. Pacific Time.
The Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only, via live webcast. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting
in person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">To access the virtual meeting please click the
Virtual Stockholder Meeting link: <U>meetnow.global/MXV24TS</U>. To login to the virtual meeting you have two options: Join as a &#8220;Guest&#8221;
or Join as a &#8220;Stockholder.&#8221; If you join as a &#8220;Stockholder&#8221; you will be required to have a control number.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">As described in the proxy materials for the Annual
Meeting that were previously distributed, you are entitled to vote on the proposals before the stockholders at the Annual Meeting if you
were a stockholder as of the close of business on November 22, 2023, the record date. This Notice of Change of Location, Date and Time
of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the accompanying Proxy Statement are available on the Internet at www.envisionreports.com/AULT for
registered holders and http://www.edocumentview.com/AULT for street holders. To vote on or before the Annual Meeting, you must have your
control number that is shown on the proxy card accompanying the Proxy Statement. Details regarding logging onto and attending the meeting
over the website and the business to be conducted are described in the Proxy Card included with the Proxy Statement. Proxies submitted
electronically or by telephone must be received by 11:59 pm PT on January 11, 2024. Proxies submitted by mail should be received before
9:00 a.m. PT on January 12, 2024.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">You may vote during the Annual Meeting by following
the instructions available on the Annual Meeting website. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting virtually, we urge you
to vote and submit your proxy in advance of the Annual Meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting.
The proxy card included with the proxy materials previously distributed will not be updated to reflect the change in location and may
continue to be used to vote your shares in connection with the Annual Meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan
to virtually attend the Annual Meeting, we hope you will vote as soon as possible by either (1) mailing your completed and signed proxy
card(s) to Ault Alliance, Inc., 11411 Southern Highlands Pkwy, Suite 240, Las Vegas, NV 89141, Attention: Corporate Secretary, (2) calling
the toll-free number printed on your proxy card(s) and following the recorded instructions or (3) visiting the website indicated on your
proxy card(s) and following the on-line instructions. You may revoke a previously submitted proxy at any time prior to the Meeting. If
you decide to attend the Meeting and wish to change your proxy vote, you may do so automatically by voting at the Meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">By Order of the Board of Directors,</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;/s/ <I>Milton C. Ault, III</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 80%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><I>Milton C. Ault, III</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><I>Executive Chairman of the Board</I></TD></TR>
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