Increase in authorized common stock shares
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Company seeking stockholder approval to amend Articles of Incorporation to increase authorized common stock shares from 170,000,000 to 340,000,000
Source (primary)
Riot PRE 14A filed 2022-09-23 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “To authorize and approve that the Company's Articles of Incorporation be amended to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 170,000,000 shares to 340,000,000 shares.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 22, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The proxy statement repeatedly states the sole proposal is to increase authorized common stock from 170,000,000 to 340,000,000 shares.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot Blockchain, Inc. is seeking stockholder approval to amend its Articles of Incorporation
- The amendment would increase authorized common stock from 170,000,000 shares to 340,000,000 shares
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000114036122034537/ny20005309x1_pre14a.htm) in full (54,286 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot PRE 14A filed 2022-09-23
Quote: “To authorize and approve that the Company's Articles of Incorporation be amended to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 170,000,000 shares to 340,000,000 shares.”