ESS Metron (Ferrie Franzmann Industries) acquisition completed
Company: Riot
What the later record shows
Not a promise: a reported event · happened December 1, 2021
The claim reports the completed December 1, 2021 acquisition of ESS Metron, which later filings confirm.
“in connection with the Company’s acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of ESS Metron, which we completed on December 1, 2021”
2023-05-31 · Riot 8-K filed 2023-06-01 View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
Checked October 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Acquired all issued and outstanding equity interests of Ferrie Franzmann Industries, LLC (d/b/a ESS Metron)
Source (primary)
Riot 10-K filed 2022-03-16 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “On December 1, 2021, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Ferrie Franzmann Industries, LLC (d/b/a ESS Metron) ("ESS Metron").”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The 10-K states that Riot acquired all of ESS Metron's equity interests on December 1, 2021.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot acquired all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Ferrie Franzmann Industries, LLC (d/b/a ESS Metron)
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997322000280/riot10k1221.htm) in full (467,403 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 10-K filed 2022-03-16
Quote: “On December 1, 2021, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Ferrie Franzmann Industries, LLC (d/b/a ESS Metron) ("ESS Metron").”