COO equity award
Company: Riot
What the later record shows
Delivered; the record does not say when
The year-end 2021 equity table lists a November 5, 2021 grant of 6,000 RSUs to Ms. Brooks, so the award was made. No passage confirms that the quarterly vesting starting January 1, 2022 actually occurred.
“Chief Operating Officer August 12, 2021 PSU — — 360,000 8,038,800 (Former) November 5, 2021 RSU 6,000 133,980”
2022-11-22 · Riot 10-K/A filed 2022-11-23 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
Chief Operating Officer Megan M. Brooks granted 6,000 restricted stock units vesting in four equal quarterly tranches commencing January 1, 2022.
Source (primary)
Riot 8-K filed 2021-11-08 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
Quote: “granted Ms. Brooks an additional equity award of 6,000 restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the Company's Riot Blockchain, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, (the "2019 Equity Plan"). Contingent upon Ms. Brooks' entry into an equity award agreement under the 2019 Equity Plan, these 6,000 RSUs will be eligible to vest in four equal quarterly tranches, commencing on January 1, 2022”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
Item 5.02 states Riot granted COO Megan M. Brooks 6,000 RSUs eligible to vest in four equal quarterly tranches starting January 1, 2022; the filing adds that this is contingent on entering an equity award agreement.
Confirmed in the source:
- Megan M. Brooks is Riot's Chief Operating Officer
- Megan M. Brooks was granted an additional equity award of 6,000 restricted stock units
- The RSUs are eligible to vest in four equal quarterly tranches
- Vesting commences on January 1, 2022
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997321001103/riot_8k-110821.htm) in full (14,780 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 8-K filed 2021-11-08
Quote: “granted Ms. Brooks an additional equity award of 6,000 restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the Company's Riot Blockchain, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, (the "2019 Equity Plan"). Contingent upon Ms. Brooks' entry into an equity award agreement under the 2019 Equity Plan, these 6,000 RSUs will be eligible to vest in four equal quarterly tranches, commencing on January 1, 2022”
confirms Riot 10-K/A filed 2022-11-23
Quote: “Chief Operating Officer August 12, 2021 PSU — — 360,000 8,038,800 (Former) November 5, 2021 RSU 6,000 133,980”