Board of Directors expanded to five members
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Board expanded to five directors, with at least three qualifying as independent
Source (primary)
Riot 8-K filed 2021-05-24 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “the Board, pursuant to its authority under the Corporation's bylaws to fix the number of authorized directors on the Board from time to time, unanimously approved the addition of one (1) additional seat on the Board and thereby to fix the number authorized directors on the Board at five (5), at least three (3) of whom must qualify as "independent directors"”
How we checked this
Checked on September 22, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states the Board was fixed at five directors with at least three independent.
Confirmed in the source:
- The Board was expanded to five authorized directors
- At least three directors must qualify as independent
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997321000412/riot_8k.htm) in full (15,812 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 8-K filed 2021-05-24
Quote: “the Board, pursuant to its authority under the Corporation's bylaws to fix the number of authorized directors on the Board from time to time, unanimously approved the addition of one (1) additional seat on the Board and thereby to fix the number authorized directors on the Board at five (5), at least three (3) of whom must qualify as "independent directors"”