Increase authorized common stock to 170 million shares
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to increase authorized common stock from 60,000,000 to 170,000,000 shares
Source (primary)
Riot PRE 14A filed 2017-04-28 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “To approve an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance from 60,000,000 to 170,000,000”
How we checked this
Checked on September 29, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The proxy sets out this amendment as a board-approved proposal put to shareholders.
Confirmed in the source:
- The company proposed an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to increase authorized common stock from 60,000,000 to 170,000,000 shares
- The board approved the amendment and submitted it to shareholders as Proposal 2
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997317000253/bioptix_pre14a-17.htm) in full (361,530 characters, retrieved September 27, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot PRE 14A filed 2017-04-28
Quote: “To approve an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance from 60,000,000 to 170,000,000”