Authorization of 15 million blank check preferred shares
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to authorize 15,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock
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 authorize 15,000,000 shares of "blank check" preferred stock”
How we checked this
Checked on September 29, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The proxy body proposes authorizing 15,000,000 blank check preferred shares. The attached proxy card lists 20,000,000, which appears to be a typo in the filing.
Confirmed in the source:
- The company proposed an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to authorize 15,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock
- The amendment was submitted to shareholders as Proposal 3
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 authorize 15,000,000 shares of "blank check" preferred stock”