Corporate name change from Venaxis to Bioptix
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Adopt an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the Company to Bioptix, Inc.
Source (primary)
Riot PRE 14A filed 2016-10-07 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “Adopt an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the Company to "Bioptix, Inc."”
How we checked this
Checked on September 29, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The claim restates the proposal as it appears in this preliminary proxy, which puts the name change to a shareholder vote. The document shows only that the change was proposed; it does not show that shareholders approved it or that it took effect.
Confirmed in the source:
- Venaxis, Inc.'s board proposed that shareholders adopt an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation changing the company's name to "Bioptix, Inc." (Proposal Three at the November 30, 2016 annual meeting; the board approved it on October 6, 2016)
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997316001208/appy_pre14a.htm) in full (216,115 characters, retrieved September 27, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot PRE 14A filed 2016-10-07
Quote: “Adopt an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the Company to "Bioptix, Inc."”