Stephen Howell COO base salary increase
Company: Riot
What the later record shows
Delivered on time · happened January 1, 2026
The proxy states that Howell's agreement, effective January 1, 2026, sets his base salary at $500,000. Note that the proxy lists his 2025 salary as $450,000, not the $400,000 stated in the claim.
“Effective January 1, 2026, the Company entered into an executive employment agreement with Mr. Howell”
2026-04-29 · Riot DEF 14A filed 2026-04-30 View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
“Mr. Howell’s compensation for his services as our COO is $500,000 as annual base salary, paid in cash.”
2026-04-29 · Riot DEF 14A filed 2026-04-30 View cached copy (2026-08-31)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
Stephen Howell's annual base salary increased from $400,000 to $500,000
Source (primary)
Riot 8-K filed 2026-01-02 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
Quote: “The annual base salary for Mr. Howell increased from $400,000 to $500,000”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing states that Chief Operating Officer Stephen Howell's annual base salary increased from $400,000 to $500,000.
Confirmed in the source:
- Stephen Howell's annual base salary increased from $400,000 to $500,000
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000110465926000248/riot-20251231x8k.htm) in full (15,572 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 8-K filed 2026-01-02
Quote: “The annual base salary for Mr. Howell increased from $400,000 to $500,000”
confirms Riot DEF 14A filed 2026-04-30
Quote: “Effective January 1, 2026, the Company entered into an executive employment agreement with Mr. Howell”