secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT)
CIK:        0001167419
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001079973-22-001265
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Riot Blockchain names new CFO Colin Yee and CAO Ryan Werner; former CFO McGonegal retires
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- CFO Jeffrey McGonegal retired Sept 26, 2022; stays as Senior Advisor through Feb 2023.
- Colin Yee appointed CFO effective Sept 26, 2022; base salary $350,000/yr.
- Ryan Werner appointed CAO effective Sept 26, 2022; base salary $275,000/yr.
- All unvested RSUs/PSUs converted to RSAs/PSAs one-for-one as of Sept 27, 2022.
- Yee granted 74,294 RSAs vesting in two annual tranches; Werner granted 148,588 RSAs plus additional PSAs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997322001265/0001079973-22-001265-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997322001265/riot_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-22-001265

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