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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-019936"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RIOT"
cik: "0001167419"
company_name: "Riot Platforms, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T09:44:05.887252+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Riot Platforms shareholders approve 13M share increase for equity incentive plan

## Summary
- Special meeting held Dec 14, 2023; ~68% of shares cast voted in favor (48.1M for, 21.9M against, 1.1M abstain).
- Fifth Amendment adds 13,000,000 shares of common stock to the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan for future awards.
- Plan covers restricted stock, RSUs, options, warrants, and other equity awards for directors, officers, employees, and service providers.
- Awards subject to vesting conditions (service or performance) and clawback provisions as per plan and award agreements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-019936
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RIOT
- cik: 0001167419
- company_name: Riot Platforms, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000155837023019936/0001558370-23-019936-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000155837023019936/riot-20231214x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Riot Platforms, Inc. shareholders approved To approve the Fifth Amendment to the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 13,000,000 shares. at the 2023-12-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-14
  source text: the sole matter presented to the Company’s stockholders for their consideration was Proposal No. 1, to approve the Fifth Amendment to the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 13,000,000 shares
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000155837023019936/0001558370-23-019936-index.htm

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