Note 12. Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

On November 3, 2017, the Company designated 1,750,001 shares of preferred stock as “0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” pursuant to the Certificate of Designation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.

The shares of 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are non-voting and convertible into shares of common stock based on a conversion calculation equal to the stated value of the 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, on such 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, as of such date of determination, divided by the conversion price. The stated value of each share of 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is $6.80 and the initial conversion price is $6.80 per share, each subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, combinations, subdivisions or other similar events. The holders of 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends if and when declared by the Company’s board of directors. The 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is also subject to beneficial ownership limitations and conversion limitations, as further described in the documents.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, 2,000 shares of the Company’s 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 2,000 shares of its common stock, leaving 2,199 shares outstanding. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, 2,199 and 4,199 shares of the Company’s 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were outstanding, respectively.

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the remaining 2,199 shares of the Company’s 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted to 2,199 shares of its common stock and no shares of the Company’s 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are currently outstanding.

Common Stock:

At-the-Market Equity Offerings

2021 ATM Offering

For the period August 31, 2021 to December 31, 2021, in connection with the At-the-Market Sales Agreement between the Company and its sales agent, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., B. Riley FBR, Inc., BTIG, LLC, Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC and Roth Capital Partners, LLC (the “Sales Agents”) the Company received gross proceeds of approximately $600 million ($587.2 million, net of $12.8 million in commissions and expenses) from the sale of 19,910,589 shares of common stock, with an average fair value of $29.53 per share, in the 2021 ATM Offering. With the sale and issuance of these shares, all $600 million in shares of the Company’s common stock registered under the December 2021 Registration Statement had been issued and the Company completed the 2021 ATM Offering.

2020 ATM Offering

As of October 15, 2020, the Company and H.C. Wainwright entered into the first amendment to the Sales Agreement (the “First Amendment to the Sales Agreement”). Pursuant to the First Amendment to the Sales Agreement, the Company sold, through H.C. Wainwright as its sales agent, $100.0 million in shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time in an at-the-market offering (the “October 2020 ATM Offering”). According to the First Amendment to the Sales Agreement, the Company paid H.C. Wainwright a commission of up to 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds the Company receives from all sales of its common stock in the October 2020 ATM Offering.

All Sales of shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value in the October 2020 ATM Offering were made pursuant to the prospectus and prospectus supplement filed with and forming a part of the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-249356), filed with the SEC on October 7, 2020 and declared effective as of October 15, 2020 (the “October 2020 Registration Statement”). Under the terms of the October 2020 ATM Offering, the Company only issued shares of its common stock. The Company did not issue any other securities, including but not limited to, options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and common stock warrants, under the October 2020 ATM Offering.

Effective December 12, 2020, the Company and H.C. Wainwright entered into the second amendment to the Sales Agreement (the “Second Amendment to the Sales Agreement”). Pursuant to the Second Amendment to the Sales Agreement, the Company has sold, through H.C. Wainwright as its sales agent, up to $200.0 million in shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time in an at-the-market offering (the “December 2020 ATM Offering”). Pursuant to the Second Amendment to the Sales Agreement, the Company paid H.C. Wainwright a commission of up to 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds the Company received from all sales of its common stock in the December 2020 ATM Offering.

During January 2021, in connection with the Second Amendment to the At-the-Market Sales Agreement between the Company and its sales agent, H.C. Wainwright, the Company received gross proceeds of approximately $84.8 million ($82.7 million, net of $2.1 million in expenses) from the sale of 4,433,468 shares of common stock, with an average fair value of $19.13 per share, in the December 2020 ATM Offering. With the sale and issuance of these shares, all $200 million in shares of the Company’s common stock registered under the December 2020 Registration Statement had been issued and the Company completed the December 2020 ATM Offering.

2019 ATM Offering

The Company entered into an At-The-Market Sales Agreement with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“H.C. Wainwright”), dated as of May 24, 2019 (the “Sales Agreement”), relating to the sale by the Company through H.C. Wainwright as its sales agent, of up to $100.0 million in shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time in an at-the-market offering (“2019 ATM Offering”). All sales of the Company’s common stock in the 2019 ATM Offering were made pursuant to the prospectus and prospectus supplement forming a part of the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 333-226111), which was declared effective as of May 8, 2019 (the “2019 Registration Statement”).

Effective as of October 15, 2020, as part of the First Amendment to the Sales Agreement discussed below, the Company and H.C. Wainwright terminated the 2019 ATM Offering. As of its termination, the Company had cumulatively sold 30.6 million shares of its common stock, for an aggregate gross sales price of approximately $74 million pursuant to the 2019 ATM Offering. With the termination of the 2019 ATM Offering, no additional securities will be sold by the Company pursuant to the prospectus supplement relating to the 2019 Registration Statement.

Under the terms of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 ATM Offerings, the Company only issued shares of its common stock.

2021 Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 11,800,000 shares of its common stock in connection with its acquisition of Whinstone. See Note 4, “Acquisitions”.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 645,248 shares of its common stock in connection with its acquisition of ESS Metron. See Note 4, “Acquisitions”.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, 464,021 shares of common stock were issued to the Company’s board of directors, officers, employees and advisors of the Company in settlement of an equal number of fully vested restricted stock units awarded to such individuals by the Company pursuant to grants made under the Company’s 2019 Equity Plan, as amended (the “2019 Equity Plan”). The Company withheld 174,685 of these shares, at a fair value of approximately $5.1 million, to cover the withholding taxes related to the settlement of these vested restricted stock units, as permitted by the 2019 Equity Plan.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 415,657 shares of its common stock in connection with the exercise of 415,657 common stock warrants issued to investors in connection with the Company’s January 2019 private placement transaction, for net proceeds of approximately $0.8 million.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 543,686 shares of its common stock in connection with the cashless exercise of warrants to purchase 1,257,235 shares of common stock, which were issued to investors in connection with private placement transactions in December 2017.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 10,286 shares of its common stock upon the cashless exercise of 12,000 stock options.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, 2,000 shares of the Company’s 0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 2,000 shares of its common stock, leaving 2,199 shares outstanding. The Company currently has one equity compensation plan, The Riot Blockchain, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2019 Plan”). On October 19, 2021, the Company’s shareholders approved the second amendment to its 2019 Equity Plan, which increased the number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance by 4,400,000 shares.

2020 Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received net proceeds under the Sales Agreement, as amended with H.C. Wainwright of approximately $257.5 million (after deducting $7.3 million in commissions and expenses), at a weighted average gross sales price of $5.30 per share, from sales of 49,932,051 shares of its common stock.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the 200,000 shares of common stock held in escrow under the Escrow Deposit Agreement were voided and cancelled.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, 122,377 shares of common stock were issued to a Company executive under an employment agreement in settlement of $175,000 of previously accrued compensation under the Company’s 2019 Riot Blockchain, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Plan”), and 5,000 shares of common stock were issued in settlement of fully vested restricted stock rights previously granted and previously expensed under the Company’s former 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, 2,048,096 shares of common stock were issued to the Company’s board of directors, officers and employees of the Company in settlement of an equal number of fully vested restricted stock units awarded to such individuals by the Company pursuant to grants made under the Company’s 2019 Equity Plan. The Company withheld 193,881 of these shares at a fair value of approximately $0.45 million, to cover the withholding taxes related to the settlement of these vested restricted stock units. The settlement of the fully vested restricted stock units included the accelerated vesting of 471,544 restricted stock units due to the resignation of a member of the Company’s Board, as permitted under the 2019 Equity Plan.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued 40,634 shares of its common stock to a consultant and advisors in settlement of fully vested restricted stock units granted under the 2019 Equity Plan.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued 1,492,487 shares of its common stock related to the exercise of 1,492,487 common stock warrants granted to the Investors in the January 2019 Private Financing for cash of approximately $2.9 million or $1.94 per share.