Riot Platforms, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Note 19. Subsequent Events: Restricted stock Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company granted 43,149 time-based restricted stock units with a fair value of approximately $0.8 million and 365,500 performance-based restricted stock units with a fair value of approximately $7.3 million. Subsequent to December 31, 2021, 937,530 shares of common stock were issued to the Company’s officers and employees 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 414,441 of these shares at a fair value of approximately $8.2 million, to cover withholding taxes related to the settlement of these vested restricted stock units, as permitted by the 2019 Equity Plan. Preferred stock 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. Ground lease and water reservation agreement amendments Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company executed a third lease amendment to the ground lease for the Whinstone facility, to add to the existing 100-acre tract of land, a second contiguous 100-acre tract of real property for an additional $0.9 million in annual payments. The initial term of the lease is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2032. Concurrent with this third amendment, the Company executed a first amendment to the water reservation agreement to obtain additional water from a nearby lake to be used by the Company for commercial purposes, such as evaporative cooling in our data center facility, for an additional $1.0 million in annual payments. The term of the original water reservation agreement was reset for a period of twelve years from the original commencement date of April 2021, now expiring on January 31, 2032. The Company has evaluated all events that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date when the financial statements were issued. No other significant recognized or non-recognized subsequent events were noted.

Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Note 19. Subsequent Events:

Restricted stock

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company granted 43,149 time-based restricted stock units with a fair value of approximately $0.8 million and 365,500 performance-based restricted stock units with a fair value of approximately $7.3 million.

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, 937,530 shares of common stock were issued to the Company’s officers and employees 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 414,441 of these shares at a fair value of approximately $8.2 million, to cover withholding taxes related to the settlement of these vested restricted stock units, as permitted by the 2019 Equity Plan.

Preferred stock

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.

Ground lease and water reservation agreement amendments

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company executed a third lease amendment to the ground lease for the Whinstone facility, to add to the existing 100-acre tract of land, a second contiguous 100-acre tract of real property for an additional $0.9 million in annual payments. The initial term of the lease is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2032. Concurrent with this third amendment, the Company executed a first amendment to the water reservation agreement to obtain additional water from a nearby lake to be used by the Company for commercial purposes, such as evaporative cooling in our data center facility, for an additional $1.0 million in annual payments. The term of the original water reservation agreement was reset for a period of twelve years from the original commencement date of April 2021, now expiring on January 31, 2032.

The Company has evaluated all events that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date when the financial statements were issued. No other significant recognized or non-recognized subsequent events were noted.