Soo il Benjamin Yi - Dec 3, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for Riot Blockchain, Inc. (RIOT)

Role: Executive Chairman, Director
Signature: /s/ Benjamin Yi
Stock symbol: RIOT
Transactions as of: Dec 3, 2021
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 12/7/2021, 08:09 PM
Previous filing: Aug 16, 2021
Next filing: Jan 18, 2022

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	RIOT	Restricted Stock Units	Award	$0	+8.33K	+2.83%	$0.00	303K	Dec 3, 2021	Common Stock	8.33K	$0.00	Direct	F1, F2, F3

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Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Pursuant to the Riot Blockchain, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, (the "Plan") each performance-based restricted stock unit ("PSUs") represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock, no par value per share, ("Common Stock") subject to any net settlement permitted under the Plan and approved by the Issuer's Compensation and Human Resources Committee (the "Committee"), following vesting and settlement by the Issuer.
F2	On August 12, 2021, the Issuer and the Reporting Person entered into a Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2021, (the "Award Agreement") pursuant to which the Issuer granted the Reporting Person PSUs, contingent upon the Issuer's achievement of certain performance criteria during the performance period ending on December 31, 2023. On December 3, 2021, the Committee determined that, as of the end of the third fiscal quarter of 2021, the performance criteria for 8,333 PSUs granted to the Reporting Person under the Award Agreement had been achieved. Accordingly, the 8,333 PSUs reported on this form became vested and eligible to be settled by the Issuer as restricted stock units in accordance with the Plan and the Award Agreement.
F3	Represents the total direct and indirect beneficial ownership of the security held by the Reporting Person immediately following the issuance reported by this Form 4.