SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Brooks Megan M.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O RIOT BLOCKCHAIN, INC.

3855 AMBROSIA STREET, STE 301

(Street)

CASTLE ROCK

80109

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Riot Blockchain, Inc. [ RIOT ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	[See Remarks]

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/14/2022

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	06/14/2022		M		25,000	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	158,162⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	06/14/2022		F		7,500⁽³⁾	D	$5.17	150,662⁽²⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Restricted Stock Units	$0.00⁽¹⁾	06/14/2022		M			25,000	⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	25,000	$0.00	28,000⁽²⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Vested Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") awarded to the Reporting Person as compensation under the Riot Blockchain, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, (the "Plan") are convertible into shares of the Issuer's common stock, no par value per share, ("Common Stock") on a one-for-one basis, subject to any net settlement permitted under the Plan, upon settlement by the Issuer in accordance with the procedures of the Plan.

2. Represents the total direct and indirect beneficial ownership of the indicated security held by the Reporting Person immediately following the reported transaction.

3. Represents net settlement for taxes due in connection with the conversion of 25,000 vested RSUs into shares of the Issuer's Common Stock upon settlement by the Issuer, as permitted by the Plan and approved by the Issuer's Compensation and Human Resources Committee.

4. The settlement of 25,000 vested RSUs reported on this Form 4 represents the settlement of the vested portion of the 75,000 RSUs awarded to the Reporting Person on April 7, 2022, which are eligible to vest in three equal installments as of May 7, 2022, June 7, 2022, and July 7, 2022.

Remarks:

Effective as of April 7, 2022, the Reporting Person resigned as the Issuer's Chief Operating Officer and from all other positions with the Issuer pursuant to a separation and release agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person (the "Separation Agreement"); however, as part of the Separation Agreement, RSUs granted to the Reporting Person under the Plan are eligible to continue vesting through the Transition Period specified in the Separation Agreement.

	/s/ Megan M. Brooks	06/16/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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