Riot Platforms (RIOT)

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Riot's compensation philosophy aims to align executive pay with business objectives and stockholder value by making a substantial percentage of total compensation variable and performance-based. The program is designed to be competitive in the market to attract and retain talent, while balancing fixed and variable compensation to motivate high performance and link executive financial interests directly to stock price performance.

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “What vote is required to approve each proposal presented at the Annual Meeting? Plurality of Votes Cast: ● Proposal 1 (Election of Class II Directors) Majority of Votes Cast: ● Proposal 2 (Ratify, in a Non-binding Advisory Vote, the Appointment of Deloitte as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2026) ● Proposal 3 (Approve, in a Non-binding Advisory Vote, Say-on-Pay) ● Proposal 4 (Approve the Seventh Amendment to the 2019 Equity Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 15,000,000 shares) Although, as noted above, abstentions and broker non-votes are counted as "shares present" at the Annual Meeting for the purpose of determining whether a quorum exists, they are not counted as votes cast either "for" or "against" the proposal and, accordingly, do not affect the outcome of the vote.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “What vote is required to approve each proposal presented at the Annual Meeting? Plurality of Votes Cast: ● Proposal 1 (Election of Class I Directors) Majority of Votes Cast: ● Proposal 2 (Ratify, in a Non-binding Advisory Vote, the Appointment of Deloitte as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2025) ● Proposal 3 (Approve, in a Non-binding Advisory Vote, Say-on-Pay) 4 Table of Contents ● Proposal 4 (Approve, in a Non-binding Advisory Vote, Say-on-Frequency) ● Proposal 5 (Approve, in a Non-binding Advisory Vote, the Declassification Proposal) Although, as noted above, abstentions and broker non-votes are counted as "shares present" at the Annual Meeting for the purpose of determining whether a quorum exists, they are not counted as votes cast either "for" or "against" the proposal and, accordingly, do not affect the outcome of the vote.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted as votes present for quorum purposes but will not be counted as either votes cast for or against this proposal.”.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Of the companies Riot Platforms names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Riot Platforms.

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

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