SEC Form DEFA14A filed by Riot Platforms Inc.

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Preliminary Proxy Statement

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Definitive Proxy Statement

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Definitive Additional Materials

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Soliciting Material under Section 240.14a-12

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Your Vote Counts! *Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # V71939-P32628 BROADRIDGE CORPORATE ISSUER SOLUTIONS C/O RIOT PLATFORMS, INC. 3855 AMBROSIA STREET, SUITE 301 CASTLE ROCK, CO 80109 RIOT PLATFORMS, INC. 2025 Annual Meeting Vote by June 9, 2025 11:59 PM ET You invested in RIOT PLATFORMS, INC. and it’s time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the stockholder meeting to be held on June 10, 2025. Vote Virtually at the Meeting* June 10, 2025 10:00 AM Eastern Time Virtually at: www.virtualstockholdermeeting.com/RIOT2025 Get informed before you vote View the Notice and Proxy Statement and 2024 Annual Report online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to May 27, 2025. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future stockholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to [email protected]. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy.

Vote at www.ProxyVote.com Prefer to receive an email instead? While voting on www.ProxyVote.com, be sure to click “Delivery Settings”. Voting Items Board Recommends V71940-P32628 THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming stockholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. 1. Election of Directors Nominees: 1a. Jaime Leverton For 1b. Douglas Mouton For 2. Ratification on a non-binding advisory basis of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. For 3. Approval, on a non-binding an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. For 4. Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the frequency at which future Say-on-Pay votes will be held. 1 Year 5. Approve, in a non-binding vote, D. E. Shaw’s proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting that the Board take all necessary steps in its power, including amending the Company’s bylaws, to declassify the Board so that all directors are elected on an annual basis. For NOTE: The named proxy is also authorized, in his discretion, to consider and act upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.