比特币矿商 Riot Platforms 将其竞争对手 Bitfarms 的股份增至 18.9%

Riot 于 8 月 13 日收购了 Bitfarms 的 100 万股普通股，约占 Bitfarms 已发行和流通普通股的 0.22%。

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT.O) on Monday said it had increased its stake in rival Bitfarms Ltd (BITF.TO) to 18.9%, a move that comes amid a takeover battle between the two companies.

比特币矿商 Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT.O) 周一表示，已将其在竞争对手 Bitfarms Ltd (BITF.TO) 的股份增加至 18.9%，此举是在两家公司之间的收购战中进行的。

Riot said it acquired an additional 1 million common shares of Bitfarms on Aug. 13, representing about 0.22% of issued and outstanding Bitfarms common stock.

Riot表示，它于8月13日额外收购了100万股Bitfarms普通股，约占Bitfarms已发行和流通普通股的0.22%。

The acquisition takes the total count of Bitfarms shares owned by Riot to about 85.3 million.

此次收购使 Riot 拥有的 Bitfarms 股份总数达到约 8530 万股。

Earlier on Monday, Bitfarms said its co-founder and chair Nicolas Bonta, one of the three board members top shareholder Riot sought to replace, would leave the company immediately.

周一早些时候，Bitfarms 表示，其联合创始人兼董事长 Nicolas Bonta（Riot 寻求替换的三名董事会成员之一）将立即离开公司。

The two companies have been locked in a dispute since April, when Riot made an unsolicited C$950-million ($740.2-million) offer to acquire Bitfarms, which operates crypto mining farms in Canada.

自 4 月份 Riot 主动提出以 9.5 亿加元（7.402 亿美元）收购 Bitfarms 以来，这两家公司一直陷入纠纷，Bitfarms 在加拿大经营加密货币矿场。

Bitfarms said the bid undervalued it significantly and adopted a “poison pill” to fend off any attempt at a hostile takeover. A poison pill refers to shareholder rights plans used by corporate boards to thwart hostile takeover bids.

Bitfarms 表示，此次收购大大低估了自己的价值，并采取了“毒丸”措施来阻止任何恶意收购的企图。毒丸计划是指公司董事会用来阻止恶意收购要约的股东权利计划。

Riot withdrew its offer at the time but is now seeking three seats on the Bitfarms board and has said it is “ready to engage” with the reconstituted board on a potential transaction.

Riot 当时撤回了收购要约，但现在正在寻求 Bitfarms 董事会的三个席位，并表示已“准备好”与重组后的董事会就潜在交易进行接触。