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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 4, 2025

 

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MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-42509

51-0323571

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1850 Towers Crescent Plaza

Tysons Corner, Virginia

22182

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 848-8600

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

☐

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

Trading
Symbol

Name of Each Exchange

on which Registered

Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share

MSTR

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

8.00% Series A Perpetual Strike Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share

 

STRK

 

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

10.00% Series A Perpetual Strife Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share

 

STRF

 

 

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

10.00% Series A Perpetual Stride Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share

 

STRD

 

 

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share

 

STRC

 

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

 

 

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

ATM Updates

On August 4, 2025, MicroStrategy Incorporated d/b/a Strategy (“Strategy” or the “Company”) announced updates with respect to its at-the-market offering programs:

ATM Program Summary

 

 

During Period

July 28, 2025 to August 3, 2025

 

 

As of

August 3, 2025

 

 

 

Shares Sold

 

 

Notional Value (in millions) (1)

 

 

Net Proceeds (in millions) (2)

 

 

Available for

Issuance and Sale (in millions)

Common ATM

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

$17,042.7

Securities Offered: Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (“MSTR Shares”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size: $21 billion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Established: May 1, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRK ATM

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

$20,450.2

Securities Offered: 8.00% series A perpetual strike preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share (“STRK Shares”)

Size: $21 billion

Established: March 10, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRF ATM

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

$1,881.1

 

Securities Offered: 10.00% series A perpetual strife preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share (“STRF Shares”)

Size: $2.1 billion

Established: May 22, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRD ATM

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

$4,182.0

Securities Offered: 10.00% series A perpetual stride preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share (“STRD Shares”)

Size: $4.2 billion

Established: July 7, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRC ATM

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

$4,200.0

Securities Offered: Variable rate series A perpetual stretch preferred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stock, $0.001 par value per share (“STRC Shares”)

Size: $4.2 billion

Established: July 31, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

(1) The total face value of the shares of preferred stock sold, which is used to calculate dividends thereon.

 

(2) Net proceeds are presented net of sales commission.

 

 

STRC Perpetual Preferred Stock

As previously disclosed, on July 29, 2025, the Company completed its previously announced public offering of 28,011,111 shares of its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (the “STRC Offering”) at a public offering price of $90.00 per share. The gross proceeds from the STRC Offering were approximately $2.521 billion and the net proceeds from the STRC Offering were approximately $2.47 billion, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the Company’s estimated offering expense.

 

BTC Update

On August 4, 2025, Strategy announced updates with respect to its bitcoin holdings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

During Period July 28, 2025 to August 3, 2025

 

 

As of August 3, 2025

 

BTC

Acquired (1)

 

 

Aggregate

Purchase

Price (in billions) (2)

 

 

Average

Purchase

Price (2)

 

 

Aggregate

BTC

Holdings

 

 

Aggregate

Purchase

Price (in billions) (2)

 

 

Average

Purchase

Price (2)

 

21,021

 

$

2.46

 

$

117,256

 

 

628,791

 

$

46.08

 

$

73,277

(1) The bitcoin purchases were made using proceeds from the STRC Offering.

 

(2) Aggregate and average purchase prices are inclusive of fees and expenses.

 

 

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Strategy Dashboard

The Company also maintains a dashboard on its website (www.strategy.com) as a disclosure channel for providing broad, non-exclusionary distribution of information regarding the Company to the public, including information regarding market prices of its outstanding securities, bitcoin purchases and holdings, certain KPI metrics and other supplemental information, and as one means of disclosing non-public information in compliance with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Investors and others are encouraged to regularly review the information that the Company makes public via the website dashboard.

Furnished Information

The information disclosed pursuant to Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: August 4, 2025

MicroStrategy Incorporated

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Ming Shao

 

 

Name:

W. Ming Shao

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

 

 

 

 

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