8-K

Date: January 3, 2025

MicroStrategy Incorporated

(Registrant)

/s/ W. Ming Shao

W. Ming Shao

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

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): January 3, 2025

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

0-24435

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)

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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, par value $0.001 per share

MSTR

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).

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On January 3, 2025, MicroStrategy Incorporated (“MicroStrategy”), in furtherance of its previously announced 21/21 Plan, a capital plan to raise $21 billion of equity and $21 billion of fixed income instruments, including debt, convertible notes and preferred stock, over the next three years, issued a press release announcing it is targeting a capital raise of up to $2 billion through one or more public underwritten offerings (the “Offering”) of perpetual preferred stock which will be senior to our class A common stock. The perpetual preferred stock may include features such as (i) convertibility to our class A common stock, (ii) payment of cash dividends, and (iii) provisions allowing for redemptions of shares, among other features. The Offering is expected to be registered via a registration statement on Form S-3 to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The number of depositary shares representing an interest in the perpetual preferred stock to be offered, the final terms of the perpetual preferred stock, and the price for the Offering have not yet been determined. The purpose of the Offering is to allow MicroStrategy to continue to strengthen its balance sheet and acquire more bitcoin. The Offering is expected to occur, if at all, in the first quarter of 2025. However, the decision whether to proceed with and consummate the Offering is in MicroStrategy’s sole discretion and is subject to market and other conditions. MicroStrategy may choose not to proceed with or consummate the Offering at all.

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto is being issued in accordance with Rule 135 under the Securities Act.

A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto about future expectations, plans, and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to MicroStrategy’s plan to consummate the Offering, size and timing of the Offering, the anticipated use of any proceeds from the Offering, and the terms of the Offering. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including the uncertainties related to market conditions and the completion of the Offering on the anticipated terms or at all, the other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of MicroStrategy’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2024, and the risks described in other filings that MicroStrategy may make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto speak only as of the date hereof, and MicroStrategy specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release, dated January 3, 2025.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.