8-K

Date: July 21, 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): July 21, 2025

LOGO

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):

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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, $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

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.

On July 21, 2025, MicroStrategy^® Incorporated d/b/a Strategy^™ (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that, subject to market and other conditions, it intends to conduct an initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock. A copy of the press release is filed hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the press release filed hereto constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release of MicroStrategy Incorporated, dated July 21, 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.

SEC Form 8-K filed by MicroStrategy Incorporated