Trump Media Files S-3 Registration Statement for Previously Announced Bitcoin Treasury Deal
- Secured substantial funding of $2.3 billion through debt and equity agreements
- Achieved S-3 eligibility status, enabling more flexible capital raising options
- Strategic expansion into Bitcoin treasury positions the company for potential cryptocurrency market exposure
- Universal shelf registration provides flexibility for future M&A and capital raising activities
- Significant potential dilution from 56 million shares and 29 million convertible notes being registered for resale
- Forward-looking statements indicate multiple uncertainties and risks in executing planned strategies
- No immediate revenue generation plans detailed from the Bitcoin treasury strategy
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Trump Media raises $2.3B for Bitcoin treasury, files S-3 for share resale and future capital raising flexibility.
Trump Media's S-3 registration filing marks a significant financial development with approximately $2.3 billion raised from about fifty investors through debt and equity subscription agreements. This capital infusion is earmarked for creating what the company describes as "one of the largest Bitcoin treasury deals for a public company" while also funding general corporate purposes.
The registration statement serves two primary functions. First, it registers approximately 56 million equity shares and 29 million shares underlying convertible notes for potential resale by the investors who provided the funding. Second, it establishes a universal shelf registration that provides the company with flexibility for future capital raising activities, including potential mergers and acquisitions and mechanisms like At-The-Market offerings.
This financial maneuver appears designed to establish a foundation for Trump Media's expansion strategy across its three primary business lines: Truth Social platform, Truth+ streaming service, and the Truth.Fi financial technology brand. The universal shelf component is particularly noteworthy as it creates multiple pathways to access capital markets without the delay of additional registration processes, though the company explicitly states it has no immediate plans to issue securities under this shelf.
The Bitcoin treasury strategy represents a significant corporate treasury allocation to cryptocurrency, following similar moves by companies like MicroStrategy and Tesla, though with potentially greater scale. The lack of specifics regarding the exact allocation between Bitcoin purchases and operational funding creates some ambiguity about implementation.
While this financing demonstrates investor confidence and provides substantial capital reserves, the registration of a large volume of shares for potential future resale introduces possible market supply considerations. The company's mention of plans to "acquire crown jewel assets" signals ambitions for expansion through acquisition, though specific targets remain unidentified. This appears to be predominantly a financial positioning announcement rather than one focused on operational metrics or performance of existing platforms.
Company Advances Ambitious Plans with Bitcoin Treasury Strategy, Universal Shelf
SARASOTA, Fla., June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq, NYSE Texas: DJT) ("Trump Media" or the "Company"), operator of the social media platform Truth Social, the streaming platform Truth+, and the FinTech brand Truth.Fi, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on form S-3 (“Registration Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) related to debt and equity subscription agreements recently entered into with approximately fifty investors that yielded approximately
In accordance with registration obligations in the previously-disclosed agreements, the Registration Statement seeks to register for resale by the investors approximately 56 million shares of equity and 29 million shares underlying convertible notes.
Additionally, having recently become form S-3 eligible, Trump Media is taking the customary step of including within the Registration Statement a universal shelf. By registering additional securities for future use, the shelf will provide the Company with greater flexibility to pursue a wide variety of initiatives related to its growth strategy, including funding potential mergers and acquisitions, and utilizing capital raising tools, such as a possible At-The-Market (ATM) offering. The Company has no immediate plans to issue any securities under the shelf registration statement.
Trump Media’s CEO and President Devin Nunes said, “These activities will provide the Company with the capital, assets, independence, flexibility, and security we need to fulfill our goals of rapid expansion, guaranteeing a wide array of ways to access the capital markets when it’s most advantageous to do so. We’re systematically putting in place all the elements we need to grow the Company according to our plans, acquire crown jewel assets, and draw more customers and users into the patriot economy.”
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in the United States or any other state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Cautionary Statement About Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, the plans, strategies, and prospects, both business and financial, of Trump Media. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events, including the terms, timing and results of any future offerings under the Registration Statement, potential merger & acquisition activity, the rollout of products and features, our bitcoin treasury strategy, the future plans, timing and potential success of the streaming services and the launch and success of our financial services and FinTech platform. Although we believe that our plans, intentions, and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or realize these plans, intentions, or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events, or results of operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be preceded by, followed by, or include the words "believes," "estimates," "expects," "projects," "forecasts," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "plans," "scheduled," "anticipates," "soon," "goal," "intends," or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations that we describe in our forward-looking statements. There may be events in the future that we are not accurately able to predict, or over which we have no control.
About Trump Media
The mission of Trump Media is to end Big Tech's assault on free speech by opening up the Internet and giving people their voices back. Trump Media operates Truth Social, a social media platform established as a safe harbor for free expression amid increasingly harsh censorship by Big Tech corporations, as well as Truth+, a TV streaming platform focusing on family-friendly live TV channels and on-demand content. Trump Media is also launching Truth.Fi, a financial services and FinTech brand incorporating America First investment vehicles.
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