Strategy Inc prices Series A preferred at €80; 7.75M shares
Strategy Inc announced an underwritten offering of 7,750,000 shares of its 10.00% Series A Perpetual Stream Preferred Stock at €80.00 per share.
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Strategy Inc announced an underwritten offering of 7,750,000 shares of its 10.00% Series A Perpetual Stream Preferred Stock at €80.00 per share. Settlement is scheduled for November 13, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.
The company expects gross proceeds of approximately €620.0 million (or $715.1 million) and estimated net proceeds of approximately €608.8 million (or $702.2 million), based on a €1.00/$1.1534 exchange rate. Strategy Inc intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including the acquisition of bitcoin and for working capital.
The offering is being made pursuant to an effective automatic shelf registration on Form S-3ASR and will be sold through a syndicate including Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Moelis, SG Americas, TD Securities (USA), Canaccord Genuity, and StoneX. The company filed the underwriting agreement as an exhibit and issued a press release announcing pricing.
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Large preferred raise priced in euros with stated bitcoin use.
Strategy Inc priced 7,750,000 preferred shares at €80.00, targeting gross proceeds of €620.0 million and net proceeds of €608.8 million. The instrument carries a stated dividend rate of 10.00% and is scheduled to settle on November 13, 2025, subject to customary conditions.
Proceeds are earmarked for general corporate purposes, including bitcoin purchases and working capital, which ties capital deployment to crypto market conditions. USD equivalents of $715.1 million gross and $702.2 million net are based on a disclosed FX rate, highlighting currency translation exposure between euros and dollars.
The deal is conducted off an effective Form S-3ASR with a broad underwriter syndicate, indicating distribution capacity. Actual market impact will depend on closing as scheduled and subsequent capital allocation per the stated uses.
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On November 6, 2025, Strategy Inc (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Bank PLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Moelis & Company LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Canaccord Genuity LLC and StoneX Financial Inc. (the “Underwriters”), relating to the issuance and sale in an underwritten offering (the “Offering”) of 7,750,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s 10.00% Series A Perpetual Stream Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “STRE Stock”), at a public offering price of €80.00 per share. The issuance and sale of the STRE Stock is scheduled to settle on November 13, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. Certain terms of the STRE Stock are described in more detail in the Company’s press release announcing the pricing of the Offering, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The Company’s gross proceeds from the Offering will be approximately €620.0 million (or $ 715.1 million) and the Company estimates the net proceeds from the Offering will be approximately €608.8 million (or $702.2 million), after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the Company’s estimated offering expenses. The Company’s gross proceeds and estimated net proceeds in U.S. dollars disclosed herein are calculated based on the Euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate of €1.00/$1.1534 as of 12:30 P.M. (New York City time) on November 6, 2025 on the Bloomberg page “BFIX.”
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes, including the acquisition of bitcoin and for working capital.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and agreements by the Company, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties, and termination provisions.
The Offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-284510) on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
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On November 7, 2025, the Company issued a press release relating to the pricing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference.
Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the press release attached hereto constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release 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 the estimated net proceeds of the offering, the anticipated timing of settlement, the anticipated use of any proceeds from the offering and the terms of the securities being offered. 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, foreign currency exchange rates, and the completion of the offering on the anticipated terms or at all, the uncertainties related to the satisfaction of closing conditions for the sale of the securities being offered, the other factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factor Updates” in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 6, 2025 and under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 3, 2025 and the risks described in other filings that the Company may make with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release attached hereto speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated November 6, 2025, by and between the Company and Barclays Bank PLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Moelis & Company LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Canaccord Genuity LLC and StoneX Financial Inc. as underwriters with respect to the Offering. | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of the Company, dated November 7, 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.
| Date: November 7, 2025 | Strategy Inc (Registrant) | |||||
| By: | /s/ W. Ming Shao | |||||
| Name: | W. Ming Shao | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President & General Counsel | |||||