Strategy Looking to Raise $4.2B Via Preferred Stock to Stack More Bitcoin
The offering comes just days after closing on the sale of $2.5 billion of STRC preferred shares.
What to know:
- Strategy (MSTR) plans to raise up to $4.2 billion through a new preferred stock series.
- The company recently sold $2.5 billion worth of STRC, which just debuted trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and pays a steady dividend.
- Strategy reported second-quarter earnings of $10 billion, driven by bitcoin’s price gains.
Strategy (MSTR), the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, plans to raise as much as $4.2 billion through sales of a newly issued preferred stock series, according to a Thursday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The offering comes just days after the company sold nearly $2.5 billion worth of STRC, or “stretch,” to investors and the stock debuted trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The shares pay a 9% variable dividend, adjustable at the company’s discretion to maintain market price stability.
The filing also coincided with the firm reporting second-quarter net income of $10 billion driven by bitcoin’s price gains during the quarter.
Read more: Strategy Earned $10B in Q2 on Back of Bitcoin Price Gain
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