Bitcoin Holdings Update
On November 11, 2024, MicroStrategy Incorporated (the “Company”) announced that, during the period between October 31, 2024 and November 10, 2024, the Company acquired approximately 27,200 bitcoins for approximately $2.03 billion in cash, at an average price of approximately $74,463 per bitcoin, inclusive of fees and expenses. The bitcoin purchases were made using proceeds from the issuance and sale of Shares (defined below) under the Sales Agreements (defined below).
As of November 10, 2024, the Company, together with its subsidiaries, held an aggregate of approximately 279,420 bitcoins, which were acquired at an aggregate purchase price of approximately $11.9 billion and an average purchase price of approximately $42,692 per bitcoin, inclusive of fees and expenses.
ATM Update
As previously disclosed, on August 1, 2024, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the “August Sales Agreement”) with TD Securities (USA) LLC, The Benchmark Company, LLC, BTIG, LLC, Canaccord Genuity LLC, Maxim Group LLC and SG Americas Securities, LLC, as sales agents (the “August Sales Agents”), pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell shares of its class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Shares”), having an aggregate offering price of up to $2.0 billion from time to time through the Sales Agents.
Additionally, on October 30, 2024, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the “October Sales Agreement” and, together with the August Sales Agreement, the “Sales Agreements”) with TD Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., The Benchmark Company, LLC, BTIG, LLC, Canaccord Genuity LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Maxim Group LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, and SG Americas Securities, LLC, as agents (the “October Sales Agents”), pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell Shares having an aggregate offering price of up to $21 billion from time to time through the October Sales Agents.
On November 11, 2024, the Company announced that, as of November 10, 2024, the Company had sold an aggregate of 7,854,647 Shares under the Sales Agreements for aggregate net proceeds to the Company (less sales commissions) of approximately $2.03 billion. As a result of these sales, the August Sales Agreement has been substantially depleted and further at-the-market sales of Shares will be made under the October Sales Agreement.
Controlled Company Status
Due to the volume of sales of Shares under the Sales Agreements, the Company expects that, on or shortly after November 12, 2024, Michael J. Saylor, the Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, together with his affiliates, will no longer hold more than 50% of the aggregate voting power for the election of directors of the Company. As of the date of this occurrence, the Company will no longer qualify for the “controlled company” exemption under the Nasdaq listing requirements (the “Triggering Event”).
The Company currently avails itself of certain corporate governance exemptions available to “controlled companies.” After ceasing to be a “controlled company”, a Nasdaq listed company is required, in accordance with permitted phase-in periods, to have a majority of independent directors on its board of directors, a compensation committee consisting solely of independent directors and a director nominations process whereby directors are selected by a nominations committee consisting solely of one or more independent directors or by a vote of the board of directors in which only independent directors participate.
The Board currently consists of a majority of independent directors and the Compensation Committee currently consists solely of independent directors.
Effective immediately upon the Triggering Event, the Board will establish a Nominating Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”), which will be comprised of Carl J. Rickertsen, an independent director, as the sole member of the Nominating Committee, and adopt a Nominating Committee charter.
