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    SEC Form 8-A12B filed by MicroStrategy Incorporated

    7/29/25 4:57:51 PM ET
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    8-A12B 1 d33775d8a12b.htm 8-A12B 8-A12B
     
     

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

    Washington, D.C. 20549

     

     

    FORM 8-A

     

     

    FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF

    THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     

    LOGO

     

     

    MicroStrategy Incorporated

    (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

     

     

     

    Delaware   51-0323571

    (State or Other Jurisdiction of

    Incorporation or Organization)

     

    (I.R.S. Employer

    Identification No.)

    1850 Towers Crescent Plaza

    Tysons Corner, Virginia

      22182
    (Address of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)   (ZIP Code)

     

     

    Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     

    Title of Each Class

    to Be so Registered

     

    Name of Each Exchange on Which

    Each Class Is to Be Registered

    Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock,

    $0.001 par value per share

      The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

     

     

    If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒

    If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

    If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

    Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-284510

    Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

    None.

     

     
     


    Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

    The description of the Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock of MicroStrategy Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, d/b/a Strategy (the “Registrant”), to be registered pursuant to this registration statement is set forth under the caption “Description of STRC Stock” in the Registrant’s prospectus supplement, dated July 24, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on July 25, 2025, and under the caption “Description of Capital Stock—Preferred Stock” in the accompanying prospectus, dated January 27, 2025. Such description is incorporated by reference into this registration statement.

    Item 2. Exhibits.

    Exhibits

     

    Exhibit Number

      

    Description

    3.1    Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MicroStrategy Incorporated (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003 (File No. 000-24435)).
    3.2    Certificate of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MicroStrategy Incorporated (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 23, 2025 (File No. 000-24435)).
    3.3    Amended and Restated By-Laws of MicroStrategy Incorporated (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2015 (File No. 000-24435)).
    3.4    Certificate of Designations relating to the 8.00% Series A Perpetual Strike Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2025 (File No. 000-24435)).
    3.5    Certificate of Designations relating to the 10.00% Series A Perpetual Strife Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2025 (File No. 001-42509)).
    3.6    Certificate of Designations relating to the 10.00% Series A Perpetual Stride Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2025 (File No. 001-42509)).
    3.7    Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designations relating to the 8.00% Series A Perpetual Strike Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 7, 2025 (File No. 001-42509)).
    3.8    Certificate of Increase relating to the 8.00% Series A Perpetual Strike Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit  3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2025 (File No. 001-42509)).
    3.9    Certificate of Increase relating to the 10.00% Series A Perpetual Strife Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit  3.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2025 (File No. 001-42509)).
    3.10    Certificate of Increase relating to the 10.00% Series A Perpetual Stride Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit  3.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2025 (File No. 001-42509)).
    4.1    Certificate of Designations relating to the Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2025 (File No. 001-42509)).
    4.2    Form of certificate representing the Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit  4.1 above).

    * * *

     

    - 1 -


    SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

     

        MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Dated: July 29, 2025     By:   /s/ W. Ming Shao
        Name:   W. Ming Shao
        Title:   Executive Vice President & General Counsel
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