MicroStrategy prices upsized $525M convertible senior note offering

MicroStrategy “announced the pricing of its offering of $525 million aggregate principal amount of 0.875% convertible senior notes due 2031. The notes will be sold in a private offering to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. MicroStrategy also granted to the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase, within a 13-day period beginning on, and including, the date on which the notes are first issued, up to an additional $78.75 million aggregate principal amount of the notes. The offering was upsized from the previously announced offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of notes. The offering is expected to close on March 18, 2024, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The conversion rate for the notes will initially be 0.4297 shares of MicroStrategy class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $2,327.21 per share. The initial conversion price of the notes represents a premium of approximately 40% over the U.S. composite volume weighted average price of MicroStrategy’s class A common stock from 9:30 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, March 14, 2024, which was $1662.1999.”