In March 2000, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against Saylor and two other MicroStrategy executives for the company's inaccurate reporting of financial results for the preceding two years.[25] In December 2000, Saylor settled with the SEC without admitting wrongdoing by paying $350,000 in penalties and a personal disgorgement of $8.3 million.[26][27][28] As a result of the restatement of results, the company's stock declined in value and Saylor's net worth fell by $6 billion.
After years of raising money through stock and debt offerings to buy bitcoin, MicroStrategy owns a stash worth about $47 billion, which includes $18 billion of unrealized gains. In an unusual twist, it could have to pay federal income taxes on those paper gains—even if it never sold a single bitcoin. The tax bill could total billions of dollars starting next year, according to a new disclosure this month by MicroStrategy that has received little attention.
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MicroStrategy (MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has announced a number of ways to dilute his shareholders. On Monday, the company announced a brand new type of stock with an independent ticker symbol, STRK, that will conditionally convert into more shares of MSTR.
In its press release, MicroStrategy admits that it intends to settle a public offering of 8% dividend-yielding stock with a liquidation preference of $100 per share, yet it offered those shares at $80 apiece. In other words, the company didn’t have enough demand to sell that quantity at $85, $90, or $95 per share.
NO BITCOIN ACQUIRED BY MICROSTRATEGY INC. FROM JAN 27 TO FEB 2, 2025: FILING
In a daisy chain of financial complexity, Strategy has managed to dilute shareholders by focusing on abstract financial models that focus on the quantity of bitcoin (BTC) per share rather than the reason for that quantity.
The more time investors spend doing calculations and forecasts, the less time they have left to ponder the source of the data itself.
In a press release, MicroStrategy revealed that it didn’t buy any Bitcoin or sell any shares of its class A common stock under its at-the-market equity offering program last week. This is out of character, considering that Michael Saylor’s company has bought Bitcoin in thirteen out of the last fourteen weeks.
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