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Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Prices Upsized $525M Debt Offering to Buy More Bitcoin

Jamie Crawley
·1-min read

Self-described Bitcoin development company MicroStrategy (MSTR) is set to add to its 205,000 bitcoin {{BTC}} stack after pricing a $525 million convertible debt offering.

The private placement was upsized from an originally planned $500 million and the purchasers were granted an option to buy up to an additional $78.5 million of the paper, meaning proceeds are likely to be in the $600 million area.

The convertible senior notes will have an interest rate of 0.875% per annum compared to 0.625% in a sale of $800 million of similar debt that took place just days ago. The conversion rate of the new notes will be equivalent to $2,327.31 per share, representing a premium of approximately 40% on MSTR's Thursday average price of $1662.20.

Read more: MicroStrategy Acquires 12,000 More BTC With Convertible Senior Notes Proceeds

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MSTR shares dropped 5% on Thursday as bitcoin declined below $70,000. Shares are lower by 3.3% in premarket action alongside a continued fall in bitcoin, now trading at $67,700.

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