Strategy taps cash reserve to retire $1.5 billion in convertible debt
Michael Saylor and team funded the repurchases using cash as it restructures liabilities tied to its BTC treasury strategy.
What to know:
- Strategy repurchased $1.5 billion of its 0% convertible senior notes due 2029 for $1.38 billion in privately negotiated transactions.
- Strategy used cash to buy the debt, which lowered the company’s cash reserve to $871 million
- MSTR is higher by 1.9% premarket alongside a modest increase in the price of bitcoin back to $77,000.
Executive Chairman Michael Saylor referenced the move on Sunday in a post on X, writing: “This week we bought bonds, not bitcoin. The ₿itVac is charging.”
The repurchase marks a shift from the company’s usual bitcoin accumulation strategy as it looks to restructure liabilities tied to its bitcoin treasury model.
Upon settlement, the purchase reduced the company’s outstanding debt obligations to $6.7 billion from $8.2 billion.
Strategy holds 843,738 BTC acquired at an average price of $75,700 per coin, representing a total purchase cost of approximately $63.9 billion.
MSTR shares rose 1.9% in pre-market trading alongside bitcoin’s modest rise back to $77,000 over the weekend.
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