preferred stock
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Oaktree got preferred stock, which includes a 10% cash dividend requirement and a repayment penalty that increases with each year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The problem now is that mNAV overstates Strategy’s enterprise value—the ratio’s numerator—by using the face value of its debt and preferred stock rather than their market value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The company said it used the money raised to fund payment of distributions on preferred stock, and to replenish the money used from its U.S. dollar reserves for the distributions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Proceeds from the Bitcoin sales were used to fund payment of distributions on preferred stock and to replenish a portion of Strategy’s U.S. dollars reserve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Treasury didn’t ask for a piece of the action, or management changes, or for that matter anything at all except for a teaspoon of out-of-the-money warrants and preferred stock.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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