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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 2, 2015

 

 

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-24435   51-0323571

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1850 Towers Crescent Plaza

Tysons Corner, Virginia

  22182
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 848-8600

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 5, 2015, MicroStrategy Incorporated (the “Company”) announced that Douglas K. Thede, the Company’s Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, had informed the Company of his intention to retire on December 31, 2015. The Company expects to engage in an internal and external search for Mr. Thede’s replacement. Mr. Thede will participate in this search and help to ensure a smooth transition of his duties over the balance of 2015.

A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release, dated March 5, 2015, announcing the retirement of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer at the end of 2015


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: March 6, 2015 MicroStrategy Incorporated
             (Registrant)
By:

/s/ Jonathan F. Klein

Name:

Jonathan F. Klein

Title: President & Chief Legal Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release, dated March 5, 2015, announcing the retirement of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer at the end of 2015