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Strategy (MSTR) Preferred Dividend Burn Math. The Bottom Line: At its current growth rate, Strategy will exhaust its $2.25B preferred dividend reserve in 9 to 10 months. If ATM issuance continues compounding at this pace, dividend obligations will hit nearly $700 Billion in 2.5 years. Even if the $MSTR share price skyrockets back to its previous all-time high of $543, the company would still have to dilute common shareholders by nearly 400% just to pay the preferred yields. Here is the exact math using official SEC filings and live corporate dashboards. 1/ The Starting Line Feb 5, 2026: Q4 Earnings 8-K announced a $2.25B USD Reserve (effective Feb 1) to fund "2.5 years" of preferred dividends. Today is April 13, 71 days later. 2/ STRC Variable Burn STRC obligations grow dynamically via ATM issuance. •Feb 1: $3.4B Notional at 11.25% yield = $1,047,945/day. •April 13: $6.357B Notional at 11.50% yield = $2,003,142/day. •71-Day Average Cost: $1,525,543/day. Total STRC burned: $108.31M. 3/ Fixed Preferred Burn Based on Form 424B5 and Q4 filings: •STRE: ~$716.8M USD notional at 10% = $196,383/day. •STRD: $292.4M notional at 10% = $80,109/day. •STRF: $202.6M notional at 10% = $55,506/day. •STRK: $50.0M notional at 8% = $10,958/day. Total Fixed Burn ($342,956/day * 71 days): $24.35M. 4/ Remaining Cash Reserve Starting Reserve: $2,250,000,000 Less STRC Burn: -$108,310,000 Less Fixed Burn: -$24,350,000 Current Reserve: $2,117,340,000 ($2.117B). 5/ Exponential Depletion STRC grew from $3.4B to $6.357B in 71 days (86.9% absolute growth). Compound Monthly Growth Rate (CMGR): (6.357 / 3.4) ^ (30 / 71) - 1 = 30.06% monthly compounding. If 30.06% growth continues, starting with today's $71.36M monthly burn and $2.117B reserve: •Month 1: $71.3M burn ($2.04B left) •Month 4: $144.5M burn ($1.69B left) •Month 7: $305.7M burn ($933M left) •Month 9-10: Reserve exhausted. 6/ Cost to Regain 2.5-Year Runway What is the cost to refill a 30-month reserve? •Static (Stop Issuance): 30 months requires $2.14B. With $2.117B left, the deficit is $23.8M. Requires issuing 183k common shares at $130. •Dynamic (30.06% Growth Continues): The sum of 30 months of compounding dividend obligations is $699.7B ($699.4B STRC + $0.3B Fixed). Deficit: $697.6 Billion. 7/ The Price Target Illusion Strategy bulls will argue that the share price will be much higher by then, making the dilution negligible. Let's run the math on raising that $697.6 Billion deficit against a current float of roughly 333 Million outstanding shares. Here is the exact dilution required to pay the 30-month dividend bill at higher price targets: •At $130/share: 5.36 Billion shares issued (1,609% dilution) •At $200/share: 3.48 Billion shares issued (1,045% dilution) •At $300/share: 2.32 Billion shares issued (696% dilution) •At $400/share: 1.74 Billion shares issued (522% dilution) •At $500/share: 1.39 Billion shares issued (417% dilution) •At $543/share (Previous ATH): 1.28 Billion shares issued (386% dilution) Conclusion: Even in a hyper-bull scenario where MSTR reclaims its previous ATH of $543 per share, maintaining this 30% monthly ATM growth rate requires nearly quadrupling the outstanding share count just to pay the preferred dividends. If ATM issuance halts, Bitcoin accumulation stops. If issuance continues, the math dictates hyper-dilution regardless of the stock price. Unless he starts selling their BTC in which case the narrative and model collapses… It seems a vast majority of MSTR shareholders don’t understand what they’re cheering for. From a common shareholders perspective, $STRC should not be viewed as Digital Credit, but rather Digital Kamikaze….