11/05/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/05/2025 16:00
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Issuer
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Strive, Inc. (the "Company")
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Securities Offered
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Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Issuer (the "SATA Stock").
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Amount Offered
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2,000,000 shares of SATA Stock.
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Public Offering Price
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$80.00 per share of SATA Stock.
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Trade Date
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November 5, 2025.
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Settlement Date
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November 10, 2025, which will be the third business day after the Trade Date (this settlement cycle being referred to as "T+3"). Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), trades in the secondary market generally must settle in one business day, unless the parties to the trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade SATA Stock before the business day before the Settlement Date must, because the SATA Stock initially will settle T+3, specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Those purchasers should consult their advisors.
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Stated Amount
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$100 per share of SATA Stock.
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Ranking
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The SATA Stock will rank as follows:
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senior to (i) Dividend Junior Stock (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, and which includes the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Class A Common Stock") and the Company's Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Class B Common Stock")) with respect to the payment of dividends; and (ii) Liquidation Junior Stock (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, and which includes Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock) with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Company's liquidation, dissolution or winding up;
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equally with (i) Dividend Parity Stock (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) with respect to the payment of dividends; and (ii) Liquidation Parity Stock (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Company's liquidation, dissolution or winding up;
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junior to the Company's existing and future indebtedness; and
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structurally junior to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade payables, and (to the extent the Company is not a holder thereof) capital stock of the Company's subsidiaries.
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SATA Stock will be the most senior preferred stock in the Company's capital structure. The terms of the SATA Stock will not restrict the Company from issuing Dividend Parity Stock or Liquidation Parity Stock. However, the Company cannot issue Dividend Senior Stock (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) or Liquidation Senior Stock (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) without the consent of holders of at least a majority of the combined outstanding voting power of the SATA Stock and any voting parity stockholders.
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Liquidation Preference
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Initially, $100 per share of SATA Stock. The Liquidation Preference will be subject to adjustment in the manner described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. However, the Liquidation Preference will not be adjusted to an amount that is less than $100 per share of SATA Stock or more than $110 per share of SATA Stock.
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Regular Dividends
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The SATA Stock will accumulate cumulative dividends ("Regular Dividends") at a variable rate per annum, calculated in the manner described below, on the Stated Amount thereof, regardless of whether or not declared or funds are legally available for their payment. Subject to the other provisions described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, Regular Dividends will be payable when, as and if declared by our board of directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, out of funds legally available for their payment, monthly in arrears on each Regular Dividend Payment Date (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) to the preferred stockholders of record as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Regular Dividend Payment Date.
The rate per annum (the "Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum") at which Regular Dividends accumulate on the SATA Stock for any Regular Dividend Period will initially be 12.00%. However, as described more fully below, we will have the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to adjust the Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum that applies to each Regular Dividend Period after the first Regular Dividend Period. To make such election, we must provide notice of the adjusted Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum to preferred stockholders before the first business day of the Regular Dividend Period in which such adjusted Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum applies. We will be permitted to provide such notice in the manner described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement under the caption "Description of Perpetual Preferred Stock-Notices," or in a press release issued through such national newswire service as we then use, or by publishing the same through such other widely disseminated public medium as we then use, including our website. If we do not timely provide such notice, then the Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum that applies to such Regular Dividend Period will be the Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum that applies to the immediately preceding Regular Dividend Period.
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If we elect to adjust the Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum in the manner described above, then the adjusted Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum will be a rate that we will choose in our sole and absolute discretion. However, we will not be permitted to reduce the Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum that will apply to any Regular Dividend Period (i) by more than the following amount from the Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum applicable to the prior Regular Dividend Period: the sum of (1) 25 basis points; and (2) the excess, if any, of (x) the monthly SOFR per annum on the first business day of such prior Regular Dividend Period, over (y) the minimum of the monthly SOFR per annum rates that occur on the business days during the period from, and including, the first business day of such prior Regular Dividend Period to, and including, the last business day of such prior Regular Dividend Period; or (ii) to a rate per annum that is less than the monthly SOFR per annum in effect on the business day before we provide notice of the next Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, but subject to the more detailed provisions described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, we will not be entitled to elect to reduce the Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum as described above unless and until (x) three (3) months following the initial issue date, or such earlier time as the arithmetic average of the last reported sale prices per share of SATA Stock for each trading day of twenty (20) consecutive trading days at any time during the three (3) months following the initial issuance date exceeds $100, (y) at the time we provide the related notice referred to above, all accumulated Regular Dividends, if any, on the SATA Stock then outstanding for all prior completed Regular Dividend Periods, if any, have been paid in full (or have been declared in full and consideration in kind and amount that is sufficient, in accordance with the certificate of designation, to pay such accumulated Regular Dividends, is set aside for the benefit of the preferred stockholders entitled thereto) and (z) the arithmetic average of the last reported sale prices per share of SATA Stock for each trading day during the immediately preceding regular dividend period is not less than $99 per share.
Our current intention, which is subject to change in our sole and absolute discretion, is to adjust the Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum in such a manner as we believe will maintain SATA Stock's trading price within its stated long-term range of $95 and $105 per share. For example, if the trading price of SATA Stock exceeds $105, our current intention would be to reduce the Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum with the goal of causing the trading price of SATA Stock to decrease. Similarly, if the trading price of SATA Stock is less than $95, our current intention would be to increase the Monthly Regular Dividend Rate Per Annum with the goal of causing the trading price of SATA Stock to appreciate. We will take any such actions at our sole discretion based on our subjective assessment of market conditions and the measures we believe are necessary to achieve our intended objectives.
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Declared Regular Dividends on the SATA Stock will be payable solely in cash, in the manner, and subject to the provisions, described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
If declared in full, the first scheduled Regular Dividend on the SATA Stock payable on December 15, 2025 will be $1.1333 per share, assuming that the closing of this offering occurs on November 10, 2025.
If any accumulated Regular Dividend (or any portion thereof) on the SATA Stock is not paid on the applicable Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, if such Regular Dividend Payment Date is not a business day, the next business day), then additional Regular Dividends ("Compounded Dividends") will accumulate on the amount of such unpaid Regular Dividend, compounded monthly at the monthly "Compounded Dividend Rate" per annum applicable to the relevant Regular Dividend Period from, and including, the calendar day after such Regular Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the date the same, including all Compounded Dividends thereon, is paid in full. The Compounded Dividend Rate applicable to any unpaid Regular Dividend that was due on a Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, if such Regular Dividend Payment Date is not a business day, the next business day) will initially be a rate per annum equal to the Regular Dividend Rate plus 25 basis points; provided, however, that until such Regular Dividend, together with Compounded Dividends thereon, is paid in full, such Compounded Dividend Rate will increase by 25 basis points per month for each subsequent Regular Dividend Period, up to a maximum rate of 20% per annum.
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Regular Dividend Payment Dates
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The 15th calendar day of each calendar month, beginning on December 15, 2025.
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Regular Record Dates
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With respect to any Regular Dividend Payment Date, the 1st calendar day of the month in which such Regular Dividend Payment Date occurs.
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Regular Dividend Period
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Each period from, and including, the calendar day after a Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Regular Dividend Period, from, and including, the calendar day after the initial issue date) to, and including, the next Regular Dividend Payment Date.
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Directed Share Program
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At our request, the underwriters have reserved up to 100,000 shares of the SATA Stock, or 5% of the shares offered, for sale at the public offering price through a directed share program to certain of our employees, officers and directors based in the United States and their friends and family members, and certain other individuals identified by management. The number of shares of the SATA Stock available for sale to the general public will be reduced to the extent that such persons purchase such reserved shares. Any reserved shares not so purchased will be offered by the underwriters to the general public on the same basis as the other shares offered in this offering. Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Fidelity Capital Markets, a division of National Financial Services LLC, a selling group member in this offering, will administer our directed share program. See "Underwriting-Directed Share Program" in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
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Dividend Payment Account
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At the closing of this offering, we intend to establish a dividend reserve in an amount equal to the first 12 months of dividend payments (assuming dividend payments are made at a rate of 12.00% per annum) calculated as of the date of this offering (the "Dividend Reserve") by depositing $12.00 per share of SATA Stock into a separate account (the "Dividend Payment Account") funded by us with existing cash on hand. Subject to compliance with Nevada law and any other applicable requirements, we may make dividend distributions from the Dividend Payment Account or from any other account maintained by us to the holders of the then-outstanding SATA Stock on a monthly basis following the closing of this offering.
We intend to invest the proceeds of the Dividend Payment Account in various capital preservation instruments, including short-term investment grade, interest-bearing securities, and money-market funds. Any investment income earned from the Dividend Payment Account will be remitted to us to use for working capital or general corporate purposes, including the acquisition of additional bitcoin.
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Listing
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No public market currently exists for the SATA Stock. We have applied to list the SATA Stock on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "SATA." If the listing is approved, we expect trading in the SATA Stock to commence within 30 days after the Settlement Date.
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Use of Proceeds
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We estimate that the gross proceeds to us from this offering will be approximately $160 million, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and our estimated offering expenses. We may use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including, among other things, the acquisition of bitcoin and bitcoin-related products and for working capital, the purchase of income generating assets to grow our business, other capital expenditures, repurchases of shares of our Class A common stock, $0.001 par value, and/or repayment of debt. We may also use such proceeds to fund acquisitions of businesses, assets or technologies that complement our current business.
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Joint Book-Running Managers
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Barclays Capital Inc.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
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Co-Manager
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Clear Street LLC
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CUSIP / ISIN Numbers for The SATA Stock
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862945 201 / US8629452017
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