Form 8-K

 

 

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): October 6, 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)

 

 

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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.

As previously disclosed, (i) in March 2015, Douglas K. Thede, then Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated (the “Company”), informed the Company of his intention to retire on December 31, 2015, (ii) in July 2015, the Company elected Phong Le to succeed Mr. Thede as its Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, effective as of Mr. Le’s start date with the Company, and (iii) in August 2015, Mr. Le started with the Company.

On October 6, 2015, Mr. Thede informed the Company that he intends to depart the Company shortly following the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2015. Mr. Thede will remain the Company’s principal accounting officer until his departure. Upon Mr. Thede’s departure, Mr. Le will assume the role of principal accounting officer.

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: October 9, 2015     MicroStrategy Incorporated
                 (Registrant)
    By:  

/s/ Jonathan F. Klein

    Name:   Jonathan F. Klein
    Title:   President & Chief Legal Officer