Strategy Shareholders Approve Semi-Monthly STRC Dividends as Preferred Stock Trades Below $100 Par

Strategy, the Bitcoin treasury firm, will begin paying semi-monthly dividends on its STRC preferred stock after stockholders approved the change at the company's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The approval, covering proposal 5, was backed by both MSTR and STRC holders and shifts STRC dividend payments from a monthly to a semi-monthly cadence, with the first payments scheduled to begin at the end of this month.

Under the new schedule, STRC dividend payments will fall on the 15th and the last day of each month. The company disclosed the change in a press release, framing the vote as a continuation of its product strategy for the preferred security.

Strategy CEO Phong Le said the shift was designed to support the stock's market behavior. "Paying dividends on STRC twice a month is designed to stabilize price, dampen cyclicality, drive liquidity, and grow demand for STRC, while giving STRC holders faster reinvestment opportunity," Le said.

The dividend change comes as STRC trades below its $100 par value. Market commentator Scott Melker has said he views the current price level as a buying opportunity for the security.

Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, has continued to expand its capital-markets activity around preferred stock offerings tied to its $BTC holdings, with STRC serving as one of the instruments used to raise funding alongside its common stock under the MSTR ticker.