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Encoda Systems Chooses MicroStrategy for Media Industry’s First Integrated Web-based Advertising Analytics Tool

Major Broadcast Groups Optimize Client Efficiency and Productivity With Business Intelligence Application

McLEAN, Va., (April 07, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR – News), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Encoda Systems, a leading provider of media management systems, has selected MicroStrategy’s analytics to deliver enhanced productivity and efficiency through its new Encoda MART (Media Analysis and Reporting Tool) analysis system. Encoda Systems provides the media industry with advertising and sales profitability analysis capabilities through Encoda MART, a Web-based ASP (Application Service Provider) business intelligence application. Encoda MART will be demonstrated at the NAB2003 show, in Las Vegas, NV, in Encoda’s Booth #C3211, April 5-10.

“With Encoda MART utilizing the MicroStrategy Web interface, our customers can spend significantly less time manually gathering information, and more time generating revenue,” said Bob Duncan, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Encoda Systems. “By combining Encoda Systems’ extensive industry expertise and MicroStrategy’s business intelligence tools, we are delivering a sophisticated Web-based corporate consolidation and reporting system for the media industry. With Encoda MART, broadcasting groups, cable networks and individual stations can more effectively manage great volumes of broadcast and sales information in a consolidated and consistent manner for their many media properties.” By the end of April, over 100 television stations will be using Encoda MART.

“After extensive analysis of business intelligence tools, we selected MicroStrategy because we needed to provide Web-based access to large amounts of data to many different types of users. In our opinion, MicroStrategy offers the best Web deployment product,” added Duncan. “As a result, broadcast groups can evaluate advertising trends and make decisions based on a more complete and accurate set of management information tools.”

Encoda Systems centralizes data from disparate transactional systems into a single data warehouse, and chose MicroStrategy to provide reporting capabilities on the most granular levels of spot information easily over the Web — reducing the time it takes to create and run crucial reports from several hours, days, or weeks to just a few minutes. The powerful sort-and- filter capabilities of Encoda MART provide media companies with the ability to interrogate such information as advertising dollars by: station or network, geographical region, product, ad agency, advertiser, salesperson, national vs. local business, timing of spots and average rate for spots.

About Encoda Systems

Encoda Systems, with offices throughout the world and regionalized offices in the United States, is the de facto standard in media solutions with more than 35 years of experience. Encoda’s Media Management Solutions Group processes more than $16 billion in advertising revenue annually. Encoda’s Automation Products Group is the leading provider of single and multi-channel solutions in broadcast automation, increasing broadcasters’ success and reducing operation costs in the ever-changing and complex world of digital broadcasting. The Company’s solutions leverage the latest Web- and Windows- based technologies to manage the entire commercial process, including sales and traffic, master control automation, digital transmission and asset management, program scheduling and material management. Whether for a station, group or network, television, direct broadcast satellite, radio or cable broadcaster, Encoda Systems has a proven solution. Customers include: Alliance Atlantis, BSkyB, Crown Media, ESPN Singapore, Fox, Grupo Televisa, Hearst Argyle Television, MediaGeneral Broadcast Group, Southern Cross Broadcasting Australia, Taj Sports, Tribune Broadcasting and XM Satellite Radio.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are harnessing MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations — in virtually all facets of their operations — with user- friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC Magazine selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 “Editors’ Choice” for business intelligence software.

Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy 7i(TM) is a truly integrated, enterprise-class, Web-based business intelligence platform. With MicroStrategy 7i, enterprises can now standardize on one business intelligence platform and deploy high-value business intelligence enterprise-wide. MicroStrategy 7i’s configurable query, reporting, and OLAP Web interface is designed to support all users, from casual report viewers to power analysts.

Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy’s customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with over 1,900 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Hewlett-Packard, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy 7i are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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Belk Enhances Business Performance with MicroStrategy Software

Nationâ??s Largest Privately Owned Department Store Company

McLEAN, Va., (March 24, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Belk, Inc. has deployed MicroStrategy’s Business Intelligence Platform(TM) to reduce inventory and costs and improve business performance company-wide. A MicroStrategy customer since 1997, Belk is the nation’s largest privately owned department store organization, with 214 stores serving customers in 13 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states.

“MicroStrategy has provided us with strategic access to sales, inventory, receipts, markdowns and on-order information, helping us make more proactive, smarter decisions that enhance our overall business performance,” said Roddy Kerr, Belk executive vice president and chief information officer. “MicroStrategy’s advanced architecture, superior scalability and the company’s leadership in the business intelligence industry were the primary reasons we selected MicroStrategy. The MicroStrategy platform continues to provide us with high standards of performance, scalability and security. It enables approximately 600 Belk employees to easily access and analyze product and customer data contained in our IBM® DB2 data warehouse and allows Belk to take advantage of cost-saving and revenue generating opportunities.”

“Our longtime customers continue to realize significant benefits from their MicroStrategy-based applications,” said Sanju K. Bansal, vice chairman and chief operating officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated. “As an early adopter of business intelligence software, Belk Stores has demonstrated its leadership in the retail industry by leveraging our leading-edge business intelligence technology to improve business operations and ensure success.”

About Belk, Inc.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Belk, Inc. is the largest privately owned department store company in the nation. It operates 214 stores in 13 Southeastern states and reported total revenues of approximately $2.24 billion for the fiscal year that ended Feb. 2, 2002. Founded in 1888, Belk has become one of the dominant department stores in each of its markets by delivering superior service and consistently providing merchandise that meets customers’ needs for fashion, value and quality.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are harnessing MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations — in virtually all facets of their operations — with user- friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC Magazine selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 “Editors’ Choice” for business intelligence software.

Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy 7i(TM) is a truly integrated, enterprise-class, Web-based business intelligence platform. With MicroStrategy 7i, enterprises can now standardize on one business intelligence platform and deploy high-value business intelligence enterprise-wide. MicroStrategy 7i’s configurable query, reporting, and OLAP Web interface is designed to support all users, from casual report viewers to power analysts.

Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy’s customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with over 1,900 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 400 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Hewlett-Packard, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the Company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 7i, Scalable Business Intelligence Platform Built for the Internet are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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Canada’s Largest Retailer Hudson’s Bay Company Selects MicroStrategy’s Business Intelligence Platform as Enterprise-Wide Standard

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR – News), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Hudson’s Bay Company, Canada’s largest retailer and oldest corporation has selected MicroStrategy as its enterprise-wide standard for accessing, analyzing, and sha

McLean, Va., (March 12, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR – News), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Hudson’s Bay Company, Canada’s largest retailer and oldest corporation has selected MicroStrategy as its enterprise-wide standard for accessing, analyzing, and sharing information. Hudson’s Bay Company chose MicroStrategy after an extensive review of competing products in a deal valued at well over $1 million.

Hudson’s Bay Company’s deployment of the MicroStrategy business intelligence platform will be enterprise-wide, with nearly 5,000 users expected to harness the MicroStrategy platform for reporting, analysis and information delivery. These users will include store managers, company executives, financial and marketing analysts, and outside vendor personnel. The specific, diverse applications will include reporting of store sales and advertising expenditures, merchandise management, category reviews, vendor scorecards, financial analysis, and supply chain reporting and analysis. MicroStrategy will provide visibility into Oracle and Teradata databases of 2 to 3 terabytes, and these databases are expected to grow significantly over the next three years.

“We chose MicroStrategy over other vendors because their platform delivers understandable, high-value business intelligence to all our users,” said Hudson’s Bay Company’s Vice President of Information Services Gary Davenport. “Our end-users loved MicroStrategy’s easy-to-use web interface and its exceptional reporting features. MicroStrategy’s zero-footprint web interface will enable increased information sharing with our vendors, allowing us to realize efficiency and productivity gains that will help us more proactively serve our customers.”

“MicroStrategy is proud to be selected as the business intelligence standard at Hudson’s Bay Company,” said MicroStrategy’s Chief Operating Officer, Sanju Bansal. He added: “Our deal with Hudson’s Bay Company is part of a broader trend of success with large companies — Canada’s largest financial services, telecommunications and drug store companies are all MicroStrategy customers.”

According to the 2002 Fortune listing of top U.S. domestic companies, MicroStrategy customers include four of the top five diversified financial companies, four of the top five commercial banks, and seven of the top ten pharmaceutical companies. Additionally, MicroStrategy boasts as customers eight of the top ten telecommunications companies and six of the top ten automotive companies in the Fortune 2002 Global 500 list.

About Hudson’s Bay Company

Hudson’s Bay Company (Hbc), established in 1670, is Canada’s largest department store retailer and oldest corporation. The Company provides Canadians with the widest selection of goods and services available through numerous retail channels including more than 500 stores led by the Bay and Zellers chains. Hudson’s Bay Company is Canada’s fifth largest employer with 70,000 associates and has operations in every province in Canada.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are harnessing MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations — in virtually all facets of their operations — with user- friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC Magazine selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 “Editors’ Choice” for business intelligence software.

Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy 7i(TM) is a truly integrated, enterprise-class, Web-based business intelligence platform. With MicroStrategy 7i, enterprises can now standardize on one business intelligence platform and deploy high-value business intelligence enterprise-wide. MicroStrategy 7i’s configurable query, reporting, and OLAP Web interface is designed to support all users, from casual report viewers to power analysts.

Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy’s customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with over 1,900 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 400 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Hewlett-Packard, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the Company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy 7i, Scalable Business Intelligence Platform Built for the Internet are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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Leading Worldwide Retailer Benetton Group Selects MicroStrategy

To Perform Web-Based Sales Analysis Across 5,000 International Stores

McLean, Va., (March 03, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that the Benetton Group is using the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) to anchor its Web-based reporting system, the Commercial Reporting project, used to analyze sales and merchandising information. The Benetton Group is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of casual apparel and sportswear, including the United Colors of Benetton, Sisley, Playlife and Killer Loop brands.

Benetton needed an integrated business intelligence platform that would accommodate its existing transactional operating systems. The Commercial Reporting project, developed by Benetton Group and MicroStrategy partner SoftQuattro, will enable Benetton’s end users across its global commercial office locations to analyze sales activity, as well as monitor customer orders and their delivery, via a simple Web browser.

“We are delighted to have been selected by a global leader in the retail industry,” said Andrea Delvó, managing director of MicroStrategy Italy. “Retail has long been a strength for MicroStrategy; Benetton’s success in deploying globally further demonstrates the wide utility of our business intelligence platform for large sales analysis applications.”

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are harnessing MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations — in virtually all facets of their operations — with user- friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC Magazine selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 “Editors’ Choice” for business intelligence software.

Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy 7i(TM) is a truly integrated, enterprise-class, Web-based business intelligence platform. With MicroStrategy 7i, enterprises can now standardize on one business intelligence platform and deploy high-value business intelligence enterprise-wide. MicroStrategy 7i’s configurable query, reporting, and OLAP Web interface is designed to support all users, from casual report viewers to power analysts.

Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy’s customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with over 1,900 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Hewlett-Packard, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy 7i are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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LG Card, Korea’s Leading Credit Card Company, Improves Business Performance with MicroStrategy Software

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Koreaâ??s leading credit card company, LG Card, is improving its business operations with the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platformâ?¢. LG Card, established in 198

McLean, Va., (February 27, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Korea’s leading credit card company, LG Card, is improving its business operations with the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM). LG Card, established in 1988, is Korea’s leading credit card company with more than 18.6 million customers, over 40 percent of the total Korean population.

“With MicroStrategy, LG Card is making smarter business decisions aimed at increasing profitability,” said Yeong-Sook Kim, Information Analysis Manager at LG Card. “MicroStrategy technology helps to boost the efficiency and effectiveness of our sales force by providing insight into our sales processes and customer data. As a result, LG Card employees are able to leverage qualified customer data, enabling us to obtain higher sales growth and manage credit risk more effectively.”

Currently, a wide range of employees across the LG Card enterprise – from sales and credit and financial management to marketing and CRM managers – are able to drill into the data and create sophisticated reports with ease, giving them the ability to uncover critical information. For example, end users are able to analyze credit risk for delinquent customers, track credit card usage to up-sell to existing customers and analyze significant amounts of customer-interaction information. With MicroStrategy software, LG Card is also enhancing operational efficiency by letting end users create and run reports they need without IT involvement.

“LG Card is pleased with its MicroStrategy implementation,” added Kim. “We are able to take full advantage of the platform’s scalability, superior analytics and ease of use to leverage our financial data into valuable, revenue-generating opportunities.”

About LG Card

LG Card, established in 1988, is Korea’s leading credit card company, holding a strong market position. LG Card offers installment financing, consumer loans, and leasing as well as credit card services to more than 18.6 million customers, over 40 percent of the Korean total population. LG Card has 2.75 million associated stores, 50 branches nationwide and 6.5 trillion won in revenue.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are harnessing MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations — in virtually all facets of their operations — with user- friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC Magazine selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 “Editors’ Choice” for business intelligence software.

Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy 7i(TM) is a truly integrated, enterprise-class, Web-based business intelligence platform. With MicroStrategy 7i, enterprises can now standardize on one business intelligence platform and deploy high-value business intelligence enterprise-wide. MicroStrategy 7i’s configurable query, reporting, and OLAP Web interface is designed to support all users, from casual report viewers to power analysts.

Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy’s customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with over 1,900 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Hewlett-Packard, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy 7i are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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Catalina Marketing Teams with MicroStrategy & IBM to Deliver Business Intelligence Solutions to Retailers

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR – News), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Catalina Marketing Corporation is teaming with MicroStrategy and IBM Corporation to deliver advanced, interactive retail business intelligence.

MCLEAN, Va., (February 13, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR – News), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Catalina Marketing Corporation is teaming with MicroStrategy and IBM Corporation to deliver advanced, interactive retail business intelligence. Catalina Marketing Corporation, the global leader in behavior-based marketing, provides consumers with targeted incentives, primarily at grocery and pharmacy outlets. Catalina Marketing manages one of the largest data warehouses in the world.

Through its Retail Direct product, Catalina Marketing manages customer loyalty information for more than 4,500 of the largest grocery locations across the United States and internationally. After an in-depth evaluation of many of the competing products in the industry, Catalina Marketing selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) for its scalability, functionality, and easy-to-use Web interface.

Catalina Marketing Corporation’s Chief Technology Officer Eric Williams remarked, “We expect to make information available to our retail customers at their demand and provide that information more quickly using the MicroStrategy product.” He added: “MicroStrategy’s easy-to-use, zero footprint Web interface will help our customers get the most valuable insight from these new systems.”

Mark Ramsey, a leader of IBM Business Consulting Services’ Business Intelligence practice, said, “Catalina Marketing needed an industrial-strength business intelligence platform that could handle their large data volume, deliver insight to a large geographically distributed user population, and operate 24×7. IBM’s advanced server and database software, linked with MicroStrategy, is providing that solution.”

“We’re very proud to be partnering with IBM Global Services to help Catalina Marketing’s customers enhance their one-to-one relationships with consumers at-home, online and in-store,” said MicroStrategy’s Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Sanju Bansal. “Through this exciting alliance, Catalina Marketing will further advance their targeted marketing programs that communicate with consumers in all aspects of their lives.”

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are harnessing MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations — in virtually all facets of their operations — with user- friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC Magazine selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 “Editors’ Choice” for business intelligence software.

Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy 7i(TM) is a truly integrated, enterprise-class, Web-based business intelligence platform. With MicroStrategy 7i, enterprises can now standardize on one business intelligence platform and deploy high-value business intelligence enterprise-wide. MicroStrategy 7i’s configurable query, reporting, and OLAP Web interface is designed to support all users, from casual report viewers to power analysts.

Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy’s customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with over 1,900 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Hewlett-Packard, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy 7i are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy Signs Contract with Greeting Card Industry Leader

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Hallmark Cards, Inc. has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) as its enterprise standard for business reporting, analysis and information deliver

MCLEAN, Va., (February 12, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Hallmark Cards, Inc. has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) as its enterprise standard for business reporting, analysis and information delivery. Hallmark, founded in 1910, is the personal expression industry leader, publishing products in more than 30 languages and distributing them in more than 100 countries.

“We’re proud to count Hallmark as a long-time customer and to provide the platform for its enterprise-wide applications,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “More and more leading companies like Hallmark are realizing the value of standardizing their reporting, analysis and information delivery requirements on the MicroStrategy platform.”

Hallmark finance, marketing, sales, procurement and logistics employees use MicroStrategy-based retail distribution and global procurement applications to analyze sales performance, retail display, and customer data to determine the most profitable mix of Hallmark’s more than 40,000 products.

Hallmark also plans to develop additional applications, including financial reporting and analysis, retail point-of-sale (POS), and retailer and sales productivity analysis. Applications are currently run against both Oracle and Teradata data warehouse environments.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are harnessing MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations — in virtually all facets of their operations — with user- friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC Magazine selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 “Editors’ Choice” for business intelligence software.

Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy 7i(TM) is a truly integrated, enterprise-class, Web-based business intelligence platform. With MicroStrategy 7i, enterprises can now standardize on one business intelligence platform and deploy high-value business intelligence enterprise-wide. MicroStrategy 7i’s configurable query, reporting, and OLAP Web interface is designed to support all users, from casual report viewers to power analysts.

Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy’s customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with over 1,900 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Hewlett-Packard, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy 7i are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
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Premier’s Applications Development Director Wins MicroStrategy’s First Individual Excellence Award

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has selected the Director of Applications Development, Todd Wilkes, at Premier, Inc., a leading strategic alliance in U.S. healthcare, as winner of MicroStrategy’s fir

LAS VEGAS (February 05, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has selected the Director of Applications Development, Todd Wilkes, at Premier, Inc., a leading strategic alliance in U.S. healthcare, as winner of MicroStrategy’s first Individual Excellence in Business Intelligence award. Mr. Wilkes was recognized today at MicroStrategy World 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Premier uses the MicroStrategy platform to offer its member hospitals comparative healthcare information services to drive performance improvements. The MicroStrategy platform currently anchors Premier’s five primary business intelligence applications that help more than 600 health system clients make informed decisions on clinical quality and patient safety, business and market strategy, clinical resources utilization, operational performance and productivity. The use of MicroStrategy technology helps Premier’s clients identify ways to improve clinical care processes and the quality of outcomes.

“I am very honored to receive MicroStrategy’s Best Practices In Business Intelligence Individual Excellence award,” said Mr. Wilkes. “This award is a reflection of the hard-working, dedicated and talented group of business intelligence professionals that work with me everyday to maximize the benefits of the MicroStrategy platform, the most comprehensive business intelligence platform in the market. I accept this individual excellence award on behalf of my great team, and thank MicroStrategy for this honor.”

“Behind a company’s successful deployment of our software is a person who takes charge and leads the way with innovation, vision and insight,” said Sanju K. Bansal, chief operating officer at MicroStrategy Incorporated. “MicroStrategy honors Mr. Wilkes for embodying these same attributes as he has established a model for exceptional business intelligence deployment at Premier. Premier is leading its industry with an award-winning platform that is helping make it a smarter, more proactive company.”

Premier represents more than 1,500 not-for-profit healthcare organizations, including multi-hospital systems, urban acute facilities and rural community hospitals. All of Premier’s Healthcare Informatics subscribers benefit from the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM), allowing them to run clinical benchmarking programs and make more informed healthcare and resource decisions.

About Premier, Inc.

Premier, Inc., is a strategic alliance in U.S. healthcare, entirely owned by more than 200 of the nation’s leading hospital and healthcare systems. These systems operate or are affiliated with more than 1,500 hospital facilities and hundreds of other healthcare sites. Premier provides an array of resources supporting health services delivery including group purchasing for more than $17 billion annually in supplies and equipment. Other resources offered by Premier are supply chain and clinical performance improvement services and insurance programs. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Premier has other major facilities in Chicago, IL; Charlotte, NC; and Washington, DC.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are harnessing MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations — in virtually all facets of their operations — with user- friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC Magazine selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 “Editors’ Choice” for business intelligence software.

Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy 7i(TM) is a truly integrated, enterprise-class, Web-based business intelligence platform. With MicroStrategy 7i, enterprises can now standardize on one business intelligence platform and deploy high-value business intelligence enterprise-wide. MicroStrategy 7i’s configurable query, reporting, and OLAP Web interface is designed to support all users, from casual report viewers to power analysts.

Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy’s customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with over 1,900 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Hewlett-Packard, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 7i are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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MicroStrategy Honors Four Companies for Excellence in Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence

AdvancePCS, Amway Corp., Avnet and Yum! Brands Awarded at MicroStrategy World 2003 User Conference

LAS VEGAS (February 05, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today honored four companies for achieving breakthrough enterprise- class business performance with their MicroStrategy-based business intelligence applications. The “Best Practices in Business Intelligence” award winners for 2003 are AdvancePCS, Amway Corp., Avnet and Yum! Brands. These customers have deployed world-class business intelligence (BI) applications and are successfully leveraging them across the enterprise to boost revenue, enhance efficiency and productivity, strengthen customer relationships and increase their competitive advantage. The awards were announced at the company’s international user conference, MicroStrategy World 2003, in Las Vegas, NV. The award categories and their winners are:

* Best Extranet Deployment: AdvancePCS

* Best Enterprise Deployment: Amway Corp.

* Best Information Delivery: Avnet, Inc.

* Best Data Scalability: Yum! Brands, Inc.

“We’re pleased to honor these four companies, all industry leaders, for demonstrating best practices in their MicroStrategy business intelligence deployments,” said Sanju K. Bansal, MicroStrategy’s COO. “While our customers consistently set new standards in their industries with MicroStrategy’s exceptional technology, these four winners have exhibited distinction, defined leadership and established paragons in business intelligence software deployment.” He continued: “The honorees have deployed innovative, enterprise-wide applications that help make thousands of their employees more efficient and proactive; they have harnessed vast, terabyte-sized databases for new insights to strengthen their internal operations and bring new value to their customers worldwide; and they have devised new, cost-saving solutions to common problems faced by business intelligence practitioners. Other dynamic companies may learn from their experiences and replicate their success within their own environments. We congratulate these four winners for their technology achievements and for making MicroStrategy software a critical component of their strategy to become better, smarter businesses.”

Following is a brief description of this year’s winners:

* AdvancePCS: A customer since 1999, AdvancePCS is the winner in the Best Extranet Deployment category for deploying a robust extranet that lets end users analyze 1.2 billion pharmaceutical claims contained in a 10-terabyte data warehouse, while strictly protecting individual patient confidentiality. “MicroStrategy software helps end users, including AdvancePCS management, clinical pharmacists, health plan providers, and other health care practitioners, analyze billions of pharmaceutical claims in order to make critical decisions that improve healthcare outcomes and lower pharmaceutical costs while protecting individual privacy,” said Mitch Henry, AdvancePCS Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. AdvancePCS (Nasdaq: DVP – News), both a Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 company, is the nation’s largest independent provider of health improvement services, touching the lives of more than 75 million health plan members and managing approximately $28 billion in annual prescription drug spending.

* Amway Corp.: Amway Corp., a subsidiary of Alticor Inc., is the winner in the Best Enterprise Deployment category for utilizing the MicroStrategy platform to improve the productivity and retention of Amway’s millions of worldwide independent business owners (IBOs). Alticor is the parent company of Amway, a global leader in direct selling, and Quixtar Inc., a Web-based business opportunity in North America. Four of Amway’s affiliates — Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, along with Quixtar in North America — use MicroStrategy’s technology to analyze sales and marketing data generated by approximately 3 to 4 million IBOs working in these countries. The software enables end users to offer incentives or information to IBOs that may increase affiliate sales and strengthen the affiliate-IBO relationship. “MicroStrategy’s global presence, its scalable platform and superior architecture were the main reasons we chose the company’s software back in 1997,” said Tom Kasprzak, Amway Supervisor of Data Support Services, Core Central IT. “MicroStrategy continues to be a leading force in the business intelligence industry.” Headquartered in Ada, Michigan, USA, Alticor and its subsidiaries generate annual sales of more than $4 billion, and offer products, business opportunities, and manufacturing and logistics services in more than 80 countries and territories worldwide.

* Avnet, Inc.: A customer since 1997, Avnet is the winner in the Best Information Delivery category for using the MicroStrategy platform to anchor a multi-lingual, multi-geography and 24 X 7 Business Intelligence (BI) environment that delivers nearly 23,000 formatted email reports to thousands of employees on a monthly basis. “Avnet has found MicroStrategy’s platform of tools to be effective in providing direct and immediate distribution of critical information to our customers and employees,” said Bob Mason, chief information officer at Avnet, Inc. “Through systems integration with MicroStrategy, Avnet has increased its capability to manage its global inventory to support our customers’ growing needs. Management of millions of dollars of inventory globally has been achieved with analytics derived by our reporting processes in our data warehouses, using MicroStrategy. In addition, the MicroStrategy Web and Narrowcast applications have allowed Avnet to bring a self-service Web environment as well as dynamically distributed information to the fingertips of its global customer base, using the Narrowcast application via smtp e-mail.” Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT – News), a Global Fortune 500 company with annual sales of $8.9 billion, is one of the world’s largest technology marketing and services providers serving customers in 63 countries, distributing semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components, embedded systems and computer products from leading manufacturers.

* Yum! Brands, Inc.: Louisville, KY-based Yum! Brands is the winner in the Best Data Scalability category for using the MicroStrategy platform to analyze a multi-terabyte database of transactional, product, market and customer data stored in a Teradata(R) data warehouse. “The MicroStrategy platform is the business intelligence standard across our U.S. operations,” said Tom Rosing, Director of Decision Support at Yum! Brands, Inc. “Unlike its competitors, the MicroStrategy platform offers the power, flexibility and ease of use that we need 24/7. KFC, Pizza Hut and Long John Silvers employees currently access the MicroStrategy platform to uncover critical business insight aimed at improving promotions, pricing and product offerings, and strengthening customer relationships.” Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM – News), a Fortune 300 company formerly known as Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. and the world’s largest quick-serve restaurant company, operates more than 30,000 KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silvers and A&W restaurants in more than 100 worldwide territories.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are harnessing MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations — in virtually all facets of their operations — with user- friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC Magazine selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 “Editors’ Choice” for business intelligence software.

Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy 7i(TM) is a truly integrated, enterprise-class, Web-based business intelligence platform. With MicroStrategy 7i, enterprises can now standardize on one business intelligence platform and deploy high-value business intelligence enterprise-wide. MicroStrategy 7i’s configurable query, reporting, and OLAP Web interface is designed to support all users, from casual report viewers to power analysts.

Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy’s customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with over 1,900 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Hewlett-Packard, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server, MicroStrategy 7i, MicroStrategy Web are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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MicroStrategy Incorporated
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MicroStrategy Profitable in Q4 2002 and Full Year 2002

Fourth Consecutive Quarter of Profitability; License Revenues Increase Versus Q4 of Prior Year

MCLEAN, Va. (January 30, 2003) –

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced its financial results for the three- month period ended December 31, 2002 (the fourth quarter of its 2002 fiscal year), reporting its fourth consecutive quarter of GAAP profitability and full year earnings of $3.12 per share on a diluted basis.

Fourth quarter 2002 revenues were $42.0 million versus $33.4 million in the third quarter of 2002 and $43.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2001. Fourth quarter 2002 license revenues were $20.5 million versus $12.9 million in the third quarter of 2002 and $18.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2001. Net income attributable to common stockholders for the fourth quarter of 2002, determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), was $4.6 million, or $0.33 per share on a diluted basis. This result included restructuring and impairment charges of $1.4 million, charges for amortization of goodwill and intangible assets of $0.5 million, a charge for discount amortization expense on notes payable of $1.0 million, and a gain on the partial extinguishment of notes payable of $2.0 million. Excluding these items, adjusted net earnings for the fourth quarter of 2002 was $5.5 million, or $0.40 per share on a diluted basis.

“A full year of profitability and four consecutive profitable quarters are significant achievements for MicroStrategy. Our license revenues in the fourth quarter grew by 9 percent over the same period in 2001, which indicates that our field operations, supported by several new product releases, had solid execution,” said MicroStrategy President and CFO, Eric F. Brown. “We have implemented rigorous changes to all aspects of our operations and made substantial improvements to our balance sheet.”

“The earnings speak for themselves. MicroStrategy has become a profitable, more cost-efficient and productive company,” said MicroStrategy Chairman and CEO Michael J. Saylor. “In 2002, in contrast to many software companies, we grew our sales force by approximately 30 percent, and we won major new business with leading companies across the globe. Acknowledging the strength of our scalable, pure web MicroStrategy 7i(TM) platform, industry leaders now view MicroStrategy as a technically superior alternative to vendors such as Business Objects and Cognos. These vendors have numerous small-scale implementations but are not well-architected to meet the deployment and on-going maintenance needs of mid-size and large organizations.”

Highlights from Q4 2002

Signed Agreements with 11 Systems Integrators and OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers)

New partners include: Wingspan Technology, Eureaka Technocrates, Inc., Miix Ltd, Vallence Solutions, LLC, SoftPro LLC, and Intelligent Communications.

Added 128 New Customers

New Customers and New Deals with Existing Customers in Q4 2002 Included:

Alitalia, Aventis Pasteur, BellSouth, Crane & Company, Discovery Communications, GE Medical Systems, Grange Insurance, Harris Teeter, IMS Health Canada, Katz Group, Koch Industries, Lending Tree, Prescription Solutions, Rheem Manufacturing, RBC Financial Group, Shaw Industries, Solucient, Toyota Financial Services, Universal Studios, Upsher-Smith Laboratories, U.S. Air Force Gunter Annex, and Wells Fargo & Company.

Examples of Noteworthy Customer Deals from Q4 2002:

Discovery Communications

In the fourth quarter of 2002, Discovery Communications, Inc., the leading global real world media and entertainment company with over 830 million subscribers around the world and home to the Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, Animal Planet, and The Learning Channel, selected the MicroStrategy platform as its enterprise business intelligence standard. The company selected MicroStrategy because of its platform’s integrated architecture, ease of use, and low cost of administration. Discovery plans to deploy sales, financial and management analytic applications with MicroStrategy. Eventually more than two hundred employees will perform analyses to optimize Discovery’s business performance.

Toyota Financial Services

In the fourth quarter of 2002, Toyota Financial Services, a leading captive finance company in the United States with managed assets totaling more than $40 billion dollars, purchased MicroStrategy software and services to expand its MicroStrategy financial reporting applications out to the enterprise. Impressed by the scalability and functionality of the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, Toyota Financial Services expects its user base to grow to over 400 associates across the country. TFS is the finance and insurance brand for Toyota in the U.S., offering retail auto financing and leasing through Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (TMCC) and extended service contracts through Toyota Motor Insurance Services (TMIS).

Alitalia

Alitalia is one of the leading airlines in Europe and the world. With more than 50 years of experience it is one of Italy’s largest and most successful companies, carrying more than 25 million passengers per year. To maintain its leadership position, Alitalia chose the MicroStrategy platform as its business intelligence solution for customer profiling and campaign management. Alitalia deploys MicroStrategy Web and MicroStrategy Narrowcast to analyze a multimillion record database of historical reservation data and provide dynamic Web reporting and information delivery. MicroStrategy offers Alitalia a solution for customer profiling, including client segmentation by frequency and relationship tenure; for campaign creation and management; and for market basket analysis, to analyze the relationship between flight purchases and the use of commercial partners.

IMS Health Canada

IMS Health Canada has developed an ASP application with the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) that provides sales and marketing data to pharmaceutical companies. The recent purchase of additional MicroStrategy software and services will allow the company to expand its reach from 650 customers on the Web to 1,000, and from 2,000 subscribers who will receive personalized insight via e-mail based data stores in its Oracle data warehouse to 3,500. The company offers the services to its pharmaceutical customers to help them determine optimal sales and marketing strategies to improve their market presence.

Year of Technological Milestones & Innovation Solidifies MicroStrategy’s Leadership

In 2002, MicroStrategy solidified its technological leadership in enterprise-class, industrial strength business intelligence software with a series of major technological milestones and innovations. In April 2002, MicroStrategy released its new, significantly enhanced version of its business intelligence software platform, MicroStrategy 7i. Winning high praise from customers and leading industry analysts alike, MicroStrategy 7i represented a technological breakthrough for the industry, as it is the first truly integrated, 100-percent Web-based platform that puts a wide range of user functionality into a single business intelligence technology.

In the third quarter, MicroStrategy further expanded the capabilities of its business intelligence platform with an enhanced version of MicroStrategy 7i (7.2.1). Addressing the urgent industry need for transparent financial tracking and reporting, MicroStrategy 7.2.1 is designed specifically to meet the demanding new requirements for financial reporting and analysis imposed on business by new government mandates with highly sophisticated, yet easy-to-use features. These new features allow fast deployment of Web-based financial reporting systems — companies can deploy an operational system within 90-120 days rather than the usual 6-12 months.

November 2002 marked the release of an easy-to-deploy, scalable Web user interface, MicroStrategy Web Universal(TM), that will run on UNIX(R), Linux(R) and Windows(R) operating systems. MicroStrategy Web Universal is a fully functional, zero-footprint Web interface that can run on any major operating system. MicroStrategy Web Universal is J2EE(TM) compliant and runs on leading application servers, including BEA WebLogic Server(TM), IBM WebSphere(R) Application Server, Sun(TM) ONE Application Server and Apache Tomcat. MicroStrategy Web Universal’s platform-independent architecture enables it to run on Windows or Linux operating systems, or on UNIX operating systems such as Sun Solaris(TM), IBM AIX(R), and HP-UX.

The market-leading capabilities of MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software platform were validated in 2002 with the issuance of the second edition of the top independent survey of the online analytic market, the OLAP Survey. The survey found MicroStrategy’s software superior to that of Business Objects, Cognos, Hyperion and Brio in the critical, strategic areas of Web deployment and data scalability. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software platform was found to be far ahead in its capacity to be deployed easily via the Web and to serve users enterprise-wide by harnessing very large databases. (Please see: http://www.microstrategy.com/Company/Analysts_OLAP_Survey.asp .)

In 2002, MicroStrategy won Reader’s Choice awards in Intelligent Enterprise, a leading IT publication, for its software’s advanced analysis and data mining capabilities and for customer relationship management (CRM) analysis. MicroStrategy won these awards in competition with Business Objects, Oracle, Cognos, Brio, Actuate, and SAS Institute.

Also in 2002, MicroStrategy 7 was found to be the most comprehensive analytical tool reviewed by the CRN Test Center, in an evaluation of analytical tools including Microsoft’s Data Analyzer 3.5 and ProClarity’s Analytic Platform 4.0. MicroStrategy’s interactive, pure-HTML Web client and extensive library of analytical functions were among the top features the review highlighted, and the MicroStrategy 7 platform was deemed the best solution for the Web.

Finance Commentary

As of December 31, 2002, all outstanding preferred stock had been converted to common stock. During Q4 2002, the company repurchased an additional $7.5 million face value worth of its five-year 7.5% notes at a discount to par resulting in a $2.1 million gain on the partial early extinguishment of the notes. The outstanding principal amount of the notes was $63.3 million at December 31, 2002. These notes are carried on the balance sheet at a discounted value of $45.0 million with the difference between carrying value and principal value amortized on a quarterly basis through a charge reflected on the company’s profit and loss statement. As a result of this amortization, $1.0 million in non-cash interest expense was reported in the Q4 2002 results. In Q4 2002, the company wrote off $1.4 million in intangibles relating to the Teracube asset, bringing the book value of this item to zero. In Q4 2002, the company paid a total of $8.3 million on its five-year 7.5% notes, which represented interest that had accrued on the notes since April 2001. Going forward, based on the $63.3 million of aggregate face value of the notes outstanding as of the end of 2002, the company expects to make semi-annual interest payments of approximately $2.4 million through maturity. The company previously announced plans to sell its two remaining non-core business units, Angel.com and Alarm.com. The sales process did not result in the company receiving any acceptable bids for these units. Accordingly, the sales process has been terminated.

Outlook and Financial Guidance Information

The following statements are subject to risks and uncertainties described at the end of this press release. Management guidance for 2003 supersedes any previously announced guidance as to the company’s expectations for financial results for 2003.

Management offers the following guidance for the consolidated continuing operations of MicroStrategy, for the quarter ending March 31, 2003:

Revenue is expected to be in the range of approximately $33 to $37 million. Net income (loss) is expected to range from approximately $(0.2) million to $0.6 million. Earnings (loss) per share, assuming a fully diluted weighted average share count, is expected to range from approximately $(0.02) to $0.04 per share. Adjusted net earnings (which excludes approximately $1.0 million in expected non-cash discount amortization expense and approximately $0.1 million in expected amortization expense of intangible assets) is expected to be approximately $0.9 million to $1.7 million or $0.06 to $0.12 per share on a diluted basis. Average share count in the quarter using the fully diluted weighted average share count method is expected to be approximately 13.5 to 14.5 million.

Management offers the following guidance for the full year 2003, which supersedes any previously announced guidance as to the Company’s expectations for financial results for 2003:

Consolidated revenue is expected to be in the range of approximately $150 to $160 million. License revenue for 2003 is expected to increase by approximately 10% versus 2002. Net income is expected to range from approximately $11.0 million to $16.0 million. Earnings per share, assuming a fully diluted weighted average share count, is expected to range from approximately $0.71 to $1.13 per share. Adjusted net earnings (which excludes approximately $3.8 million in expected non-cash discount amortization expense and approximately $0.2 million in expected amortization expense of intangible assets) is expected to be approximately $15 million to $20 million or $1.00 to $1.40 per share on a diluted basis. Average share count for the year using the fully diluted weighted average share count method is expected to be approximately 14 to 15 million. The Company also expects to have positive operating cash flow in each quarter of 2003.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are harnessing MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations — in virtually all facets of their operations — with user- friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC Magazine selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 “Editors’ Choice” for business intelligence software.

Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy 7i(TM) is a truly integrated, enterprise-class, Web-based business intelligence platform. With MicroStrategy 7i, enterprises can now standardize on one business intelligence platform and deploy high-value business intelligence enterprise-wide. MicroStrategy 7i’s configurable query, reporting, and OLAP Web interface is designed to support all users, from casual report viewers to power analysts.

Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy’s customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with over 1,900 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Hewlett-Packard, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the Company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com .

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, Scalable Business Intelligence Platform Built for the Internet, MicroStrategy Web Universal, and MicroStrategy 7i are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including estimates of future business prospects or financial results in the section above entitled “Outlook and Financial Guidance Information” and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
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(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2002 2001 (1) 2002 2001 (1)
(unaudited) (as adjusted) (unaudited) (as adjusted)

Revenues
Product licenses $20,466 $18,707 62,865 $72,781
Product support
and other services 21,503 24,973 84,962 109,300
Total revenues 41,969 43,680 147,827 182,081

Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 841 1,156 2,925 4,170
Product support
and other services 6,122 7,434 24,975 43,692
Total cost
of revenues 6,963 8,590 27,900 47,862
Gross profit 35,006 35,090 119,927 134,219

Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 13,150 12,742 48,179 77,253
Research and
development 7,851 6,372 26,297 32,819
General and
administrative 7,571 5,200 27,635 34,153
Restructuring and
impairment charges 1,434 13,064 4,198 39,463
Amortization of
goodwill and
intangible assets 512 4,505 3,195 17,251
Total operating
expenses 30,518 41,883 109,504 200,939
Income (loss)
from operations 4,488 (6,793) 10,423 (66,720)

Financing and Other
Income (Expense)
Interest income 119 258 728 2,171
Interest expense
(Note 2) (2,363) (1,836) (8,413) (5,401)
Loss on investments – (1,351) (523) (3,603)
(Provision for)
reduction in
estimated cost of
litigation
settlement – (11,554) 11,396 30,098
Gain on contract
termination – – 16,837 –
Gain on early
extinguishment
of notes payable 2,089 – 6,750 –
Other income
(expense), net 356 (707) 2,109 (2,139)
Total financing
and other income
(expense) 201 (15,190) 28,884 21,126
Income (loss) from
continuing
operations before
income taxes 4,689 (21,983) 39,307 (45,594)
Provision for
income taxes 59 1,120 1,190 2,460
Net income (loss)
from continuing
operations 4,630 (23,103) 38,117 (48,054)

Discontinued
Operations
Income (loss) from
discontinued
operations – 4,178 – (30,739)
Loss from
abandonment – (2,075) – (2,075)
Income (loss)
from discontinued
operations – 2,103 – (32,814)
Net income (loss) 4,630 (21,000) 38,117 (80,868)
Dividends, accretion,
and beneficial
conversion feature
on convertible
preferred stock – (3,042) (6,874) (10,353)
Net gain on
refinancing of
series A redeemable
convertible
preferred stock – – – 29,370
Net gain on
refinancing of
series B, C and D
convertible
preferred stock – – 36,135 –
Gain on early
redemption of
redeemable convertible
preferred stock of
discontinued operations – – – 44,923
Net income (loss)
attributable to
common stockholders $4,630 $(24,042) $67,378 $(16,928)

Basic earnings (loss)
per share

Continuing operations $0.34 $(2.84) $3.20 $(3.35)
Discontinued operations $- $0.23 $- $1.40

Net income (loss)
attributable to
common stockholders $0.34 $(2.61) $3.20 $(1.95)

Basic weighted
average shares
outstanding 13,591 9,216 11,676 8,659

Diluted earnings (loss)
per share

Continuing operations $0.33 $(2.84) $3.12 $(3.35)
Discontinued operations $- $0.23 $- $1.40

Net income (loss)
attributable to
common stockholders $0.33 $(2.61) $3.12 $(1.95)

Diluted weighted
average shares
outstanding 13,837 9,216 11,986 8,659

(1) On July 30, 2002, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a reverse

stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio of one-for-ten.
All references to common share and per common share amounts for all
prior periods presented have been retroactively restated to reflect
this reverse split. Additionally, certain prior year amounts have
been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

(2) Interest expense for the three and twelve months ended December 31,

2002 includes discount amortization expense on notes payable of $1,033
and $2,098, respectively.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share data)

December 31,
2002 2001
Assets (unaudited) (audited)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $15,036 $38,409
Restricted cash 6,173 439
Short-term investments 44 904
Accounts receivable, net 28,195 22,281
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 5,032 5,902
Deferred tax assets, net 495 –
Total current assets 54,975 67,935

Property and equipment, net 18,471 26,506
Goodwill and intangible assets, net 789 5,402
Deposits and other assets 5,638 3,789
Total Assets $79,873 $103,632

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
(Deficit)
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $15,267 $18,935
Accrued compensation and employee benefits 11,352 13,654
Accrued interest and preferred dividends 244 7,351
Accrued restructuring costs 5,222 7,422
Deferred revenue and advance payments 23,961 20,987
Contingency from terminated contract – 17,074
Working capital line of credit – 1,212
Notes payable 4,698 –
Net liabilities of discontinued operations 1,151 4,479
Total current liabilities 61,895 91,114

Deferred revenue and advance payments 1,381 5,431
Accrued litigation settlement – 68,637
Other long-term liabilities 2,402 3,536
Accrued restructuring costs 3,663 4,271
Notes payable 45,041 –

Total Liabilities 114,382 172,989

Series A redeemable convertible
preferred stock – 6,385
Series B redeemable convertible
preferred stock – 32,343
Series C redeemable convertible
preferred stock – 25,937
Series D convertible preferred stock – 3,985

Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Preferred stock undesignated; $.001
par value; 4,971 shares
authorized; no shares issued or
outstanding – –
Series F convertible preferred
stock; $.001 par value; 2 shares
authorized; no shares issued or
outstanding – –
Class A common stock; $.001 par value;
330,000 shares authorized; 9,157 and
4,369 shares issued and outstanding,
respectively 9 4
Class B common stock; $.001 par value;
165,000 shares authorized; 4,619 and
4,823 shares issued and outstanding,
respectively 5 5
Additional paid-in capital 305,334 239,663
Deferred compensation (17) (99)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 2,170 2,547
Accumulated deficit (342,010) (380,127)
Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) (34,509) (138,007)

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’
Equity (Deficit) $79,873 $103,632

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
Computation of basic and diluted earnings per share
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Three months ended
December 31, 2002
Income Shares Per Share
(Numerator) (Denominator) Amount

Net income (loss)
from continuing operations $4,630

Income from discontinued
operations –

Net income (loss) 4,630

Dividends, accretion and
beneficial conversion
feature on convertible
preferred stock –

Net income attributable
to common stockholders 4,630

Effect of common stock
and participating
convertible securities:
Weighted average shares of
class A common stock – 8,972
Weighted average shares of
class B common stock – 4,619

Basic earnings per share 4,630 13,591 $0.34

Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options – 203
Series F preferred stock – 43

Diluted earnings per share $4,630 13,837 $0.33

Three months ended
December 31, 2001
Income Shares Per Share
(Numerator) (Denominator) Amount

Net income (loss)
from continuing operations $(23,103)

Income from discontinued
operations 2,103

Net income (loss) (21,000)

Dividends, accretion and
beneficial conversion
feature on convertible
preferred stock (3,042)

Net income attributable
to common stockholders (24,042)

Effect of common stock
and participating
convertible securities:
Weighted average shares of
class A common stock – 4,393
Weighted average shares of
class B common stock – 4,823

Basic earnings per share (24,042) 9,216 $(2.61)

Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options – –
Series F preferred stock – –

Diluted earnings per share $(24,042) 9,216 $(2.61)

The basic and diluted loss per share calculation for the three months

ended December 31, 2001 excluded series A, B, C, and D preferred stock,

which were convertible into 234,304, 917,590, 770,775, and 290,220

weighted average shares of class A common stock, respectively, because

their effect would have been anti-dilutive. Additionally, employee stock

options of 215,493 were excluded from the diluted loss per share

calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2001 because their

effect would have been anti-dilutive.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
Computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Twelve months ended
December 31, 2002
Income Shares Per Share
(Numerator) (Denominator) Amount

Net income (loss)
from continuing operations $38,117

Loss from discontinued
operations –

Net income (loss) 38,117

Dividends and accretion
on series A, B, C and D
convertible preferred stock
and beneficial conversion
feature on series F
convertible preferred stock (6,874)
Net gain on refinancing of
series A redeemable
convertible preferred stock –
Net gain on refinancing of
series B, C and D convertible
preferred stock 36,135
Gain on early redemption of
redeemable convertible
preferred stock of
discontinued operations –

Net income attributable to
common stockholders 67,378

Effect of common stock and
participating convertible
securities:
Weighted average shares of
class A common stock – 6,469
Weighted average shares of
class B common stock – 4,619
Series C preferred stock (12,054) 95
Series B preferred stock (15,311) 159
Series D preferred stock (2,992) 174
Series A preferred stock 327 160

Basic earnings (loss)
per share 37,348 11,676 $3.20

Effect of dilutive securities:
Series F preferred stock – 155
Employee stock options – 155

Diluted earnings (loss)
per share $37,348 11,986 $3.12

Twelve months ended
December 31, 2001
Income Shares Per Share
(Numerator) (Denominator) Amount

Net income (loss)
from continuing operations $(48,054)

Loss from discontinued
operations (32,814)

Net income (loss) (80,868)

Dividends and accretion
on series A, B, C and D
convertible preferred stock
and beneficial conversion
feature on series F
convertible preferred stock (10,353)
Net gain on refinancing of
series A redeemable
convertible preferred stock 29,370
Net gain on refinancing of
series B, C and D
convertible preferred stock –
Gain on early redemption of
redeemable convertible
preferred stock of
discontinued operations 44,923

Net income attributable
to common stockholders (16,928)

Effect of common stock and
participating convertible
securities:
Weighted average shares of
class A common stock – 3,836
Weighted average shares of
class B common stock – 4,823
Series C preferred stock – –
Series B preferred stock – –
Series D preferred stock – –
Series A preferred stock – –

Basic earnings (loss)
per share (16,928) 8,659 $(1.95)

Effect of dilutive securities:
Series F preferred stock – –
Employee stock options – –

Diluted earnings (loss)
per share $(16,928) 8,659 $(1.95)

The numerator in the basic and diluted earnings per share calculation for

the twelve months ended December 31, 2002 has been adjusted to deduct the

$36.1 million gain on the refinancing of the series B, C and D convertible

preferred stock and add back $6.1 million of dividends and accretion on

the series A, B, C and D convertible preferred stock that would have been

excluded from net income attributable to common stockholders assuming

conversion at the beginning of the period under the if-converted method.

The basic and diluted loss per share calculation for the twelve months

ended December 31, 2001 excluded series A, B, C, D and E preferred stock,

which were convertible into 297,153, 673,417, 565,670, 168,155, and 9,771

weighted average shares of class A common stock, respectively, because

their effect would have been anti-dilutive. Additionally, employee stock

options of 296,664 were excluded from the diluted loss per share

calculation for the twelve months ended December 31, 2001 because their

effect would have been anti-dilutive.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

Non-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“Non-GAAP”) Financial

Measures

Management believes that the presentation of adjusted net earnings (loss)
is helpful in understanding the ongoing operating results and cash flow
indicators with respect to the Company’s core business because the
adjustments made in computing adjusted net earnings (loss) are non-cash or
cash related gains and expenses incurred during the period that are not
associated with ongoing operating results and are not cash flow indicators
of the Company’s core business operations.

Adjusted net earnings (loss)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited) Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2002 2001 2002 2001

Adjusted net earnings (loss) $5,472 $7,371 $13,174 $(18,180)

Adjusted net earnings (loss) divided
by basic weighted average shares
outstanding $0.40 $0.80 $1.13 $(2.10)

Adjusted net earnings (loss) divided
by diluted weighted average shares
outstanding $0.40 $0.65 (1) $1.10 $(2.10)

Basic weighted average shares
outstanding 13,591 9,216 11,676 8,659

Diluted weighted average shares
outstanding (1) 13,837 11,410 (1) 11,986 8,659

(1) The diluted weighted average shares outstanding of 11,410 for the

three months ended December 31, 2001 used in the analysis above
includes an additional 2,194 shares as compared to the diluted
weighted average shares outstanding of 9,216 shown on the face of the
Statement of Operations for the same period. Because the Company
generated a net loss in accordance with GAAP during this period, the
potential dilutive effect of the series A, B, C, and D preferred stock
was excluded from the GAAP diluted weighted average share count to
preclude an anti-dilutive impact on GAAP net loss per share. Because
the adjusted net earnings are positive, the diluted weighted average
shares outstanding as reflected above for the three months ended
December 31, 2001 have been increased by 2,194 to give effect to the
potential dilution of the series A, B, C and D preferred stock.

Reconciliation of net income (loss) from continuing operations
to adjusted net earnings (loss)
(in thousands)
(unaudited) Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2002 2001 2002 2001

Net income (loss) from continuing
operations $4,630 $(23,103) $38,117 $(48,054)

Restructuring and impairment charges 1,434 13,064 4,198 39,463
Amortization of goodwill and
intangible assets 512 4,505 3,195 17,251
Loss on investments – 1,351 523 3,603
Provision for (reduction in)
estimated cost of litigation
settlement – 11,554 (11,396) (30,098)
Gain on contract termination – – (16,837) –
Gain on early extinguishment of
notes payable (2,089) – (6,750) –
Discount amortization expense on
notes payable 1,033 – 2,098 –
Other non-recurring items (48) – 26 (345)
Total reconciling items 842 30,474 (24,943) 29,874

Adjusted net earnings (loss) $5,472 $7,371 $13,174 $(18,180)

Reconciling items in computing adjusted net earnings (loss) –
Cash vs. Non-cash
(in thousands)
(unaudited) Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2002 2001 2002 2001

Non-cash:
Restructuring and impairment charges 1,434 12,270 1,491 18,581
Amortization of goodwill and
intangible assets 512 4,505 3,195 17,251
Loss on investments – 1,351 523 3,603
Provision for (reduction in)
estimated cost of litigation
settlement – 11,554 (11,396) (30,098)
Gain on contract termination – – (16,837) –
Gain on early extinguishment of notes
payable (2,089) – (6,750) –
Discount amortization expense on
notes payable 1,033 – 2,098 –
Other non-recurring items – – 284 408
Total non-cash 890 29,680 (27,392) 9,745

Cash:
Restructuring and impairment charges – 794 2,707 20,882
Other non-recurring items (48) – (258) (753)
Total cash (48) 794 2,449 20,129

Total reconciling items $842 $30,474 $(24,943) $29,874

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

Non-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“Non-GAAP”) Financial

Measures – continued

Reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
to adjusted net EBITDA
(in thousands)
(unaudited) Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2002 2001 2002 2001

Net income (loss) attributable to
common stockholders $4,630 $(24,042) $67,378 $(16,928)

Interest income (119) (258) (728) (2,171)
Interest expense 2,363 1,836 8,413 5,401
Provision for income taxes 59 1,120 1,190 2,460
Depreciation and amortization 2,311 1,943 9,916 12,306
Amortization of goodwill and
intangible assets 512 4,505 3,195 17,251
(Income) loss from discontinued
operations – (2,103) – 32,814

EBITDA before reconciling items 9,756 (16,999) 89,364 51,133

Reconciling items:
Restructuring and impairment charges 1,434 13,064 4,198 39,463
Loss on investments – 1,351 523 3,603
Provision for (reduction in)
estimated cost of litigation
settlement – 11,554 (11,396) (30,098)
Gain on contract termination – – (16,837) –
Gain on early extinguishment of
notes payable (2,089) – (6,750) –
Other (income) expense, net (356) 707 (2,109) 2,139
Dividends, accretion, and beneficial
conversion feature on convertible
preferred stock – 3,042 6,874 10,353
Net gain on refinancing of series A
redeemable convertible preferred
stock – – – (29,370)
Net gain on refinancing of series B,
C and D convertible preferred stock – – (36,135) –
Gain on early redemption of
redeemable convertible preferred
stock of discontinued operations – – – (44,923)

Adjusted net EBITDA $8,745 $12,719 $27,732 $2,300

SOURCE MicroStrategy Incorporated

CONTACT: Marc Brailov of MicroStrategy Incorporated, +1-703-770-1670;
cell, +1-703-407-9884; or mbrailov@microstrategy.com

Source: MicroStrategy

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