Social networking giant Facebook expects to raise about $1.48 billion from its underwritten registered public offering of 70 million shares at $55.05 a share. The California-headquartered company plans to use the funds raised for working capital needs and corporate purposes.
“The public offering price of the offering is $55.05 a share, and the company estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be about $1.48 billion after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses,” Facebook said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Last week, the company had announced the pricing of its underwritten registered public offering of 70 million shares of its ‘Class A’ shares at $55.05 a share.
About 27 million shares are being offered by the firm, while around 42.99 million shares are being offered by some selling stockholders, which include co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
The filing, which was submitted on Monday, further said: “The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.”
Facebook said it expected majority of the net proceeds Mr. Zuckerberg will receive upon the sale of shares in the offering will be used to satisfy taxes that he incurred in connection with his exercise, in full, of an outstanding stock option to purchase 60 million ‘Class B’ shares.
JP Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Barclays are serving as joint book runners for the offering.
