Thursday, May 17, 2012

Facebook Commences Tender Offer to $38 per share

Facebook announced today the value of its initial public offering, officially entering the stock market. Each share will be sold for $ 38 under the symbol "FB" and that value per share should raise an estimated $ 16 billion, leaving the social network valued at 104 billion dollars. Altogether Facebook will offer more than 412.2 million Class A shares on Friday (18), with other 82 million being added next Wednesday (23).


With this value, Facebook also makes its initial public offering the largest ever for a company linked to the web. The previous record was Google, which debuted on the stock exchange in 2004 and was valued at the time $ 23 billion.

For those who choose to invest in the company and buy shares, analysts suggest that they are going to appreciate by 40% initially. To celebrate the entry of Facebook on Nasdaq, the CEO of social network, Mark Zuckerberg, will sound the bell that starts the IPO on the morning of Friday.

Vacancies in Brazil
Since August Facebook already has an office in Brazil and it seems they are expanding: the social network is hiring in eight different areas, from accounting and sales recruitment. In these areas, Facebook looking for professional account management, analyst trends, solutions and various other media. More details of vacancies on Facebook.