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Finally, Facebook Files for $5 BILLION IPO!!

In a landmark move the Social site that is so ingrained into modern life Facebook is finally (this has been on the cards for years) filing for their IPO. It seems it was worth the wait they are now pitching for $5 Billion US and the industry experts say it’s a viable figure.

Not bad for a eight year old company.

Mashable’s take:

Facebook just filed the preliminary prospectus for its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO).

As rumored, the company is seeking to raise $5 billion. If Facebook manages to raise this capital, it will be on a shortlist of biggest tech IPOs of all time.

Investment bank Morgan Stanley will act as lead underwriter, with Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan and others to take secondary positions. Shares are expected to hit the market in May.

For longtime followers of the social network, this is an exciting time and a culmination of the site’s eight-year rise from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room to world domination.

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