IPO du groupe Facebook prévue pour l'année prochaine entre Avril et Juin

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Facebook Inc. is targeting dates between April 2012 and June 2012 for an initial public offering of its stock, said people familiar with the matter.
Facebook is in internal discussions over the timing of its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the IPO, and is considering filing dates as early as this year, these people said.

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Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has not made any final decisions regarding an IPO, and the date for a filing with the SEC is still in flux, these people cautioned.
The company is exploring raising $10 billion in an IPO that could value Facebook at more than $100 billion, said these people.
The final value of the company and how much money it seeks in an IPO will largely be determined by the market and the European economy, cautioned these people.

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Facebook has crafted an internal prospectus and is ready to go public at any time, said the people.
The company hasn't made any decisions over which banks will be involved in its IPO, they said.
Facebook Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman has been leading the company's talks with Silicon Valley bankers about an IPO, said people familiar with the matter.
A Facebook IPO has been hotly anticipated for several years as an offering that could define the latest Web epoch.
Mr. Zuckerberg has in the past publicly expressed reluctance to do an IPO. And he has opted to keep Facebook private longer than many suspected he would. But he is warming to the idea.
The social network, which was started by Mr. Zuckerberg in 2004 out of his Harvard College dorm room, has led the way in reshaping how people share information and interact with others on the Web. It now counts 800 million users, with 500 million users logging into the site daily.

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Facebook's public offering would come amid a spate of other hot Web IPOs this year, like daily deal site Groupon Inc. and social game maker Zynga Inc. But neither of those will compare in size, scale and investor demand with Facebook, which is one of the most highly anticipated IPOs ever.
The disappointing showing of Groupon's stock, which has fallen below its $20 IPO price in recent trading, may cast a shadow of caution for investors over a Facebook IPO.
Groupon has plummeted 42% in price in the past five trading days after initially surging in the first two weeks after the IPO earlier this month. It is now 24% below its $20 IPO price.