美國社交網(wǎng)站Facebook臉譜網(wǎng)將于本周正式啟動公司上市進程。Facebook在本周三正式向美國金融監(jiān)督機構提交首次公開籌股申請。 首次公開籌股IPO具體指什么?它和上市公司又有什么樣的關系?

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An initial public offering (IPO) or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises. Many companies that undertake an IPO also request the assistance of an investment banking firm acting in the capacity of an underwriter to help them correctly assess the value of their shares, that is, the share price.
首次公開募股(IPO):是指企業(yè)透過證券交易所,首次公開向投資者發(fā)行股票,以期募集用于企業(yè)發(fā)展資金的過程。公司在進行首次公開籌股時,需要投資銀行公司作為承銷商,來準確評估股票的價值,也就是股價。

【概念關鍵詞】

1. go public: 公司上市

私營公司(private company)通過發(fā)行股票成為上市公司 (publicly-listed company),上市公司發(fā)行的股票在證券交易所(stock exchange)交易,收益狀況需公開(publish its accounts)。

The number of companies that go public has significantly increased as the economy developed and the private business sector thrived.
隨著經(jīng)濟成長,民間經(jīng)營實力大增,上市公司的數(shù)量也大幅增長。

2. underwriter:承銷商

首次公開籌股一般涉及到投資銀行來充當承銷商的角色(IPOs generally involve one or more investment banks known as underwriters),上市公司,也稱為股票發(fā)行人(the issuer),與主承銷商簽訂合同(enter a contract with a lead underwriter)出售公司的股份。

在此次Facebook上市的主承銷權爭奪戰(zhàn)中,摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)打敗高盛集團(Goldman Sachs)成為主承銷商。世界上其他的著名的投資銀行/證券公司還包括:

花旗集團 Citigroup  

美林證券 Merrill Lynch

雷曼兄弟 Lehman Brothers Holdings

德意志銀行 Deutsche Bank

野村證券 Nomura Holdings

3. 關于Facebook IPO的事實:

One out of every eight people in the world use Facebook monthly
全球每8個人中就有1人每月都使用Facebook

Existing Facebook employees are about to get the deal of the century
Facebook員工將獲得巨額回報

The value of your Facebook profile: $4.39
Facebook用戶資料的單價為4.39美元

The Facebook IPO crashed the SEC website
Facebook IPO導致SEC網(wǎng)站崩潰(SEC:美國證券交易委員會)

More people use their phones than their computers to check in to Facebook
Facebook的手機用戶比電腦用戶多