Twitter on Thursday afternoon started the clock on its IPO, publicly filing to raise $1 billion.
The company did not indicate which stock exchange it has selected,
but says that it will trade under ticker symbol TWTR. Goldman Sachs (GS) is listed as lead underwriter, with Morgan Stanley (MS) and J.P. Morgan (JPM) also are listed on the top line, while four other banks also are listed.
It reports a $69 million net loss on in $253 million revenue for the
first half of 2013, compared to a $49 million net loss on $122 million
revenue for the year-earlier period. The company also says that it had
218 million monthly active users in June 2013, compared to 151 million
in June 2012 (and 204 million in May 2013).
Twitter co-founder Ev Williams is listed as the company's largest
single shareholder, with a 12% position. Fellow co-founder and current
chairman Jack Dorsey has a 4.9% stake, while CEO Dick Costolo has a 1.6%
stake. The company's third co-founder, Biz Stone, is not listed as a 5%
shareholder.
Five institutions have at least 5% positions: Benchmark Capital
(6.7%), Rizvi Traverse, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures and DST
Global.
Costolo earned approximately $11.5 million last year, including
$200,000 in salary. In August his salary was reduced to just $14,000.
Twitter previously disclosed that it had filed confidentially with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, but had not publicly disclosed
any details. By making its filing public on Thursday, the company is on track
to list by November 9. There is, however, a possibility that the
government shutdown could hamper those plans. The SEC currently is
operating at full strength, but may have to cut back on certain services
were the funding to not be fully restored within the next few weeks. In
that case, Twitter could have trouble getting amended filings approved
(including the one where it lists anticipated pricing terms).
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