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Facebook director Andreessen sells $54 million in shares to cover taxes
Reuters
November 21, 2012
First Published: 14:30 IST(21/11/2012)
Last Updated: 14:33 IST(21/11/2012)
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A woman shoots a video of the sign at the entrance to the Facebook main campus. AFP/Robyn Beck
Facebook Inc board member Marc Andreessen sold roughly $54 million worth of shares in the social networking company on Monday to cover taxes he owes on his holdings.

Andreessen's sales are among the latest transactions by Facebook insiders as trading restrictions have expired
following the company's May initial public offering.

Donald Graham, chairman and CEO of the Washington Post Co, who is a director at Facebook, sold roughly $6.7 million worth of Facebook shares on Monday, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

Both Andreessen and Graham are selling shares to cover tax obligations incurred from the recent vesting or settlement of restricted stock units in the company, Facebook noted in a separate filing earlier this year. Neither intends to sell shares for any other reason, the filing said.

The world's No.1 online social network became the only U.S. company to debut with a market value of more than $100 billion, but has faced a rough reception on Wall Street amid concerns about its long-term money-making potential.

Shares of the company have risen 20 percent since November 9, finishing Tuesday's regular session at $23.10, but remain well below their $38 offering price.

Several executives at the company have also sold shares as the so-called lock-up restrictions on trading have expired.

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg sold roughly $4.2 million worth of Facebook stock on Monday, bringing her total share sales to roughly $15 million in recent weeks, while engineering vice president Michael Schroepfer sold a little more than $1 million worth of shares in recent days.

Andreessen, Graham, Sandberg and Schroepfer all sold their shares as part of pre-arranged stock trading plans.


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