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August 12, 2013

Facebook COO sells $91m of stock

Sheryl Sandberg still owns over 25 million shares in the company valued at $1bn

By CBR Staff Writer

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has sold $91m of the company’s stock.

Sandberg sold about 2.4m shares of the social network’s stock at an average price of $38 per share, according to a regulatory filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Despite this, Sandberg, who has sold small amount of stocks in Facebook recently, still owns over 25m shares in the company, valued at $1bn.

In November 2012, she sold more than 350,000 shares of Facebook stock valued at $7.4m.

Last year, Facebook revealed in a filing to the SEC that the social network’s CEO will not be selling his Facebook stock for at least a year.

Earlier this year, Facebook announced further capital investments of $1.6bn as it seeks to bolster its infrastructure.

Facebook reported a 53% increase in its second quarter revenue to $1.81bn, compared with $1.18bn it reported during the second quarter of 2012.

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