Here's When Other Facebook Insiders Can Sell Stock

Published: Tuesday, 21 Aug 2012 | 3:58 PM ET

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Last week, Facebook's early investors and some directors became eligible to sell stock they own in the social networking company. Others will have similar rights in the coming months.

Up to 1.91 billion more shares could flood the stock market — more than four times the 421 million shares that had been trading sinceFacebook's [FB  19.159    -0.852  (-4.26%)   ]initial public offering in May.

Facebook's stock has fallen since last Thursday's expiration of the first lock-up period. On Monday, it's disclosed that Peter Thiel, one of Facebook's earliest investors and a member of its board, was among the insiders selling stock after the lock-up period expired. He sold about 20 million shares through affiliates for $19.27 to $20.69 each. (Read More: Investor Thiel Unloads Most of His Facebook Shares)

Here's the schedule, as reported by Facebook in a regulatory filing:

• Aug. 16: 271 million shares held by early investors and directors who had participated in the IPO, though CEO Mark Zuckerberg is excluded for unspecified reasons.
• Unspecified date between Oct. 15 and Nov. 13: 243 million shares and stock options held by directors and former or current employees, excluding Zuckerberg. 
• Nov. 14: 1.22 billion shares and stock options, about a third of which is controlled by Zuckerberg. 
• Dec. 14: 149 million shares held by early investors and others who participated in IPO, except Zuckerberg. 
• May 18, 2013: 47 million shares held by the Russian Internet company Mail.ru Group and DST Global, both of which made early investments in Facebook.

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TOPICS:Mark Zuckerberg

COMPANIES:Facebook

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