{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-27/meta-25-billion-stock-offering","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-27/meta-25-billion-stock-offering.md","title":"Meta Raises $25 Billion in Upsized Stock Sale","headline":"Meta Prices $25 Billion Class A Stock Sale at $625 a Share, Five Times Oversubscribed","description":"Meta priced its upsized $25 billion Class A stock sale at $625 a share, with orders about five times the shares on offer and a close expected October 29.","section":"IPOs & Listings","published_at":"2026-10-27T17:28:15+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-27T17:28:15+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Meta raised the size of its Class A common stock sale to $25 billion from $22.5 billion and priced it at $625 per share.","Orders reached roughly five times the stock offered, with the 15 biggest buyers taking about 70% of it.","Meta expects net proceeds of about $24.9 billion before expenses when forward sale agreements with Morgan Stanley Capital Services and Goldman Sachs & Co. settle.","A separate offering of 250 million depositary shares at $50 each, tied to 6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, is expected to raise about $12.5 billion."],"companies":[{"name":"Meta","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/003qagv/meta","website":"https://www.meta.com"},{"name":"Goldman Sachs","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000by/goldman-sachs","website":"https://www.goldmansachs.com"},{"name":"Morgan Stanley","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000ar/morgan-stanley","website":"http://www.morganstanley.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"Quartz","title":"Meta $25 billion stock offering draws about five times demand","url":"https://qz.com/meta-25-billion-stock-offering-demand-five-times-102726"},"other_sources":[{"publisher":"Yahoo","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/meta-25-billion-stock-sale-142252615.html"},{"publisher":"Bloomberg","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-27/meta-s-25-billion-stock-sale-ended-five-times-oversubscribed"}],"tags":["IPOs & Listings","Meta","Goldman Sachs","Morgan Stanley"],"body_markdown":"[Meta](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/003qagv/meta) priced an upsized $25 billion Class A common stock sale at $625 per share, with orders worth roughly five times the stock on offer, [Quartz](https://qz.com/meta-25-billion-stock-offering-demand-five-times-102726) reported. The company raised the sale size from $22.5 billion.\n\n## Meta's $25 Billion Sale and Its Buyers\n\nOver half of the stock went to existing investors and long-only funds, and the 15 biggest buyers accounted for roughly 70% of it, according to [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-27/meta-s-25-billion-stock-sale-ended-five-times-oversubscribed). Demand for Meta's mandatory convertible preferred stock offering exceeded the amount on offer by a multiple, Bloomberg reported. [Yahoo](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/meta-25-billion-stock-sale-142252615.html) reported that the company seeks $98 billion in total for AI spending, including the $12.5 billion convertible preferred stock offering, with funds supporting AI infrastructure and personal superintelligence.\n\nThe common stock sale is tied to forward sale agreements with [Morgan Stanley](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000ar/morgan-stanley) Capital Services and [Goldman Sachs](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000by/goldman-sachs) & Co. At a forward price of about $622.92 a share, Meta expects net proceeds of about $24.9 billion before expenses when the agreements settle, which it expects on or before Nov. 19, 2027. Meta does not expect to receive proceeds from the forward purchasers' sale of the stock in the offering, the company said. Underwriters hold a 30-day option to buy up to $3.75 billion more Class A stock, and the offering is expected to close on Oct. 29.\n\nThe second offering covers 250 million depositary shares at $50 each, representing interests in 6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. Net proceeds are expected to be about $12.5 billion, and that offering is also expected to close on Oct. 29. Meta has applied to list the depositary shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol \"METAM.\"\n\nMeta said before pricing that Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom had indicated interest in buying up to $5 billion of the Class A stock. The indications were not binding, and each company could buy more, fewer or none of the shares offered. Nvidia later said in a statement that it would commit $3 billion to the offering as the two companies expand their partnership on Meta's Muse AI models and agents.\n\n## Meta's Earlier Funding Records\n\nAccording to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Meta has 22 funding rounds on file and total funding of $79.7 billion. The records list a $25 billion post-IPO debt round in April 2026, a $26 billion post-IPO debt round in August 2025 led by PIMCO, a $3 billion post-IPO equity round in August 2025 led by Blue Owl, and a $1 billion post-IPO equity round in November 2024 led by ValueAct Capital.\n\n## AMD's $1 Billion Commitment to the Offering\n\nAMD announced a $1 billion investment in Meta's equity offering, expanding its strategic partnership, Stock Titan reported. AMD Helios rackscale solutions are running at Meta, with EPYC processors powering the Muse AI agent and Instinct GPUs used in production. Nvidia and Meta also announced an expanded partnership on Muse and the Muse family of models to improve inference and training performance, Stock Titan reported.\n\n## November 2 Hearing in Blink Digital Case\n\nThe Bombay High Court set a November 2, 2026, hearing for Blink Digital's interim relief plea after dismissing Meta's jurisdiction challenge in the case, The Times of India reported.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}