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Meta launched public offerings of about $35 billion in common stock and convertible preferred stock on Monday 26 October 2026, according to Reuters. Reuters reports that the money will fund Meta’s costly AI expansion. Tech Insider reports that the offering is the first step in a larger plan of up to $95 billion in equity, phased over time, and that Meta has not yet secured the full amount.
The terms appear in a prospectus supplement, Form 424B5, which Meta filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The document is dated 26 October 2026 and marked “subject to completion,” which means the final pricing and share numbers are not set. The supplement describes two parts. The first is 250,000,000 Series A depositary shares at $50 each, or $12.5 billion in total.
Each depositary share represents a one-twentieth interest in a share of Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The preferred stock is initially convertible into Class A common stock and, after a Class C trigger event, into Class C common stock. The underwriters have a 30-day option to buy up to 37,500,000 additional shares. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are named as the joint book-running managers.
Reuters and Tech Insider put the common-stock portion at about $22.5 billion, which together with the preferred stock brings the total to roughly $35 billion. Tech Insider also reports a planned at-the-market programme of up to $60 billion in non-voting Class C shares, with trading expected in the first quarter of 2027. Those figures come from press coverage, not from the part of the prospectus reviewed here, so they are reported rather than confirmed.
The stated use of proceeds is general corporate purposes. The supplement does not name a specific AI project, and it leaves the estimated net proceeds blank in this draft. No per-share price for the common stock is given in the sections reviewed.
Why it matters: this is a shift toward outside equity to pay for a large infrastructure build. Investors will watch how much of the planned equity is raised, at what price and on what terms, because mandatory convertible securities can convert into common or Class C shares depending on later events. The change also affects existing shareholders, whose stakes could be diluted if the conversions happen.
Reuters’ report of the launch does not include a direct statement from Meta, so none is reported here. Earlier coverage on this site of Meta’s third-quarter results and its Class C stock plan sets out the background to this financing.
Several things remain unknown. The final size, price per share, pricing date and closing date are not yet public, and the at-the-market programme is reported in press coverage rather than confirmed in the prospectus extract reviewed. This article is news coverage and not investment advice.
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