By Ari Levy - Jan 7, 2012 8:21 AM GMT+0700
Morgan Stanley (MS), the bank that underwrote the initial public offerings of Zynga Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. last year, bought shares of both social-media companies in the fourth quarter.
The New York-based firm now owns 15.7 million Zynga shares and increased its LinkedIn stake by 81 percent to 3.98 million shares, according to separate filings today. Zynga held its IPO last month, while LinkedIn went public in May.
As part of its underwriting agreements with the companies, Morgan Stanley agreed to buy shares in each of the offerings. The bank also managed the IPOs of music-streaming service Pandora Media Inc., vacation-rental site HomeAway Inc. and daily-deal provider Groupon Inc.
Morgan Stanley’s stake in Zynga, a social-gaming company, is worth about $138 million based on today’s closing price (ZNGA) of $8.81. According to the prospectus, Morgan Stanley agreed to buy the stock at the IPO price of $10 a share, so the shares have lost about 12 percent of their value.
Morgan Stanley’s LinkedIn stake is worth $255.5 million. Morgan Stanley didn’t say how much it paid for the 1.78 million shares it purchased most recently. LinkedIn (LNKD), the world’s biggest professional-networking website, has gained 43 percent since its IPO in May.
To contact the reporter on this story: Ari Levy in San Francisco at alevy5@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Tom Giles at tgiles5@bloomberg.net
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