Facebook filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on January 1, 2012.[25] The preliminary prospectus stated that the company sought to raise $5 billion, had 845 million monthly active users, and a website accruing 2.7 billion likes and comments daily.[26] After the IPO, Zuckerberg would retain a 22% ownership share in Facebook and would own 57% of the voting shares.[27]