The tweet, which came at approximately 10pm UK time on Thursday, subsequently had over 13,000 ‘retweets’ by Twitter users by midday today.
“We’ve confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. This tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale,” said Twitter.
The social media giant’s IPO will be one of the most hotly anticipated since Facebook’s listing last year. The social networking site’s flotation on 18 May 2012 was dogged by difficulties, starting with the Nasdaq exchange where it was listing suffering a computer malfunction.
Subsequently its underwriter Morgan Stanley was accused of setting the initial price too high and of issuing too many shares.
All three parties mentioned above are now involved in litigation cases over the matter.
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In the past year the share price has recovered from 22.7 to 44.7 – almost doubling over the period – although it closed down 0.64% in yesterday’s trading.
Twitter filed confidentially under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act which allows a firm with less than $1bn (£632m) in annual revenue to apply without publishing details.
These firms only have to provide two years of financial data and can wait until three weeks before the float to reveal details.
Twitter was founded in San Francisco in 2006 by Jack Dorsey and has over 500 million registered accounts.
Yesterday the UK government confirmed it was looking to float some of Royal Mail in the coming weeks.
Earlier this month Capita said a resurgence in IPOs predicted for next year would bring much-needed new blood to the London market.