Next May, another 47.3 million shares held by Mail.ru and DST Global become free trading.

FORBES: Facebook Shares Heading Lower As First Lock-Up Expires

On May 18, 2013, the lock-up expires on 47 million shares held by Mail.ru and DST Global.

FORBES: Facebook: Zuckerberg Won't Sell Any Shrs For Next 12 Mos

Existing shareholders including Silver Lake, DST Global and Temasek participated by increasing their investment in the company.

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Bidders reportedly showing an interest in the Sunnyvale, California-based company include Silver Lake, Peter Chernin, Providence Equity Partners, DST Global and Alibaba Group.

FORBES: Alibaba's Jack Ma Waiting For Yahoo's Decision

The firm, which changed its name from Digital Sky Technologies last month, owns about 2.5% of Facebook, with another 7.5% owned by its sister company DST Global.

FORBES: Facebook Stake Up For Grabs As Russian Internet Giant Prepares IPO

Desktop and mobile music streaming service Spotify is close to completing a new round of funding from Facebook backers DST Global and Kleiner Perkins, according to sources close to the deal.

FORBES: Yuri Milner's DST Global Bets On Spotify's Future In America And Mobile

Spokespeople for Spotify and DST Global refused to comment.

FORBES: Yuri Milner's DST Global Bets On Spotify's Future In America And Mobile

The new partnership with DST could help bring Tencent into the first tier of global digital media investing, and the huge pools of capital DST, Tencent and Naspers control should make entrepreneurs the world over drool.

FORBES: BRICs Meet SARCs: Tencent, Digital Sky Technologies and Naspers

Tiger Global Management, a New York hedge fund that is also a shareholder in DST, has already specialised in investing in start-ups beyond the West's well-known technology clusters.

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