LinkedIn is planning to sell shares in an initial public offering, The Wall Street Journal reports. The U.S. social-networking company’s size of the offering has not been disclosed.

The California-based company has appointed Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley as underwriters. LinkedIn is expected to file its S-1 registration statement during the first quarter of this year.

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