Facebook Forced To Update Its IPO Filing To Confirm Its Special Relationship With Zynga (ZNGA)

We now have proof Facebook and Zynga have a special arrangement, thanks to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Here it is, direct from a new filing from the Securities and Exchange Commission:"The parties acknowledge that FB desires to enable Zynga to build the Zynga Platform on top of the Facebook Platform, and the parties desire to, amongst other goals set forth herein, work together to increase the number of users of each party’s products and services.The parties further acknowledge that Zynga is making a significant commitment to the Facebook Platform (i.e., using Facebook as the exclusive Social Platform on the Zynga Properties and granting FB certain title exclusivities to Zynga games on the Facebook Platform). In exchange for such commitment, the parties have committed to set certain growth targets for monthly unique users of Covered Zynga Games."As part of the agreement, Facebook and Zynga both sought to "increase the number of Zynga MUUs to [*] over [*] at a linear weekly growth rate," according to the filing. (The [*] appears to represent a redacted number.)Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »See Also:The Smartphone Social Network Trying To Usurp Facebook Is On A Hot StreakIf You Think The Word Acqui-Hire Really Means Failure, Take A Look At FriendFeed's ~ $330 Million ExitMark Zuckerberg's Dentist Dad May Be Worth ~ $60,000,000

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