Šodien, 1. februārī kompānija Microsoft izteica oficiālu piedāvājumu kompānijai Yahoo! par tās pārpirkšanu, maksājot 31 USD par vienu Yahoo! akciju, kas ir par 62% vairāk nekā Yahoo! akciju cena bija biržas slēgšanas brīdī ceturtdien, 31. janvārī, ziņo Information Week.
Pēc Microsoft piedāvājuma Yahoo! akciju cena palielinājās par 53% līdz 29,13 USD.
Microsoft grib iegādāties Yahoo!, lai palielinātu konkurenci kompāniju Google.
Microsoft oficiālā vēstule Yahoo! valdei:
"January 31, 2008
Board of Directors Yahoo! Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Attention: Roy Bostock, Chairman Attention: Jerry Yang, Chief Executive Officer
Dear Members of the Board:
I am writing on behalf of the Board of Directors of Microsoft to make a proposal for a business combination of Microsoft and Yahoo!. Under our proposal, Microsoft would acquire all of the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 based on Microsoft's closing share price on January 31, 2008, payable in the form of $31 in cash or 0.9509 of a share of Microsoft common stock. Microsoft would provide each Yahoo! shareholder with the ability to choose whether to receive the consideration in cash or Microsoft common stock, subject to pro-ration so that in the aggregate one-half of the Yahoo! common shares will be exchanged for shares of Microsoft common stock and one-half of the Yahoo! common shares will be converted into the right to receive cash. Our proposal is not subject to any financing condition.