Microsoft Offers to Buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion

 

Calling it the "next major milestone" for the company, Microsoft said Friday it made an unsolicited offer to buy Internet media giant Yahoo for $44.6 billion in stock and cash. The hostile offer, if successful, is an attempt to join forces against Google in what would be the biggest Internet deal since the Time Warner-AOL merger.

 

Microsoft and Yahoo have been struggling to compete with Google, and have fallen behind it in the race for online advertising dollars and Internet search market share.

 

Microsoft offered $31 a share -- payable in the form of $31 in cash or 0.9509 of a Microsoft share -- or a 62 percent premium on Yahoo's closing price on January 31.

 

Yahoo responded by saying its board will reviewing Microsoft's proposal in the "context of its strategic plans" and will "pursue the best course of action to maximize long-term value" for its shareholders.

 

Quelle: CNBC

Yahoo eignet sich maximal als Abschreibungsobjekt. Das ist zuviel Cash für eine Firma, die den letzten Kampf schon lange verloren hat.

 

Wenn der Kauf tatsächlich über die Bühne gehen sollte, dann erleben wir Zustände wie bei DaimlerChrysler. Zuerst sind Freude und Erwartungen groß und Jahre später wird trotz Milliardenverlust gefeiert, das man den Fremdkörper endlich wieder los ist.