Microsoft has found a partner to buy Yahoo

Nevertheless, rumors that Microsoft still wants to acquire Yahoo, turned out to be a reality. According to The Wall Street Journal, the software giant has even found partners for a joint purchase of Yahoo. Partners are Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Silver Lake Partners. The group plans to make a joint bet (at the same time, Yahoo still does not confirm the possible sale of its assets). The possible amount of the deal is still unknown, it is only known that Microsoft will invest “several billion dollars”. But exactly how many billions will go into action is unclear.

The rest will be provided by partners. In addition to these potential buyers, there are also those who wish. According to the same WSJ, we are talking about at least nine different private companies that are potential buyers of Yahoo. These, as yet unknown, buyers are planning to make a purchase based on the slightly overpriced stock price of the company. Now Yahoo’s stock price is about 15.94 per share, but potential buyers plan to bid based on the price of one stock at $ 16-18.

Of course, this is not at all what could be obtained in January 2008. Then Microsoft offered a very high price of $ 44.6 billion, based on the price of $ 31 per share. But the founder and head of the board of directors (at that time) Jerry Young refused the deal. All this led to a confrontation between the two corporations, in which Yahoo lost. Young, under pressure from the board of directors and shareholders, resigned as head of the company, after which CEO became Carol Bartz.

Well, and as we remember, most recently she was fired, and on the phone. After that, Bartz announced that she planned to remain on the board of directors of Yahoo, but she could not do this either, she had to leave the company.

Microsoft has not yet made any comments regarding the possibility of a new deal with Yahoo, but a little later, the company's official response may appear.

Via Mashable