Yahoo! Announces Microsoft Talks Have Concluded

2008-06-13


Yahoo! Announces Microsoft Talks Have Concluded

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News), a leading global Internet company, today announced that discussions with Microsoft regarding a potential transaction -- whether for an acquisition of all of Yahoo! or a partial acquisition -- have concluded. The conclusion of discussions follows numerous meetings and conversations with Microsoft regarding a number of transaction alternatives, including a meeting between Yahoo! and Microsoft on June 8th in which Chairman Roy Bostock and other independent Board members from Yahoo! participated. At that meeting, Microsoft representatives stated unequivocally that Microsoft is not interested in pursuing an acquisition of all of Yahoo!, even at the price range it had previously suggested.

(from: http://in.us.biz.yahoo.com/bw/080612/20080612006082.html?.v=1)

雅虎6月12日宣布终止与微软的所有谈判,这意味着微软已经不可能收购雅虎。受此消息影响,雅虎股价12日大跌10.6%。

  投资者已对微软成功收购雅虎不抱任何希望,而雅虎未来有可能选择与Google进行搜索广告合作。

来自雅虎和微软两家公司的声明显示,雅虎试图说服微软重新提出价值每股33美元的收购报价,但是微软不愿再提出如此高的收购价格。

  微软于5月3日放弃对雅虎的收购,随后尝试使雅虎单独出售互联网搜索业务。不过,雅虎认为其搜索引擎对于整体业务十分重要,因此不可能单独出售。

  雅虎表示,在上周日进行的谈判中,微软“明确的”拒绝整体收购雅虎的提议。微软则没有对这一决定做出解释,仅表示微软认为单独收购搜索业务对于雅虎来说更有价值。

  为了避免股价进一步下跌,雅虎将向Google寻求帮助。预计雅虎将把一部分搜索广告业务外包给Google运作,这有助于提升雅虎的营收。雅虎和Google曾于4月份进行测试性合作,两家公司周四均未对这一消息置评。

  激进投资者卡尔-伊坎此前发起对雅虎的代理权争夺,试图替换雅虎董事会,并主导微软雅虎并购案的进程。不过,伊坎一心希望将雅虎出售给微软的做法引起一些股东的不满,这些股东对于伊坎提出的董事会人选是否能够复苏雅虎持怀疑态度。

  伊坎周四尚未对雅虎与微软终止谈判发表评论,而雅虎现任董事会的命运将在8月1日的年度股东大会上决定。