Microsoft blast Yahoo-Übernahme ab

Nach direkten Gesprächen der Microsoft-Führung mit den Chefs von Yahoo vom Samstag in Redmont, Seattle, hat Microsoft die geplante Übernahme von Yahoo abgeblasen. Knackpunkt war der Übernahmepreis. Microsoft war schlussendlich nur bereit 33 Dollar pro Aktie zu bezahlen, während Yahoo auf 37 Dollar pro Aktie beharrte. "Despite our best efforts, including raising our bid by roughly $5 billion, Yahoo! has not moved toward accepting our offer. After careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo! do not make sense for us, and it is in the best interests of Microsoft stockholders, employees and other stakeholders to withdraw our proposal," erklärte Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft.

Jerry Yang, Mitgründer and CEO von Yahoo zur Ablenung durch Microsoft: "I am incredibly proud of the way our team has come together over the last three months. This process has underscored our unique and valuable strategic position. With the distraction of Microsoft's unsolicited proposal now behind us, we will be able to focus all of our energies on executing the most important transition in our history so that we can maximize our potential to the benefit of our shareholders, employees, partners and users." (ph) http://www.microsoft.com http://www.yahoo.com