Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 bln
Updated: 2016-06-13 21:23
(Agencies)
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The logo for LinkedIn Corporation is shown in Mountain View, California, US. Photo taken on February 6, 2013. [Photo/Agencies] |
Microsoft Corp agreed to buy LinkedIn Corp for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal, combining the software giant's fast-growing cloud services business with the world's largest online network for professionals.
The offer of $196 per share represents a premium of 49.5 percent to LinkedIn's Friday closing price.
LinkedIn's shares were jumped 48 percent to $194.28 before the opening bell on Monday. Microsoft's shares were down 3.3 percent.
"Today is a re-founding moment for LinkedIn," Reid Hoffman, chairman of LinkedIn's board, said in a statement.
Jeff Weiner will remain chief executive of LinkedIn, reporting to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
"I have always had a great admiration for LinkedIn," Nadella said in a video on Microsoft's website. "I have been talking with Reid and Jeff for a while ... I have been thinking about this for a long time."
The deal is expected to close in 2016, the companies said in a joint statement.
Microsoft said it would issue new debt to fund the deal.
After the deal, LinkedIn will become part of Microsoft's productivity and business processes unit.
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