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Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion

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Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion
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By ALYSSA NEWCOMB11 hours agoGood Morning America
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Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion (ABC News)



LinkedIn has a new status update: The business social network has been acquired by Microsoft for $26.2 billion in a cash deal announced this morning.
Microsoft will pay $196 a share to purchase LinkedIn, a professional social network with more than 400 million members around the world, according to terms of the deal announced by both companies.
"The LinkedIn team has grown a fantastic business centered on connecting the world’s professionals," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a statement. "Together we can accelerate the growth of LinkedIn, as well as Microsoft Office 365 and Dynamics as we seek to empower every person and organization on the planet."
The transaction is expected to be complete by the end of this year. Microsoft's statement said the company plans to retain Jeff Weiner as CEO of LinkedIn and added the social network will continue to operate as an independent brand. Reid Hoffman, chairman, co-founder and the controlling shareholder of LinkedIn also approved the sale, according to the statement.
"Today is a re-founding moment for LinkedIn. I see incredible opportunity for our members and customers and look forward to supporting this new and combined business," Hoffman said in a statement. "I fully support this transaction and the Board’s decision to pursue it, and will vote my shares in accordance with their recommendation on it."
LinkedIn's stock closed at $131.08 on Friday, a drastic decrease from the company's peak of almost $260 a share last fall. News of the acquisition sent the company's stock price surging 48 percent during pre-market trading this morning with shares reaching $194.30 before the market opened.

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