Yahoo sells shares back to Alibaba for $7.1billion
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: According to SEC documents filed this week, Yahoo Inc, currently ran by Marissa Mayer has unanimously decided to return $3billion to shareholders after selling half of its shares in Chinese company Alibaba for $7.1billion.
That includes a one time payment of $6.3billion in cash, and $800million in so-called ‘preference shares’ from Alibaba to buy back its stock — providing a much needed cash injection for Yahoo.
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