Microsoft Gives Yahoo Deadline
Sunday, April 6, 2008 | | |In a letter addressed to Yahoo’s board of directors, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has given Yahoo has three weeks to accept Microsoft Corp’s $31-a-share cash-and-stock View: Full Story on Reutersoffer. “If we have not concluded an agreement within the next three weeks, we will be compelled to take our case directly to your shareholders, including the initiation of a proxy contest to elect an alternative slate of directors,” Ballmer wrote.
Then he threatened to reduce Microsoft’s offer if Yahoo failed to meet the deadline: “That action will have an undesirable impact on the value of your company from our perspective which will be reflected in the terms of our proposal.” According to a person close to the search engine, Yahoo’s board is currently reviewing the letter.