Feb 14
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News broke this evening via a regulatory filing that Facebook is acquiring mobile messenger WhatsApp for $19 Billion in cash and company stock. Specifically, WhatsApp will be acquired for $4 billion in cash, approximately $12 billion worth of Facebook shares, and $3 billion in restricted stock units to be granted to WhatsApp’s founders. Facebook has detailed the reasoning […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional
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Facebook To Acquire WhatsApp For $19 Billion in Cash and Stock by @mattsouthern