UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
October 27, 2005 (October 23, 2005)
Yahoo! Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | | 000-28018 | | 77-0398689 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | | (Commission
File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, California | | 94089 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 349-3300
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The purpose of this Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Form 8-K/A”) is to amend the Current Report on Form 8-K of Yahoo! Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Yahoo!”), filed on August 16, 2005 (the “Form 8-K”). As set forth in further detail below, this Form 8-K/A reports on the consummation of the strategic combination of Yahoo! and Alibaba.com Corporation, a Cayman Islands Company (“Alibaba”) and the amendment of certain agreements related thereto.
ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The description set forth in Item 2.01 of this Form 8-K/A is hereby incorporated into this Item 1.01.
ITEM 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
On October 23, 2005 (October 24, 2005 Hong Kong time), Yahoo! completed the strategic combination with Alibaba. In connection with the consummation of the strategic combination, Yahoo! entered into an Amendment to the Stock Purchase and Contribution Agreement (the “Amendment”), between Yahoo! and Alibaba, which amended the Stock Purchase and Contribution Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2005, by and between Yahoo! and Alibaba that was previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 8-K (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”). The Amendment, among other things, (i) reduced the number of ordinary shares of Alibaba to be purchased by Yahoo! under the Stock Purchase Agreement by 27,703,203, and increased the number of ordinary shares of Alibaba to be purchased by Yahoo! under the Secondary Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2005 (Hong Kong time), by and among Yahoo! and certain shareholders of Alibaba (the “Secondary Share Purchase Agreement”) by 27,703,203, (ii) reduced the cash portion of the consideration to be paid by Yahoo! to Alibaba under the Stock Purchase Agreement by $180 million and increased the cash consideration to be paid by Yahoo! to the selling shareholders under the Secondary Share Purchase Agreement by $180 million, (iii) provided for the sale of a $180 million principal amount convertible bond to SOFTBANK CORP. (“Softbank”) from Alibaba, and (iv) amended other provisions of the Stock Purchase Agreement and the exhibits and schedules thereto.
In addition to the Amendment, on October 23, 2005 (October 24, 2005 Hong Kong time),Yahoo! also entered into the Tao Bao Share Purchase Agreement with Softbank and SB TB Holding Limited (“SB TB Holding”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Softbank, (the “Tao Bao Share Purchase Agreement”), whereby Yahoo! purchased 4,500,000 ordinary shares of Tao Bao Holding Limited (“Tao Bao”) for $360 million.
Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement as amended by the Amendment, on October 23, 2005 (October 24, 2005 Hong Kong time), Yahoo! purchased 173,914,547 ordinary shares of Alibaba in exchange for $70 million in cash, the transfer of the 4,500,000 ordinary shares of Tao Bao that it acquired from SB TB Holding and the contribution of Yahoo!’s business and operations in China to Alibaba. Pursuant to the terms of the Secondary Share Purchase Agreement, on October 23, 2005 (October 24, 2005 Hong Kong time), Yahoo! also purchased 87,726,807 ordinary shares of Alibaba in exchange for an aggregate purchase price of $570 million from certain shareholders of Alibaba. After consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement, as amended, and the other agreements described therein, Yahoo! owns approximately 40% of the outstanding shares of Alibaba on a fully-diluted basis, including shares reserved for issuance under Alibaba’s employee stock plans and upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and the convertible bond issued to Softbank, and Alibaba owns 100% of the outstanding shares of Tao Bao .
The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Amendment and the as-executed versions of the Tao Bao Share Purchase Agreement, Secondary Share Purchase Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement, by and among Alibaba, Yahoo!, Softbank, the Management Members (as defined therein), and the other shareholders named therein, which are filed as Exhibits 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5, respectively, hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The unexecuted forms of the Tao Bao Share Purchase Agreement, Secondary Share Purchase Agreement and Shareholders Agreement were previously filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 to the Form 8-K and were modified as set forth in the as-executed versions of those agreements filed herewith.
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