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MSFT Purchases Yammer for $1.2 Billion Cash

Microsoft to Acquire Yammer

June 25, 2012

On June 25, 2012, Microsoft Corp. ( OTC: MSFT) and Yammer Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Yammer, a leading provider of enterprise social networks, for $1.2 billion in cash.

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