Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Google sells Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion


Google is selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, giving the Chinese smartphone manufacturer a major presence in the US market. Lenovo will buy Motorola for $2.91 billion in a mixture of cash and stock. Google will retain ownership of the vast majority of Motorola's patents, while 2,000 patents and a license on the remaining patents will go to Lenovo. With the deal's closing, Lenovo will pay Google $660 million in cash and $750 million in stock, with the remaining $1.5 billion paid out over three years.


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