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Yahoo's Stock Just Spiked On A Report That It's Close To Selling Off Its Asian Assets
Yahoo's stock is soaring on a new report from Dealbook that it's close to doing the "cash-rich split" of its Asian assets.
The deal would involve the sale of Yahoo Japan and Yahoo's stake in Alibaba to a new entity controlled by Alibaba in exchange for $17 billion.
Most of the proceeds would be cash, though per the rules of a cash-rich split (which is a tax-avoidance scheme), Alibaba will also contribute some "other assets."
Yahoo will keep 15% of its Alibaba stake, which may satisfy the "other assets" condition.
We'll have more to come in a bit, but here's the most important part:
Yahoo’s board will consider a deal to sell its holdings in Alibaba Group and its Japanese affiliate back to their majority owners in a complicated tax-free deal valued at about $17 billion, according to people briefed on the matter.
If the board, which is expected to meet Thursday to discuss the broad outlines of the offer, ultimately approves pursuing a deal, it may reject separate investment proposals by Silver Lake and TPG Capital, some of these people said