Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 bln
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Facebook announced Wednesday that it’s buying the fast-growing messaging service WhatsApp.
The 19-billion dollar deal marks a significant expansion of Facebook’s global footprint and is the world’s largest social networking company’s biggest acquisition ever.
The purchase includes $12 billion in Facebook shares and 4 billion dollars in cash. Facebook will also give another 3 billion dollars of restricted stock to WhatsApp’s founders and employees that will vest over four year after the deal closes.