Lenovo to acquire Motorola Mobility from Google


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 30 Jan 2014

According to Reuters quoting a joint statement from Lenovo and Google, Lenovo will pay US$660mil (RM1.98mil) in cash, US$750mil (RM2.25bil) in Lenovo ordinary shares, and another US$1.5bil (RM4.5bil) in the form of a three-year promissory note.

The sale of the Motorola smartphone unit will bring Google’s dreams of being a hardware maker to a premature end after the Google bought the ailing phone maker for US$12.5billion (RM41.73 billion) back in 2012.

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