Instant Messaging Service "What's App" became officially on Monday, part of the company, "Facebook", after having been closed for the last deal the acquisition of the first, with a higher final price of the deal at about three billion dollars extra for up to 22 billion dollars, due to the increased value of the company's shares in recent months.
According to the filing of the organizers, will receive the founder of "What's App," Jean-com, nearly two billion dollars as the value of shares granted over a period of four years, as an incentive for him to stay in the company.
And got the acquisition, announced by the "Facebook" in the month of February last year, subject to regulatory approval in Europe recently.
The service "What's App", which owns more than 600 million monthly active users, among Instant Messaging applications and social networks that have become increasingly popular among young people full of special.
And pushed the "Facebook" the amount of 4.59 billion dollars in cash and 178 million shares of its stock for "What's App", as well as 46 million in grants and restricted stock units for service staff, which will be awarded during the period of four years.
Com will receive commissions, which will serve as CEO for "What's App" and will become a director in "Facebook", on the one dollar annual salary only, along the lines of CEO's "Facebook", Mark Zuckerberg. It also will receive 24.9 million shares of restricted units, which are tied by the share price on Monday to nearly 1.9 billion dollars.
The company will continue "What's App", which includes more than 70 employees, working as an independent company based in Mountain View, California
According to the filing of the organizers, will receive the founder of "What's App," Jean-com, nearly two billion dollars as the value of shares granted over a period of four years, as an incentive for him to stay in the company.
And got the acquisition, announced by the "Facebook" in the month of February last year, subject to regulatory approval in Europe recently.
The service "What's App", which owns more than 600 million monthly active users, among Instant Messaging applications and social networks that have become increasingly popular among young people full of special.
And pushed the "Facebook" the amount of 4.59 billion dollars in cash and 178 million shares of its stock for "What's App", as well as 46 million in grants and restricted stock units for service staff, which will be awarded during the period of four years.
Com will receive commissions, which will serve as CEO for "What's App" and will become a director in "Facebook", on the one dollar annual salary only, along the lines of CEO's "Facebook", Mark Zuckerberg. It also will receive 24.9 million shares of restricted units, which are tied by the share price on Monday to nearly 1.9 billion dollars.
The company will continue "What's App", which includes more than 70 employees, working as an independent company based in Mountain View, California
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