Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2011

 

 

Microsoft Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Washington   0-14278   91-1144442

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington   98052-6399
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (425) 882-8080

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 10, 2011, Microsoft Corporation (the “Company”) and Skype Global S.à r.l. (“Skype”) issued a joint press release announcing that the Company had entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1

   Press release dated May 10, 2011.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

MICROSOFT CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Keith R. Dolliver

Name:   Keith R. Dolliver
Title:   Associate General Counsel, Legal and
Corporate Affairs, and Assistant Secretary

Date: May 10, 2011


INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1   Press release dated May 10, 2011.