Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
"[A]s a result of the decrease in your own stock price, the value of your proposal today is significantly lower than it was when you made your initial proposal... Yahoo!'s business forecasts are consistent with what we outlined in our last earnings call... our three-year financial and strategic plan which we have made public demonstrates significant potential upside not previously communicated to the financial markets."
There's also a suggestion of dirty pool on Microsoft's part. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's recent letter said there had been "some limited interaction between management of our two companies, [but] there has been no meaningful negotiation to conclude an agreement", but Yang and Bostock say this was a mischaracterisation and reminded Ballmer that "you personally attended two of these meetings and could have advanced discussions in any way you saw fit."
The letter also claims it is Microsoft that is holding up discussions by failing to provide information requested by Yahoo! relating to regulatory issues.
Yahoo!'s position seems to be "You made an offer, we rejected it, now it's your turn to come up with a better bid so things can move ahead," while Microsoft's is "We think our bid represents full value even if you don't, so take it now or we'll offer even less."
So Yahoo! is apparently holding out for a price that reflects what the board sees as the company's full value plus a premium reflecting its value to Microsoft.
The Yahoo! executives closed their letter with the words "we will not allow you or anyone else to acquire the company for anything less than its full value."
David Bass
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