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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 20, 2008
Yahoo! Inc.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   000-28018   77-0398689
 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, California
      94089
 
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 349-3300
Not Applicable
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     (b) On May 20, 2008, Mr. Edward Kozel resigned from the Board of Directors of Yahoo! Inc. (the “Company”). Mr. Kozel noted in a letter to the Company that he had intended to leave the Board of Directors in February to spend more time with his family, but decided to stay on the Board of Directors following the Company’s receipt of an unsolicited proposal from Microsoft. Mr. Kozel noted his plan to focus on personal matters, including relocating his family to Europe this summer. Mr. Kozel has served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since October 2000, serving as Chair of the Audit Committee from April 2002 to March 2008.
     In connection with Mr. Kozel’s resignation, the Company’s Board of Directors reduced the size of the Board of Directors from ten directors to nine directors.

 


 

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.
         
  YAHOO! INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael J. Callahan    
    Name:   Michael J. Callahan   
    Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   
 
Date: May 22, 2008