NOTE 8 — BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

On December 8, 2016, we completed our acquisition of all issued and outstanding shares of LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network on the Internet, for a preliminary total purchase price of $27.0 billion. The purchase price primarily consisted of cash of $26.4 billion. The acquisition is expected to accelerate the growth of LinkedIn, Office 365, and Dynamics 365. The financial results of LinkedIn have been included in our consolidated financial statements since the date of the acquisition.

The purchase price allocation as of the date of the acquisition was based on a preliminary valuation and is subject to revision as more detailed analyses are completed and additional information about the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed becomes available.

The major classes of assets and liabilities to which we have preliminarily allocated the purchase price were as follows:

(In millions)


Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,328
Short-term investments		2,110
Other current assets		697
Property and equipment		1,529
Intangible assets		7,887
Goodwill ⁽^a⁾		16,687
Short-term debt ^(b)		(1,323	)
Other current liabilities		(1,117	)
Deferred income taxes		(657	)
Other		(132	)


Total purchase price	$	27,009

(a)	Goodwill was assigned to our Productivity and Business Processes segment. The goodwill was primarily attributed to increased synergies that are expected to be achieved from the integration of LinkedIn. None of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

(b)

Convertible senior notes issued by LinkedIn on November 12, 2014, substantially all of which were redeemed after our acquisition of LinkedIn. The remaining $18 million of notes are not redeemable and are included in long-term debt on our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 11 – Debt for further information.

Following are the details of the purchase price allocated to the intangible assets acquired:

(In millions)	Amount		Weighted Average Life


Customer-related	$	3,607		7 years
Marketing-related (trade names)		2,148		20 years
Technology-based		2,109		3 years
Contract-based		23		5 years


Fair value of intangible assets acquired	$	7,887		9 years

Our consolidated income statements include the following revenue and operating loss attributable to LinkedIn since the date of acquisition:

(In millions)	Three Months Ended March 31, 2017			Nine Months Ended March 31, 2017




Revenue	$	975		$	1,203
Operating loss	$	(386	)	$	(587	)

Following are the supplemental consolidated financial results of Microsoft Corporation on an unaudited pro forma basis, as if the acquisition had been consummated on July 1, 2015:

(In millions, except earnings per share)	Three Months Ended March 31,				Nine Months Ended March 31,


	2017		2016			2017		2016

Revenue	$	22,086	$	21,377	$	68,357	$	67,116
Net income	$	4,820	$	3,402	$	14,283	$	12,547
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.62	$	0.43	$	1.82	$	1.56

These pro forma results were based on estimates and assumptions, which we believe are reasonable. They are not the results that would have been realized had we been a combined company during the periods presented and are not necessarily indicative of our consolidated results of operations in future periods. The pro forma results include adjustments related to purchase accounting, primarily amortization of intangible assets. Acquisition costs and other nonrecurring charges were immaterial and are included in the earliest period presented.