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Twitter acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Twitter bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
one companyWord for word“During the three months ended December 31, 2019, we issued a total of 164,742 shares of our common stock in connection with the acquisition of one company.” 10-K for 2019 | acquisition | — | — |
PeriscopeWord for word“In some circumstances, we may determine to do so through the acquisition of complementary businesses and technologies rather than through internal development, including, for example, our acquisitions of Periscope, a live-streaming video mobile application, and MoPub, a mobile-focused advertising exchange.” 10-K for 2019 | acquisition | — | — |
MoPubWord for word“In some circumstances, we may determine to do so through the acquisition of complementary businesses and technologies rather than through internal development, including, for example, our acquisitions of Periscope, a live-streaming video mobile application, and MoPub, a mobile-focused advertising exchange.” 10-K for 2019 | acquisition | — | — |
TellApartWord for word“TellApart revenue contributed $44.6 million in revenue in 2017, mainly in the first half of 2017, and was fully deprecated in the fourth quarter of 2017.” 10-K for 2019 | divestiture | fully deprecated in the fourth quarter of 2017 | — |
CrossInstallWord for word“We expect our acquisition of CrossInstall will accelerate key work streams in direct response.” 10-K for 2020 | acquisition | — | — |
MoPub businessWord for word“On January 1, 2022 we closed the sale of our MoPub business to AppLovin Corporation for $1.05 billion in cash.” 10-K for 2021 | divestiture | On January 1, 2022 | $1.05 billion in cash |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $85.1 million | $74.2 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $0 | — |
| 2018-12-31 | $33.6 million | $44 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $29.7 million | $27.4 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $48 million | $51 million |
| 2021-12-31 | $32.7 million | $34.1 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2022-10-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-10-31 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2022-04-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-04-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-04-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-02-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-02-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-04-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-03-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-03-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-03-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-12-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-08-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-06-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Twitter’s annual reports (10-K for 2021, 10-K for 2020, 10-K for 2019) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2022-02-16. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.