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Google bought $750 million Lenovo stake on January 30: Hong Kong exchange

The Google signage is seen at the company's offices in New York January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

(Reuters) – Internet search company Google Inc bought a 5.94 percent stake in China’s Lenovo Group Ltd last month for $750 million, according to a disclosure on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

The Google signage is seen at the company’s offices in New York January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Google acquired 618.3 million Lenovo shares at $1.213 per share on January 30, the stock exchange said late on Thursday.

Lenovo agreed to buy Google’s Motorola handset division last week for $2.91 billion in a cash and stock deal.

(Reporting by Donny Kwok; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree and Paul Tait)

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