TEMPE, AZ — GoDaddy, the domain registrar and web hosting company based in Tempe, saw its shares jump in Monday trading following the news that Starboard Value LP, an activist investor, had bought 6.5% of the company.
The purchase was disclosed in a public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that showed Starboard Value purchased 10,853,899 shares of GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) stock, or 6.5% of company shares.
Starboard Value is a New York City-based hedge fund, well-known for its previous campaigns to take control of board seats at public companies in an effort to improve company performance.
The GoDaddy purchase is valued at about $800 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. The filing shows how many shares investors bought, but it does not disclose purchase prices. Starboard accrued this position by making a collection of smaller purchases through nearly 20 related entities.
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