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About 99% of the shares voting in a special meeting of stockholders on Thursday were in favor of the merger agreement, the company reported. Those shares represented a plurality -- 74% -- of outstanding shares of Motorola Mobility stock.
Google made the surprise bid in August to "enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem," according to a statement from the company at the time. In addition, Google CEO Larry Page wrote in a blog post that the buy would strengthen Google's patent portfolio, "which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies."