[tylerrooney]

I don't know what the cash/stock split was, but it's worth mentioning the LinkedIn's IPO raised $352M* so buying SlideShare was just under 34% of all the money they raised.

* http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-18/linkedin-raises-352...

[ajross]

Linkedin has revenue though, they're not just burning cash. Wikipedia tells me they grossed $243M last year, so a purchase like this doesn't sound unreasonable.

[jayp]

45% cash, 55% stock according to LinkedIn press release: http://press.linkedin.com/node/1191

[justincormack]

They would never have paid that much of their cash. As others have mentioned they have much more cash than that, plus some was shares.