"The purchase price was not disclosed. But it was about $2 billion, according to a person told of the negotiations, who has asked not to be named because he had not been authorized to speak publicly about the terms."
ok, so their an employee. they weren't in on the meetings but are "friends" with someone who was. the person who was in the meeting was told not to talk about it, so they told their good friend, who they told not to talk about it, but they did anyways