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of his software firm to hewlett—packard in 2011. erin delmore has the story. when autonomy was sold to hewlett—packard 13 years ago for $11.1 billion, it was one of the top 100 public companies in the uk. the sale marked the largest ever takeover of a british technology business. but hewlett—packard later wrote down the company's value by more than $8 billion, leading to criminal charges that mike lynch had defrauded hewlett—packard by inflating the value of autonomy. the businessman was extradited from britain to the united states to stand trial on the charges, which could have put him in prison for 25 years. now, after two days of deliberations by a jury in san francisco, he's been found not guilty on all counts. mr lynch said he is elated with today's verdict and grateful to the jury for their attention to the facts. he thanked his legal team and he said he was looking