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BRIEF-Amazon.com to acquire 11 buildings

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Oct 5 (Reuters) - Amazon.Com Inc :

* Amazon.com says entered into purchase and sale agreements to acquire 11

buildings

* Amazon.com says deal for approximately $1.16 billion

* Amazon expects to close the purchase in Q4 2012, and has made a

non-refundable deposit of approximately $23 million

* Says buildings comprising 1.8 million sq feet of its currently leased

corporate office space in Seattle, Washington

* Amazon non-refundable deposit will increase to approximately $51 million on

October 22

* Amazon non-refundable deposit will be forfeited if we do not close the

transaction in Q4 2012

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