David Kaplan
Sep 10, 2008 8:18 AM
Less than a month after acquiring market researcher Greenfield Online, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will sell off the company’s internet survey solutions unit to an affiliate of PE firm ZM Capital, AP reported. Terms weren’t disclosed. Microsoft bought Greenfield Online just before Labor Day for $486 million, a few days after…
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Rafat Ali
Aug 29, 2008 12:43 AM
In a complex and slightly confusing transaction, Greenfield Online, the online market research and surveys company, which earlier this week rejected a bid by media PE firm Quadrangle, is now being bought by an unlikely buyer: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), for about $486 million, $60 million more than the previous bid.…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Aug 26, 2008 8:00 AM
We’re mainly covering this one due to the jilted buyer… Greenfield Online, a provider of online market research, says it’s nixing its sale to media PE firm Quadrangle. The company had already indicated that it received a potentially higher offer than the $426 million or $15.50 per share it was…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 16, 2008 10:43 AM
Not a target company we usually cover, but the buyer is closely followed in the media industry: Greenfield Online, the online market research and surveys company, is being bought by media and communications PE firm Quadrangle Group, for $426 million. Quadrangle will pay $15.50 for each Greenfield share, a 17…
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