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Mergers & Acquisitions

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	Date	Status	Target	Buyer	Deal Type	Price
Details	Jul. 1987	Completed	foreThought.net	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$1,400,000
Details	Mar. 1991	Completed	Consumers Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$20,500,000
Details	Jun. 1992	Completed	Fox Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$174,800,000
Details	Feb. 1994	Completed	Softimage	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$139,000,000
Details	Sep. 1994	Completed	Altamira Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Nov. 1994	Completed	NextBase	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Nov. 1994	Completed	One Tree Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Feb. 1995	Completed	RenderMorphics	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jul. 1995	Completed	Network Managers	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Oct. 1995	Completed	Blue Ribbon Soundworks	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Nov. 1995	Completed	Netwise Resources LLC	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Dec. 1995	Completed	Bruce Artwick Organization	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jan. 1996	Completed	Vermeer Technologies	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Mar. 1996	Completed	VGA-Animation Software Division	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Mar. 1996	Completed	Colusa Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Apr. 1996	Completed	Exos	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Apr. 1996	Completed	Aspect Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$14,150,000
Details	Jun. 1996	Completed	eShop	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jun. 1996	Completed	Electric Gravity	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Nov. 1996	Completed	Panorama Software Sys-On-Line	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Feb. 1997	Completed	NetCarta	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$20,000,000
Details	Mar. 1997	Completed	Interse	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Apr. 1997	Completed	WebTV Networks	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$425,000,000
Details	May. 1997	Completed	Dimension X	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jun. 1997	Completed	Cooper & Peters	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jun. 1997	Completed	LinkAge Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Aug. 1997	Completed	VXtreme	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Dec. 1997	Completed	Hotmail	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$500,000,000
Details	Feb. 1998	Completed	Flash Communications	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Apr. 1998	Completed	Firefly	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$40,000,000
Details	Apr. 1998	Completed	MESA Group	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Aug. 1998	Completed	Valence Research	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Nov. 1998	Completed	LinkExchange	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$265,000,000
Details	Jan. 1999	Completed	FASA Interactive	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Mar. 1999	Completed	CompareNet	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Mar. 1999	Completed	Numinous Technologies	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Apr. 1999	Completed	Interactive Objects-Digital	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Apr. 1999	Completed	Jump Networks	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jun. 1999	Completed	ShadowFactor Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jun. 1999	Completed	Omnibrowse	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jun. 1999	Completed	Intrinsa	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$58,900,000
Details	Jul. 1999	Completed	Zoomit	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jul. 1999	Completed	STNC	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Sep. 1999	Completed	Softway Systems	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Oct. 1999	Completed	Entropic Communications, Inc.	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jan. 2000	Completed	Visio Corporation	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$1,375,000,000
Details	Feb. 2000	Completed	Peach Networks	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Mar. 2000	Completed	Travelscape	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$89,750,000
Details	Apr. 2000	Completed	Titus Communications	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$944,800,000
Details	Jun. 2000	Completed	Bungie Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jul. 2000	Completed	NetGames	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Sep. 2000	Completed	MongoMusic	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$65,000,000
Details	Sep. 2000	Completed	Pacific Microsonics	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Mar. 2001	Completed	Vacationspot	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$70,850,000
Details	Apr. 2001	Completed	Great Plains Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$939,884,000
Details	May. 2001	Completed	Intellisol International	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	May. 2001	Completed	NCompass Labs	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$36,000,000
Details	Jun. 2001	Completed	Maximal Innovative Intelligence	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$20,000,000
Details	Jul. 2001	Completed	Yupi	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Mar. 2002	Completed	Classic Custom Vacations	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$78,000,000
Details	May. 2002	Completed	Sales Management Systems	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jul. 2002	Completed	Navision	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$1,330,000,000
Details	Jul. 2002	Completed	Mobilocity	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Sep. 2002	Completed	XDegrees	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Sep. 2002	Completed	Rare	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$375,000,000
Details	Dec. 2002	Completed	Vicinity	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$95,849,000
Details	Jan. 2003	Completed	Pelican Security, Inc.	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$1,000,000
Details	Feb. 2003	Completed	Connectix	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$60,000,000
Details	Mar. 2003	Completed	DCG	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Mar. 2003	Completed	Expedia, Inc.	IAC/InterActiveCorp	Acquisition	$3,231,900,000
Details	Apr. 2003	Completed	PlaceWare¹	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$202,000,000
Details	May. 2003	Completed	G.A. Sullivan	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Aug. 2003	Completed	3DO Co-High Heat Baseball	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$450,000
Details	Sep. 2003	Completed	Reciprocal	OverDrive Inc.	Acquisition Asset Sale	Unspecified
Details	Apr. 2004	Completed	Encore Bus Solutions-IP Asts	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Apr. 2004	Completed	ActiveViews	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Jul. 2004	Completed	Lookout, Inc.	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Dec. 2004	Completed	GIANT Company Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Mar. 2005	Completed	en'tegrate	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Apr. 2005	Completed	Groove Networks	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$120,000,000
Details	May. 2005	Completed	MessageCast	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$7,000,000
Details	May. 2005	Completed	Tsinghua-Shenxun-Cert Asts	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$15,000,000
Details	Jun. 2005	Completed	Sybari Software	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$150,000,000
Details	Aug. 2005	Completed	iWay Software - Source Code and Adaptor IP	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition Intellectual Property Sale (IP)	Unspecified
Details	Aug. 2005	Completed	Teleo, Inc.	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$22,000,000
Details	Aug. 2005	Completed	FrontBridge Technologies	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$173,000,000
Details	Sep. 2005	Completed	Alacris	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$12,000,000
Details	Oct. 2005	Completed	Unveil Technologies	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Nov. 2005	Completed	media-streams.com AG	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$22,000,000
Details	Nov. 2005	Completed	FolderShare	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	Unspecified
Details	Nov. 2005	Completed	5th Finger	Microsoft Corporation	Acquisition	$3,153,000
Details	Jan. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Feb. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Feb. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Mar. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Mar. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Mar. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Apr. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Apr. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jul. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jul. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jul. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jul. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Sep. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2006	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Mar. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Mar. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition Intellectual Property Sale (IP)	View
Details	Mar. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2007	Completed	View²	View	Acquisition Asset Sale	View
Details	Jun. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Aug. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Aug. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2007	In Talks	View³	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2007	Completed	View⁴	View	Acquisition Asset Sale Intellectual Property Sale (IP)	View
Details	Nov. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Nov. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Nov. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Nov. 2007	Completed	View⁵	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Dec. 2007	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jan. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Feb. 2008	In Talks	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Feb. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Feb. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Mar. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Mar. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Mar. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Apr. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Apr. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jul. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jul. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Sep. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Sep. 2008	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2008	Completed	View⁶	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Mar. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Apr. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Aug. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Sep. 2009	Completed	View⁷	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Sep. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition Divestiture Intellectual Property Sale (IP)	View
Details	Sep. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition Asset Sale	View
Details	Nov. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition Asset Sale Divestiture Intellectual Property Sale (IP)	View
Details	Dec. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Dec. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Dec. 2009	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2010	Canceled	View⁸	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2010	Completed	View⁹	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2010	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2010	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jan. 2011	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2011	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2011	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2011	Completed	View¹⁰	View	Acquisition Asset Sale	View
Details	Oct. 2011	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Nov. 2011	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Dec. 2011	Completed	View¹¹	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jan. 2012	Completed	View	View	Acquisition Asset Sale	View
Details	Apr. 2012	Completed	View¹²	View	Acquisition Intellectual Property Sale (IP)	View
Details	Jun. 2012	Completed	View	View	Acq-Hire Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2012	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jun. 2012	Completed	View¹³	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jul. 2012	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jul. 2012	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Jul. 2012	Completed	View¹⁴	View	Acquisition of Remaining Interest Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2012	Completed	View¹⁵	View	Joint Venture / Partnership Formed	View
Details	Oct. 2012	Completed	View¹⁶	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2012	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2012	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Oct. 2012	In Talks	View	View	Acquisition Asset Sale	View
Details	Nov. 2012	Completed	View	View	Acquisition	View
Details	Dec. 2012	Completed	View	View	Minority Stake Purchase	View
Details	Jan. 2013	Completed	View	View	Acq-Hire Acquisition	View
Details	Jan. 2013	Bid Submitted	View¹⁷	View	Acquisition Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Take Private	View
Details	Mar. 2013	Completed	View¹⁸	View	Acquisition	View
Details	May. 2013	Bid Submitted	View	View	Acquisition Asset Sale	View

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