Amazon Acquires Lexcycle

Announced April 27, 2009

What happened

Acquired by Amazon; became/was integrated as Amazon Kindle.

Amazon's acquisition history

33rd of 124 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

42 of 124 Amazon deals

Amazon's average disclosed price

$882.9M

Amazon's largest disclosed deal

Tracked acquisitions in 2009

54 across all acquirers

When did Amazon acquire Lexcycle?

Amazon acquired Lexcycle on April 27, 2009. This was Amazon's 33rd publicly tracked acquisition out of 124 we have on record.

How much did Amazon pay for Lexcycle?

The price Amazon paid for Lexcycle was not publicly disclosed. Only 42 of Amazon's 124 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.

What does Lexcycle do?

Acquired by Amazon; became/was integrated as Amazon Kindle.