Acquisition History / Microsoft / Vicinity
Microsoft Acquires Vicinity
Announced December 13, 2002 — $95.8M
What happened
Vicinity was a company based in United States operating in online enterprise location.
- Acquirer
- Microsoft
- Target
- Vicinity
- Announced
- December 13, 2002
- Price
- $95.8M
- Industry
- Online enterprise location
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Microsoft acquire Vicinity?
Microsoft acquired Vicinity on December 13, 2002. This was Microsoft's 71st publicly tracked acquisition out of 280 we have on record.
How much did Microsoft pay for Vicinity?
Microsoft paid $95.8M for Vicinity.
What does Vicinity do?
Vicinity was a company based in United States operating in online enterprise location.
What other Online enterprise location companies has Microsoft acquired?
Vicinity is Microsoft's only publicly tracked acquisition in Online enterprise location so far.
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