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- noun Plural form of
earnout .
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At the price being discussed, Google would be paying almost twice the $3.2 billion it paid for online advertising provider DoubleClick Inc. Technology blog AllThingsDigital reported yesterday that Google has offered $5.3 billion, plus $700 million in so-called earnouts, payments that reward Groupon executives for meeting certain goals.
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At the price being discussed, Google would be paying almost twice the $3.2 billion it paid for online advertising provider DoubleClick Inc. Technology blog AllThingsDigital reported yesterday that Google has offered $5.3 billion, plus $700 million in so-called earnouts, payments that reward Groupon executives for meeting certain goals.
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At the price being discussed, Google would be paying almost twice the $3.2 billion it paid for online advertising provider DoubleClick Inc. Technology blog AllThingsDigital reported yesterday that Google has offered $5.3 billion, plus $700 million in so-called earnouts, payments that reward Groupon executives for meeting certain goals.
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"As we've seen a dropoff in IPOs, we've seen a lot more private-company deals, so tools like escrow claims and earnouts have come into greater use," said David Berger , an attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Cashing Out Start-Ups Gets More Complicated Pui-Wing Tam 2011
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Proteolix was acquired for $276 million in cash, plus up to $575 million in earnouts depending on the success of Proteolix's drug over the years, according to filings.
Cashing Out Start-Ups Gets More Complicated Pui-Wing Tam 2011
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"The last thing investors want is to see them go 'bang', get sucked in and buy something for 12 times earnings when it was worth eight and is loaded with a bunch of expensive earnouts."
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Many of the deals also now include earnouts — where part of the deal's value is pegged to the purchased company hitting a performance milestone later — some of which never end up being paid out.
Cashing Out Start-Ups Gets More Complicated Pui-Wing Tam 2011
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A quarter of the deals had earnouts attached, according to the study.
Cashing Out Start-Ups Gets More Complicated Pui-Wing Tam 2011
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Viacom ' s financial exposure was limited: It paid $175 million upfront for Harmonix plus earnouts to sellers that totaled $150 million.
Viacom Hits Wrong Note Martin Peers 2010
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Whispered prices from $20 to as high as $35 million based on earnouts (that is, he gets bucks if it makes the bucks).
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