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In May 1998, it was sold to the alcoholic distiller Seagram which owned film, television and music company Universal Studios. PolyGram was thereby folded into ...
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Dec 10, 1998 · NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Seagram Co. Ltd. completed its $10.2 billion acquisition of PolyGram Thursday, creating the world's largest music group ...
May 21, 1998 · The deal is expected to take four to six months to close and includes a plan to offer public shares of Seagram's Tropicana Products Inc., which ...
May 22, 1998 · Seagram is acquiring Philips' 75% share in PolyGram for approximately $59 a share. The transaction dilutes the Bronfman family stake in Seagram ...
May 24, 1998 · Seagram announced that it would sell its Tropicana juice business in a public stock offering to offset its purchase of PolyGram. Tropicana could ...
Dec 11, 1998 · The $10.4 billion acquisition turns Montreal-based Seagram into the world's largest music company with an international roster of artists ...
Universal Studios owner Seagram Co. is buying PolyGram NV, the world's biggest music company, for $10.6 billion and shedding its Tropicana juice business to ...
Seagram acquires PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Universal ... Philips ultimately decided to sell PolyGram to the beverage conglomerate Seagram in 1998 (Seagram ...
May 21, 1998 · Montreal-based Seagram already owns the MCA and Geffen record labels, and together the two companies will have music sales of $6.8 billion, well ...
The proposed operation consists of the acquisition of sole control by Seagram of. Polygram by means of purchase of shares. Polygram will subsequently be merged.