Skype founders settle with investor group (Dealscape

Online auction company eBay Inc. announced a settlement Friday between the founders of Skype and the private investors looking to buy the Web telephony unit.

The agreement will allow the buyout to proceed, with Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, founders of the Web-based long-distance service, taking a 14% stake. An investor group led by Silver Lake will take 56% and San Jose, Calif.-based eBay will retain 30%.

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NOT A SUBSCRIBER? Skype founders settle with investor group Posted on November 6, 2009 1:30 PM Online auction company eBay Inc. announced a settlement Friday between the founders of Skype and the private investors looking to buy the Web telephony unit. The agreement will allow the buyout to proceed, with Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, founders of the Web-based long-distance service, taking a 14% stake. An investor group led by Silver Lake will take 56% and San Jose, Calif.-based eBay will retain 30%. This is a free content preview. Subscribers enjoy access to all stories in full as well as second-to-none market intelligence. Dig deeper, with Pipeline. 333 in-depth reports of M&A deals in the Internet sector 200 articles related to Skype Technologies SA 60 in-depth transaction records for Silver Lake Partners 30 in-depth transaction records for eBay Inc. 10 years of news and analysis archives from the voice of The Deal Economy Most searched keywords Deutsche Bank Birds Eye Cadbury AG Agrium Inc. Skadden Arps Revolution Money Tandberg ASA Aisling Capital Ken Lewis Natco		EXISTING USERS Username Password Forget your password? Missing a product?

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