Over and above cash settlement.
Of course the MS-Apple suit had been over for 4 years at the time, so no the buy was not related to any suit.
Wrong suit. You’re thinking Apple v. Microsoft from 88-94.
The settlement was for Apple v. Intel/Microsoft/SF Canyon and put to rest all prior claims. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._litigation#Apple_v._Microsoft.2C_Intel.2C_and_San_Francisco_Canyon_Company
“In 1995 Apple added Microsoft and Intel to an existing lawsuit against the San Francisco Canyon Company, alleging that Microsoft and Intel knowingly used the software company to aid them in stealing several thousand lines of Apple’s QuickTime code in an effort to improve the performance of Video for Windows.[13][14][15][16] After a threat to withdraw support for Office for Mac,[17][18] this lawsuit was ultimately settled in 1997, along with all lingering issues from the “Look & Feel” lawsuit. Apple agreed to make Internet Explorer the default browser over Netscape, and Microsoft agreed to continue developing Office and other software for the Mac for the next 5 years, and purchase US$150 million of non-voting Apple stock.[9][10]”
Wrong lawsuit, Discostu. The Look and Feel suit was still being appealed but the lawsuit that was settled for the $150 million was the Quicktime - Video for Windows lawsuit where Microsoft and Intel had lifted code from Apple's Quicktime and not filed the serial numbers off... if it had gone to trial, it would have been worth billions... and Apple had the goods on Microsoft; Apple's proprietary and patented code was in what would become Windows Media Player.