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Chinese grab for Opera
The Internet browser Opera is probably in Chinese hands. A consortium of companies from China offer good one billion Euro for the Norwegian Internet and advertising company, announced Opera with.
The operator of the web browser Opera, the Norwegian company Opera Software, has a purchase offer of the Chinese investment Fund Golden Brick the Silk Road. The Fund had 10.5 billion crowns (1.2 billion euros), shared Opera Software on Wednesday in Oslo. The Supervisory Board got the offer was unanimously accepted.
The company’s CEO Sverre Munck said it was crucial for the Internet and advertising company, to find partners. Only then can Opera on the success of Internetriesen such as Facebook or Google connect.
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Major shareholders have already agreed to
The Chinese consortium offer 71 Norwegian crowns per share for the 20-year-old company, such as the Opera further informed. This corresponds to a premium of 45.6% to the closing price from Friday. Major shareholders, of which approximately 33 per cent of the shares they held, had the offer already been accepted.
Opera Software did not make a secret of its search for a buyer. On Friday was the trade in Opera’s shares on the stock exchange in Oslo with a view to a forthcoming communication has been exposed. Shares in Opera have in the course of the past year, almost half of its value lost.
Opera is the world’s most fünfthäufigsten popular Browser after Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari from Apple.
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