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E-tailer Snapdeal's board accepts Flipkart's up to $950 million buyout -sources

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Updated: Wed, Jul 26, 2017
02:09 pm
Reuters

Online marketplace Snapdeal has accepted Flipkart`s revised takeover offer of up to $950 million, two sources said on Wednesday, providing heft to its bigger rival in a high-stakes battle with Amazon.com Inc .

The board of Jasper Infotech, which runs Snapdeal, approved Flipkart`s bid of $900 million-$950 million last week, the sources who were familiar with the matter said. A deal is now pending the approval of Snapdeal shareholders, they said.

Snapdeal declined to comment, while Flipkart was not immediately available for comment.

India`s fledgling e-commerce sector is in the midst of a fierce war for supremacy between U.S. online retail giant Amazon and leading homegrown player Flipkart at a time more and more Indians shop on the web, helped by a spurt in availability of cheap phones and data plans.

Japan`s solar-to-tech conglomerate SoftBank , Snapdeal`s biggest investor, is keen to consummate the deal and take an equity stake in Flipkart to profit from India`s booming online retail market.

A 2016 report from accounting firm EY noted that e-commerce has grown at a compound annual growth rate of over 50 percent in the last five years in India and the pace of growth is expected to continue, with e-commerce sales topping $35 billion by 2020.

Bengaluru-headquarterd Flipkart had revised its initial offer for Snapdeal to up to $950 million, Reuters reported last week.

The board also considered a $700 million share-swap offer by listed e-commerce firm Infibeam but rejected it as too low, one of the sources said.

Infibeam declined to comment.

Separately, Indian private-sector lender Axis Bank is the frontrunner to acquire Snapdeal`s digital payments unit FreeCharge for $60 million, the sources said.

Axis Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

All sources spoke on condition of anonymity as the discussions are not public.

(This article has not been edited by Zeebiz editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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