Brief: Opera Software sells majority stake in its TV business to Moore Freres

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20/12/2016 07:00

Dec 20 (Reuters) - Opera Software Asa  OPERA.OL  
    * Entered Dec 19 into an agreement to sell a majority stake 
in its tv business ("Opera TV") to Moore Frères 
    * The transaction values Opera TV to an enterprise value of 
$114.3 mln 
    * Opera will remain as a minority shareholder in Opera TV by 
rolling over a part of its equity stake 
    * The purchase price consists of a cash consideration of 
$80m and preferred shares equivalent to 30 percent of Opera TV's 
common equity 
    * The Transaction will not trigger taxation for Opera 
    * Software  
    * Closing of the Transaction took place simultaneously with 
the entering into of the agreement and all conditions for 
completion have therefore been fulfilled, including the payment 
of the cash consideration of $80m 
    * Opera TV has operated as a separate business unit since 
2013, and reported 2015 revenue of $31.4m and $20.3m for the 
first nine months of 2016, reported adjusted EBITDA for thefirst 
9 months of 2016 was $9.0m 
    * Opera targets a net cash/debt position of zero and will 
use proceeds from this transaction to pay out an extraordinary 
dividend in connection with opera's 2017 agm 
 
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 (Reporting By Stine Jacobsen) 
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