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OLX Brazil In $642M Deal To Buy Competitor

 |  March 4, 2020

Online marketplace OLX Brazil has agreed to buy competitor Grupo ZAP for 2.9 billion reais ($642 million), forming a leading Brazilian player in digital real estate advertising, OLX and its European owners said.

By combining their operations, rapidly growing OLX and ZAP can slash costs and boost earnings margins while providing a broader range of services to the online real estate market, they added late on Tuesday.

The all-cash transaction, which requires approval from Brazil’s competition watchdog, will be equally funded by OLX’s owners, Norway’s Adevinta ASA (ADEB.OL) and Dutch-listed Prosus NV (PRX.AS), the companies said in a joint statement.

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