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New Delhi, July 18: Online retailing major Flipkart is believed to have sent a revised offer of $900-950 million to buy smaller rival, Snapdeal, according to sources.
The Bengaluru-based firm has offered to pay the said amount for buying Snapdeal’s online marketplace and Unicommerce, two people privy to the development said.
In 2015, Snapdeal had acquired Unicommerce, an e-commerce management software and fulfilment solution provider.
The sources did not wish to be identified as the deal is still under discussion and yet to be finalised.
The board of Snapdeal (run by Jasper Infotech) will now meet to consider the offer and is most likely to accept it, one of the persons said.
The final amount would be subject to minor adjustments for cash and equivalent assets, the person added.
Snapdeal’s board has already rejected a takeover offer of $800-850 million (around `5,500 crore) from Flipkart. In case the Snapdeal board accepts the new offer from Flipkart, the two parties will negotiate a sale and purchase agreement (SPA).
However, it will still be a few weeks before the deal closes, said the other person.
Flipkart and Snapdeal did not respond to emailed queries. Snapdeal is also negotiating separate deals for Freecharge (mobile payments unit) and Vulcan Express (logistics business), which are likely to be closed in the coming weeks.
