Thommessen acts for a Chinese consortium in connection with the voluntary offer to acquire all the shares in Opera Software ASA.

Thommessen acts for Golden Brick Silk Road Equity Investment Fund II, a fund controlled by two Chinese internet companies and one Chinese investment company, in connection with the voluntary offer to acquire all the shares in Opera Software ASA at NOK 71 per share.

The offer values the shares of Opera Software ASA at approximately NOK 10.5 billion. Opera Software ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and is a Norwegian internet browser company with over 350 million users all over the world, most of them on mobile devices.