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eBay buys Gmarket stake for $350 million

Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:47pm EDT

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SEOUL, April 16 (Reuters) - South Korean online retailer Interpark Corp (035080.KQ) said on Thursday that it had agreed to sell $350 million worth of its shares in Gmarket Inc GMKT.O to eBay Inc (EBAY.O).

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Shares in Interpark were up 1.61 percent as of 0142 GMT, underperforming the broader market's .KQ11 2.41 percent rise.

U.S. online auctioneer and Interpark signed a preliminary agreement to sell its stake in Gmarket to eBay in September, after eBay won the South Korean antitrust watchdog's conditional approval to buy a controlling stake in South Korean online retailer.

(Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

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