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	&quot;The board is pleased to announce that on 21 June 2016, the consortium...has agreed to acquire a majority equity interest in Supercell,&quot; a Tencent statement filed to the Hong Kong stock exchange said.</div>
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China's Tencent to buy Finnish game-maker Supercell for $8.6bn

China's Tencent to buy Finnish game-maker Supercell for $8.6bn

HONG KONG - Chinese Internet giant Tencent on Tuesday announced it had agreed to buy Finnish game-maker Supercell Oy from Japanese mobile giant SoftBank for $8.6 billion.

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