Digital River Inc. has purchased a less-than 15% share in Softonic, a Barcelona-based software download site, for $26 million.
Digital said its final ownership stake will depend Softonic’s future financial performance.
Softonic will maintain its independence and organizational structure. Softonic offers Windows, Macintosh and mobile-phones software downloads in Europe and Latin America.
As part of the strategic partnership, Digital River will become the exclusive third-party e-commerce provider for digital buy-now software titles on the Softonic site (http://en.softonic.com/).
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