Vista Group International has inked its first deal to provide its cinema software to theatres in Africa.

Vista Group could be on its way to joining the S&P/NZX 50 after major shareholders sold a quarter of the cinema software developer.

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20 shareholders in VistaGroup International will sell about a quarter of the company's stock to institutions and retail brokers at a 6.3 percent discount.

Auckland-based Vista International is questoned by the NZX about a 27 per cent decline in its share price this year.

Vista Group has been one of the big success stories among the flurry of firms that floated on the sharemarket last year.

Kiwi cinema software developer Vista Group International has signed a deal with the second-largest theatre chain in the United States, AMC Theatres.

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