DoorDash offers $3.6B for rival Deliveroo in bid to beef up Europe operations

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British repast transportation institution Deliveroo said connected Friday it received a connection from US peer DoorDash on April 5 to bargain each of its shares for 2.7 cardinal pounds ($3.60 billion).

Deliveroo announced that its committee has reviewed DoorDash’s connection and would apt urge it to shareholders, contingent upon agreeing connected nan different position of nan offer.

DoorDash will request to make a patient connection by May 23. The institution did not instantly respond to a Reuters petition for comment.

DoorDash signDoorDash had shown liking successful a takeover of Deliveroo past year. Christopher Sadowski

JPMorgan is advising Doordash, according to a root acquainted pinch nan matter. The existent connection marks nan first general attack since nan past study successful nan summer, nan root added.

Deliveroo’s shares person weakened astir 50% since their 2021 debut arsenic request for online nutrient transportation stagnated aft nan pandemic and investors shifted toward much profitable companies.

In March, Deliveroo announced its exit from Hong Kong, trading immoderate assets to Delivery Hero’s foodpanda. The Hong Kong operations were loss-making and represented astir 5% of nan company’s wide transactions.

The woody is expected to look nary regulatory hurdles, arsenic it provides DoorDash access to 10 caller markets wherever it presently has nary presence, creating a highly complementary footprint – different competitors mightiness brushwood much antitrust issues, nan root said.

Last year, Reuters reported DoorDash had shown liking successful a takeover of Deliveroo, but a root said talks ended aft disagreements connected valuation.

A transportation worker pinch a backpack of Deliveroo rides a bike.Deliveroo’s shares person weakened astir 50% since their 2021 debut. REUTERS

A woody betwixt nan 2 firms would help DoorDash solidify its footprint successful Europe, aft nan repast transportation group’s 2021 acquisition of Finland-based rival Wolt Enterprises successful an all-stock woody weighted astatine astir $8 billion.