Uber to buy Germany’s Delivery Hero in $14.8bn global deal
by Jasper Jolly from World news | The Guardian on (#77125)
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Uber has reached an agreement to take over the German takeaway company Delivery Hero in a $14.8bn (11bn, or 12.9bn) deal that would create a global food delivery giant.
The US tech firm said it had offered to pay 41.50 a share to Delivery Hero's shareholders, valuing the business at $14.8bn. Uber will pay $13.7bn after accounting for its previous purchases of a quarter of Delivery Hero's shares, most recently in May.
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