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Prosus faces hard choices in EU probe of Just Eat Takeaway deal

By Nicholas Hirst ( July 15, 2025, 13:35 GMT | Comment) -- Prosus's bid to buy Just Eat Takeaway.com is worrying EU merger investigators over the tech investor's minority holding in food-delivery rival Delivery Hero*. Prosus could opt simply to sell that holding and make the problem go away. Alternatively, it could offer to reduce its stake or shareholder rights and hope for the best. What option it goes for will depend on how prepared it is to take a financial hit and how quickly it wants to gain control of Just Eat Takeaway.com, whose financials appear to be worsening. If technology investor Prosus wants to address EU concerns over its takeover of Just Eat Takeaway.com, there is a simple solution: Selling down its large stake in food-delivery rival Delivery Hero would directly solve the conflict of interest troubling merger enforcers. ...

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