23 Oct 2019 08:05
Takeaway.com N.V.23 October 2019
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Takeaway.com responds to announcements relating to the recommended all-share combination with Just Eat
The Management Board of Takeaway.com N.V. ("Takeaway.com") notes the announcement by Prosus N.V. ("Prosus") of a cash offer for Just Eat plc ("Just Eat") and the announcement by Just Eat rejecting the unsolicited offer by Prosus, each made on 22 October 2019.
Statement from Jitse Groen, CEO of Takeaway.com:
"Having been in the industry for nearly twenty years, I believe that a truly successful food delivery website is a highly profitable one, in a very sizeable food delivery market. Most food delivery websites currently do not fit that description, and in my opinion, will remain perpetually loss-making. It is only companies like Just Eat and, indeed, Takeaway.com, that achieve material profits in their bigger markets, and our merger needs to be seen in that context. We are in it for the long term.The merger of Just Eat and Takeaway.com is going to create a superb company. It will benefit from leadership positions in what will be three of the world's largest profit pools: the UK, Germany and Holland. It will be a global leader, built around a solid, profitable, and proven business model. More importantly, it will be led by the most experienced team in the industry with more than 40 years of combined experience.
Takeaway.com started in my attic, and Jesper Buch created Just Eat in a basement. What ties us together is our ability to create value. Value for consumers and restaurants, value for employees and indeed, value for our respective shareholders.We are looking forward to continuing our journey together with Just Eat."
Takeaway.com N.V.
Joris Wilton, Investor Relations +31 (0) 6 143 154 79
Media: press@takeaway.com
BofA Merrill Lynch (Financial adviser to Takeaway.com)
Ference Lamp +44 (0) 20 7628 1000Peter Luck
Geoff IlesKieran Millar
About Takeaway.com
Takeaway.com is the leading online food delivery marketplace in Continental Europe and Israel. The company is focused on connecting consumers and restaurants through its platform. With nearly 50,000 connected restaurants, Takeaway.com offers consumers a wide variety of food choice. Takeaway.com mainly collaborates with delivery restaurants. In addition, Takeaway.com also provides restaurant delivery services in 73 cities in ten countries for restaurants that do not deliver themselves.
Founded in 2000, Takeaway.com has rapidly grown to become the leading online food delivery marketplace of Continental Europe with operations in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Israel, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Bulgaria, and Romania. In the twelve months ended 30 June 2019, Takeaway.com processed more than 123 million orders from 16.7 million unique consumers.
With approximately 4,500 employees, Takeaway.com processed orders worth €2.3 billion and generated revenue of nearly €315 million in the twelve months ended 30 June 2019.
The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam (AMS: TKWY).
Merrill Lynch International ("BofA Merrill Lynch"), a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively for Takeaway.com in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and for no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than Takeaway.com for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Takeaway.com Combination or any other matters referred to in this announcement.
Disclaimer
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Market share estimates contained in this press release are based on outside sources, such as specialised research institutes, in combination with management estimates.
In accordance with Rule 26.1 of the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("Code"), a copy of this announcement is also available on the website of Takeaway.com at https://corporate.takeaway.com. The content of the websites referred to in this announcement are not incorporated into and do not form part of this announcement.
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The shares mentioned in this announcement (the "Shares") have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. Accordingly, the Shares may not be offered, sold, resold, delivered, distributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States absent registration under the US Securities Act of 1933 or an exemption therefrom. There will be no public offer of Shares in the United States.
Dealing Disclosure Requirements
Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a securities exchange offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.
Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror, save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.
If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.
Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).
Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. You should contact the Takeover Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129 if you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure.