Just Eat shares soar 54% after Prosus offers to buy food delivery firm for $4.3 billion.

European food delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway.com is poised to be acquired by Dutch technology investor Prosus in an all-cash deal worth roughly 4.1 billion euros ($4.3 billion).

The offer values Just Eat’s shares at 20.3 euros each, representing a premium of 63% when compared to the firm’s closing price on Friday. Prosus, which is majority owned by South Africa’s Naspers, already holds a 28% stake in leading food delivery company Delivery Hero.

Shares of Just Eat soared as much as 54% on Monday morning, notching a new 52-week high. The stock price was last seen trading 52.8% higher on the news.

Prosus shares fell 8.3%, tumbling to the bottom of the pan-European Stoxx 600 index, while Delivery Hero rose 5.4%.

Source: CNBC