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Delivery Hero SE: Uber Technologies acquires foodpanda business in Taiwan and minority stake in Delivery Hero

EQS-Ad-hoc: Delivery Hero SE / Key word(s): Mergers & Acquisitions/Disposal Delivery Hero SE: Uber Technologies acquires foodpanda business in Taiwan and minority stake in Delivery Hero 14-May-2024 / 05:01 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by EQS News - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

Berlin, 14. May 2024 − Today, Delivery Hero SE (“Delivery Hero” or the “Company”, ISIN: DE000A2E4K43, Frankfurt Stock Exchange: DHER) signed a share purchase agreement to sell its foodpanda business in Taiwan – through the sale of its subsidiaries DH Stores (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. and Foodpanda Taiwan Co., Ltd. − to Uber Technologies, Inc. (the “Transaction”). The purchase price for the Transaction amounts to USD 950 million on a cash and debt free basis, subject to certain adjustments. The Transaction is targeted to close in H1 2025, subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions and obtaining required regulatory approvals, including merger control approval. The parties agreed to appropriate deal protections to ensure strong alignment to close the Transaction.

Additionally, the Management Board, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, resolved on a EUR 278 million (corresponding to USD 300 million) capital increase against cash contributions under exclusion of shareholders’ pre-emptive rights and partially utilizing the Company’s authorized capital by issuing 8,421,818 new ordinary registered shares with no-par value (the “New Shares”) at a placement price of EUR 33.00 per New Share (the “Capital Increase”). In this regard, SMB Holding Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc., has agreed to subscribe for the New Shares, representing approx. 2.98% of the Company’s share capital (post implementation of the capital increase). The New Shares will be subject to a lock-up period of 45 days, subject to customary exceptions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Capital Increase to buy back convertible bonds to enhance its capital structure. The Company will evaluate partial redemptions of convertible bonds through over-the-counter transactions in the coming months. Further announcements regarding any capital structure management measures would be made in accordance with legal requirements.