ZALANDO AND ABOUT YOU RECEIVE FINAL REGULATORY CLEARANCE TO TEAM UP, WITH CLOSING PLANNED FOR 11 JULY, 2025
Berlin / Hamburg | July 1, 2025 – Zalando SE (“Zalando”) today announced that the European Commission granted merger control clearance for the voluntary public takeover offer to the shareholders of ABOUT YOU Holding SE (“ABOUT YOU”) and further share purchase agreements, thus fulfilling all closing conditions for the transaction. The takeover offer is planned to be settled on 11 July 2025.
Through the settlement, shareholders who accepted the offer will receive the offer price of EUR 6.50 per tendered ABOUT YOU share. With an acceptance ratio of 20.56% and taking into account further share purchase agreements entered into in the context of the takeover offer and further market purchases, Zalando has secured more than 90% of ABOUT YOU’s share capital (excluding treasury shares).
Zalando still has the firm intention as a next step to carry out a squeeze-out of the remaining minority shareholders of ABOUT YOU and to acquire the remaining ABOUT YOU shares against adequate cash compensation. The squeeze-out shall take place as part of a merger of ABOUT YOU into a wholly owned subsidiary of Zalando.
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