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    • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
      Tencent Holdings Ltd
      Naspers confirms move of Tencent shares to Hong Kong clearing system

      Stock worth $7.6bn transferred to smooth future sales to fund buyback of South African group’s own shares

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      LexProsus
      Prosus/Tencent: reducing stake further would close valuation gap Premium content

      There were plenty of missed opportunities to sell at higher prices last year

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      Naspers to sell more of Tencent stake in bid to revive shares

      South African group and its Dutch-listed subsidiary take new measures to ignite stock

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      Naspers to sell Russia’s biggest online classifieds business Avito

      Ukrainian officials allege site hosted ads for Russian military recruitment and goods looted in war

    • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
      Due Diligence
      The ‘SoftBank of Africa’ has arrived in India Premium content

      Plus, a failed megamerger sheds light on an industry’s consolidation craze and Big Law reckons with vaccine mandates

    • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
      LexProsus
      Prosus/BillDesk: building Indian ecosystem will help pay the bills Premium content

      Acquisition will allow Naspers’ investment arm to expand client bases at both ends of transactions

    • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
      Prosus
      Prosus agrees to buy India’s BillDesk for $4.7bn

      PayU business to merge with India’s oldest digital payments company after all-cash deal

    • Monday, 16 August, 2021
      Lex
      Naspers/Prosus: South African SoftBank divides and hopes to conquer Premium content

      Advantages of the share swap include limited tax leakage and moving asset ownership abroad

    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
      Naspers launches share swap deal with Prosus to reduce impact of Tencent stake

      Dutch-listed Prosus to acquire 45% of shares in South African parent

    • Friday, 9 April, 2021
      LexTencent Holdings Ltd
      Block trades: a short walk to price discovery Premium content

      A monster block trade of a Tencent stake by Prosus is a credit to the old-fashioned accelerated book build

    • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
      Tencent Holdings Ltd
      Tencent’s biggest investor to trim stake

      A unit of South African group Naspers to offload a 2 per cent holding but remain largest shareholder

    • Friday, 30 October, 2020
      Naspers $5bn share buyback plans signal unease with tech valuations

      Dutch-listed investment arm Prosus, best known for its stake in China’s Tencent, says move is ‘a good use of capital’

    • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
      Passive Investing
      Tencent/Prosus/Naspers: index issues

      In the long run, we’re all long Tencent.

    • Tuesday, 14 April, 2020
      Takeaway suitor Naspers flaunts $8bn takeover budget

      South African ecommerce group insists it remains in acquisition mode

    • Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
      Ecommerce
      Zomato and Swiggy’s battle for Indian food delivery heats up

      After muscling out their competitors, the start-ups face a new fight for profitability

    • Friday, 10 January, 2020
      Takeaway.com
      Takeaway.com wins takeover battle for Just Eat

      Deal will create one of the world’s biggest players in the takeaway food delivery market

    • Friday, 20 December, 2019
      Just Eat Takeaway
      Just Eat’s board backs sweetened Takeaway.com offer

      Recommendation puts Dutch group within reach of merger target after a takeover battle

    • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
      Just Eat Takeaway
      Naspers and Takeaway.com make new and final offers for Just Eat

      Takeover battle for online food ordering company enters its endgame

    • Monday, 9 December, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Prosus’s £5bn bid for Just Eat shows the price of competition

      New offer described as ‘derisory’ by rival, but it prices in the presence of Uber

    • Monday, 11 November, 2019
      Just Eat Takeaway
      Takeaway.com seeks to reassure investors over Just Eat merger

      Chief Jitse Groen said new company could withstand well-funded rivals such as Uber and Deliveroo

    • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
      #techFT
      Naspers grasps at Just Eat

      SoftBank rescues WeWork, Anduril’s drone killer, Infosys probe, Google Nest Mini

    • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
      Just Eat Takeaway
      Just Eat rebuffs hostile £5bn bid from South Africa’s Naspers 

      UK food delivery group agreed merger with Takeaway.com in July

    • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
      LexTechnology sector
      Naspers/Prosus: EU’s springbok tech giant Premium content

      With more than $100bn of assets, the demerger is one of the 10 largest consumer tech companies

    • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
      Prosus debut creates €120bn European tech giant

      Naspers lists its Tencent stake to attract Europe investors

    • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
      Naspers internet tech spin-off valued at €123bn as shares soar

      Vehicle holding Tencent stake vaults to top echelon of Europe’s most valuable listed companies

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