iRobot shares close up 39% on report Amazon offer set to get EU acceptance

iRobot shares close up 39% on report Amazon offer set to get EU acceptance


iRobot’s Roomba.

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Shares of iRobot, the maker of Roomba vacuums, shut up about 39% on Friday right after a report stated the European Union is set to approve Amazon’s $1.7 billion acquisition of the company.

Reuters said Thursday early morning the offer is established to “get unconditional EU antitrust acceptance,” citing three resources acquainted with the make a difference. The European Fee is envisioned to rule on the deal by Feb. 14.

Representatives from the European Fee did not immediately react to a ask for for remark.

The deal is even now beneath assessment by the U.S. Federal Trade Fee.The UK’s Levels of competition and Markets Authority mentioned in June the deal would not consequence in “a substantial lessening of opposition” in the U.K.

Amazon shares ended up flat.

Amazon introduced its intention to get iRobot in August 2022 for $61 a share in an all-hard cash offer.

The acquisition marks Amazon’s fourth-most significant deal, behind its $13.7 billion purchase of grocery chain Whole Foods in 2017, its $8.45 billion purchase of film studio MGM in 2021, and its $3.9 billion acquisition of boutique principal-treatment company A person Clinical, announced final July.

CNBC’s Annie Palmer contributed to this report.

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