China's JD Logistics agrees to buy courier company Deppon

Reuters

Published Mar 13, 2022 09:33AM ET

(Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant JD (NASDAQ:JD).com Inc on Sunday said that its subsidiary JD Logistics Inc has agreed to buy domestic courier Deppon Logistics Co Ltd.

Under the deal, JD Logistics will acquire 99.99% equity stake in Deppon Holdco for a total consideration of about 9 billion yuan ($1.42 billion). Deppon Holdco owns a total of about 66.50% of Deppon Logistics.