Prosus CEO remains confident in bid for Just Eat

Reuters

Published Nov 22, 2019 09:16AM ET

Prosus CEO remains confident in bid for Just Eat

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Technology company Prosus (AS:PRX) remains confident about its bid for British meal delivery business Just Eat (L:JE), Chief Executive Bob van Dijk said on Friday, despite an increase in the value of rival Takeaway.com's all-share bid.

"The multiples of Takeaway are high, which we think basically reflects a very significant amount of downside risk, and if anything that downside risk has increased", Van Dijk told reporters.