iRobot refill 39% on report Amazon deal set to get EU approval
iRobot’s Roomba.
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Shares of iRobot, the maker of Roomba vacuums, closed up about 39% Friday after a report mentioned the European Union is ready to approve Amazon’s $1.7 billion acquisition of the corporate.
Reuters mentioned Thursday morning the deal is ready to “win unconditional EU antitrust approval,” citing three sources aware of the matter. The European Fee is predicted to rule on the deal by Feb. 14.
Representatives from the European Fee did not instantly reply to CNBC’s request for remark.
The deal continues to be beneath evaluate by the U.S. Federal Commerce Fee. The U.Okay.’s Competitors and Markets Authority said in June the deal wouldn’t end in “a considerable lessening of competitors” within the U.Okay.
Amazon shares have been flat.
Amazon announced its intention to amass iRobot in August 2022 for $61 a share in an all-cash deal.
The acquisition marks Amazon’s fourth-largest deal, behind its $13.7 billion purchase of grocery chain Complete Meals in 2017, its $8.45 billion purchase of movie studio MGM in 2021 and its $3.9 billion acquisition of boutique primary-care supplier One Medical, introduced final July.
— CNBC’s Annie Palmer contributed to this report.
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