Just Eat in £4.9bn takeover battle as Prosus makes hostile bid

Bid rejected as online food delivery group presses ahead with merger with Takeaway.com A £4.9bn takeover battle has broken out for the food delivery group Just Eat as the investment group Prosus launched an all-cash offer in an attempt to break up Just Eat’s merger with its Dutch rival Takeaway.com.Prosus, which is part of South Africa’s Naspers, a large tech investing group, has held talks with Just Eat but has not reached an agreement on terms, so has gone direct to the share