Transportation Acquisition News Updates

Uber offered to pay $47.60 a share and will acquire Delivery Hero’s operations in 50 markets, the company said in a statement on July 16.

Uber has previously approached Delivery Hero with an offer of 33 euros per share, but investors have been betting that a higher price will be required to seal the deal.

H.Essers is entering the U.S. market by bringing chemical warehousing firm Palmer Logistics into its operations and outlining plans for expansion.

The transaction, announced July 1, would nearly triple the North American contract logistics operations of Ceva Logistics, CMA CGM’s logistics subsidiary.

PLS Logistics Services acquired The AGL Group, a Weymouth, Mass.-based international freight forwarder, expanding its portfolio.

CRH will pay $150 a share for Arcosa in the all-cash deal, the company said in a statement June 22.

Often, a successful exit depends on recognizing when buyer behavior begins to shift, and acting before competing sellers return to the market, says Bluejay Advisors' Reid Stack.

Green Bay, Wis.-based Schneider last opened its coffers for an acquisition in November 2024 with the $390 million purchase of Baltimore-based Cowan Systems.

QXO saw terms improve on a $6 billion financing package to fund its purchase of rival TopBuild, which attracted more than three times the amount of demand from investors.

QXO agreed to buy insulation company TopBuild for about $17 billion, making QXO the second-largest publicly traded building products distributor in North America.