InPost, the operator of tens of thousands of parcel delivery lockers across Europe, is closing in on a deal to take full ownership of Menzies Distribution Group, the British logistics company.
Sky News has learnt that InPost is in very advanced talks to acquire the 70% shareholding in Menzies that it does not already own.
Sources said a deal – the value of which could not be ascertained on Monday – was likely to be announced this week.
InPost, which is technically headquartered in Luxembourg but generates the largest share of its profit in Poland, bought a 30% stake in Menzies in July last year for £49.3m.
Under that deal, it had an option to buy the rest of the company at any point in the next three years.
Other shareholders in Menzies include Endless, the Leeds-based private equity investor.
InPost, which is listed in Amsterdam, has seen its valuation soar to nearly €9bn over the last 12 months on the back of soaring demand.
It has rapidly established itself as one of Europe’s largest ‘last-mile solutions’ operators.
Advent International, the private equity firm, took InPost public in early 2021.
InPost declined to comment, while Endless did not respond to a request for comment.
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