Amsterdam — Online food ordering company Takeaway.com has won the battle for Britain’s Just Eat with a £5.9bn all-share offer that will create one of the world’s largest meal delivery companies.

Takeaway said that 80.4% of Just Eat shareholders had agreed to its all-share offer, passing a 50% threshold needed to make the offer unconditional...

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