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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Maplebear (CART)

Instacart agrees to be acquired by DoorDash for $65.00 per share in cash or stock

Mixed Impact 5 of 5 m&a

Instacart (Maplebear Inc.) entered a merger agreement under which DoorDash will acquire it for $65.00 per share, an equity value of approximately $17 billion, with a 26% premium to its October 22, 2026 closing price. Instacart stockholders can elect cash, DoorDash stock, or a mix, subject to proration, and the deal is expected to close in late 2027 or the first half of 2028.

Key points

  • Cash consideration of $65.00 per share, or 0.3372 DoorDash Class A shares, or $48.75 cash plus 0.0843 DoorDash shares per Instacart share
  • Equity value of approximately $17 billion; the stock portion of the consideration is capped at 25% of aggregate consideration
  • Closing expected in the end of 2027 or the first half of 2028, subject to Instacart stockholder approval, antitrust clearances and other conditions
  • Stockholders holding about 19% of Instacart's outstanding shares have agreed to vote in favor

The filing

CompanyMaplebear (CART)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 29, 2026, 8:32 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-437075

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 7, 2026, 11:17 PM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only.

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