Advent is behind the EUR 6 billion offer to take over InPost

The private equity fund Advent International is part of the consortium behind the EUR 6 billion offer to take over InPost, a logistics operator for the e-commerce industry, Sky News reported, without providing the sources of its information.

Sky News has learned that Advent, a minority investor in InPost following the company's listing on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in 2021, is part of a consortium planning to take over the company.

Advent originally invested in InPost in 2017 and later sold part of its shares to the Czech investment company PPF. Analysts speculated that PPF would also likely be involved in a formal takeover attempt.

Advent and InPost declined to comment.

During Tuesday's session, InPost shares increase in price by over 25%. At 4.50 p.m., one share of a company listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange was worth EUR 14.57, which gives a market valuation of EUR 7.28 billion.

On Tuesday morning, InPost announced that it had received an initial proposal to take over all the company's shares. A special committee composed of members of the supervisory board and management board of InPost has been established to analyze all aspects of the potential transaction.

InPost ensures that the interests of the company and all its stakeholders will be taken into account when making decisions regarding a possible transaction.

“Currently, there is no assurance that this will lead to the conclusion of the transaction,” the statement said.

InPost did not provide information about who submitted the offer to buy the shares and what its value is. He said further information would be published “if and when appropriate.”

The main shareholders of InPost are PPF Group (28.75%), A&R Investments, the investment vehicle of Rafał Brzoska (12.49%), Advent International Corporation (6.50%) and Norges Bank (5.01%). Below the 5 percent threshold. InPost's share packages include, among others, a number of Polish investment funds.

InPost, founded by Rafał Brzoska, offers logistics solutions for the e-commerce industry in Europe.

At the end of the third quarter of 2025, the InPost Group had nearly 90,000 out-of-home points, including almost 57,000 parcel locker devices and over 33,000 PUDO points in 9 countries (Great Britain, France, Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands).

In the third quarter of 2025, the volume of parcels handled by InPost amounted to 351.5 million, which means an increase of 34%. y/y. (PAP Business)

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