Overview

• The European Commission concluded Delivery Hero abused its minority stake in Glovo from 2018 to 2022 to facilitate anticompetitive practices ahead of their 2022 merger.
• Regulators uncovered exchanges of commercially sensitive information via emails and WhatsApp alongside coordination of market entries to avoid overlap.
• A no-poach pact barred recruitment of each other's white-collar staff before extending to all employees except self-employed delivery riders.
• Delivery Hero was fined €223 million and Glovo €106 million after admitting their involvement and settling for a 10% penalty cut.
• The decision marks the first time the European Commission has fined firms under EU cartel rules for no-poach agreements, signaling a crackdown on labor-market collusion.