SHANGHAI, Aug. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Smart Share Global Limited (Nasdaq: EM) (“Energy Monster” or the “Company”), a consumer tech company providing mobile device charging service, today announced that the board of directors received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter, dated August 13, 2025, from Hillhouse Investment Management, Ltd. (together with its affiliates, “Hillhouse”) to acquire all of the outstanding ordinary shares of the Company that are not already beneficially owned by Hillhouse or the Management Members (as defined below) for US$1.77 per ADS or US$0.885 per share in cash, subject to the acceptance by the Management Members of the similar rollover arrangement in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
SHANGHAI, Aug. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Smart Share Global Limited (Nasdaq: EM) (“Energy Monster” or the “Company”), a consumer tech company providing mobile device charging service, announced today that it has entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Mobile Charging Group Holdings Limited (“Parent”), Mobile Charging Investment Limited (“MidCo”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent and Mobile Charging Merger Limited (“Merger Sub”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MidCo. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving company and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of MidCo (the “Merger”), in a transaction implying an equity value of the Company of approximately US$327 million in which the Company will be acquired by a consortium of investors (the “Consortium”).