secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Maplebear Inc. (CART)
CIK:        0001579091
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-29T12:32:02+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-437075
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.95
Item codes: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

DoorDash to acquire Maplebear (Instacart) in cash-and-stock deal at $65.00 per share
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- Per-share consideration: $65.00 cash, or 0.3372 DoorDash Class A shares, or a mixed election of $48.75 cash plus 0.08430 DoorDash shares.
- Stock elections are subject to proration, capped so the aggregate stock portion does not exceed what all holders would get under the Mixed Consideration.
- Maplebear pays a $650M termination fee for a Superior Proposal or adverse recommendation change; DoorDash pays $1.25B in specified regulatory-failure terminations.
- D1 Capital Partners and Sequoia Capital signed voting and support agreements backing adoption; Maplebear's board unanimously approved and recommends the deal.
- Outside Date is 12 months from Oct 28, 2026, with up to four automatic 3-month extensions if antitrust clearances (HSR, Canada, Israel) are the only unmet conditions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579091/000119312526437075/0001193125-26-437075-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579091/000119312526437075/d171568d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-437075

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