Elon Musk Sows Doubt Over His $44 Billion Twitter Takeover

Bloomberg2022-05-13

Musk says deal is on hold but that he’s still committedTesla CEO wants more detail on proportion of fake accountsElon Musk caused chaos over his takeover bid for Twitter Inc, first claiming his bid ...

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Fatfish
2022-05-15
Fatfish
Daily dose of Musk's news! I still think he will buy twitter once things smooth out
mel18
2022-05-15
mel18
Market manipulation
FreahBB
2022-05-14
FreahBB
Great
Jess261
2022-05-14
Jess261
Okay
小虎一飞冲天
2022-05-14
小虎一飞冲天
Like pls
Tanyl
2022-05-14
Tanyl
Still a question mark again

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The $44 billion price tag is huge, and it may be a strategy to row back on the amount he is prepared to pay to acquire the platform.”The proposed takeover includes a $1 billion breakup fee for each party, which Musk will have to pay if he ends the deal or fails to deliver the acquisition funding as promised. It is unclear whether an update by Twitter on the number of fake accounts -- if materially larger than 5% -- would trigger a so-called material adverse effect clause, releasing Musk from the breakup fee.The spread on the deal, which offers an indication of how much Wall Street believes the takeover will be completed, swelled further on Thursday to $9.11 from $8.11 in the previous session. That was the widest level since the billionaire launched his bid last month to purchase the Twitter for $54.20 -- and double where it was last week when he announced a roughly $7.1 billion financing commitment.Musk’s latest tweet landedjust hours after news that Twitterwas freezing hiring as part of pre-deal cost-cutting efforts. Two of Twitter’s top leaders are also departing. Kayvon Beykpour, head of consumer product, and Bruce Falck, in charge of revenue product, were both asked to leave the company by Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, the two executives said in separate public posts.The changes reflect Twitter’s current state of limbo while it awaits a new owner. Hindenburg Research LLC, an investment research firm that focuses on activist short-selling,said on Mondaythat it sees a “significant risk” that Musk’s proposed offer gets repriced lower.The analysts cited the ongoing meltdown in technology shares, Twitter’sown weak first-quarter results, including restating several years of user numbers, and the prospect that Musk will sell his 9% stake if the deal doesn’t come together.Aside from doubts over the extent of spam bots on Twitter’s platform, the world’s richest person is still working to secure the money to actually complete the deal. Musk has been in talks with investors to raise enough equity and preferred financing to eliminate the need for any margin loan linked to his Tesla shares, according to people with knowledge of the matter.He recently disclosed $7.1 billion in equity commitments from investors including Larry Ellison, Sequoia Capital, Qatar Holding and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, with the latter rolling his Twitter stock into the deal.“Musk has never had the full funding – we know that from his constant attempts to get financial support – but he also held all the cards,” said Neil Campling, head of TMT research at Mirabaud Equity Research. “The Twitter board have been held hostage and only have themselves to blame for this mess. No other buyer will emerge – if Musk decides he is still interested he can name his price and it won’t be higher.”","kind":null,"is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":true,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[{"id":9020601675,"gmtCreate":1652619535898,"gmtModify":1676535129890,"author":{"id":"4107558527965530","authorId":"4107558527965530","authorIdStr":"4107558527965530","name":"Fatfish","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b1a877668ab7001a2552d3539aff7972","vip":1,"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"4107558527965530"},"htmlText":"Daily dose of Musk's news! I still think he will buy twitter once things smooth out","listText":"Daily dose of Musk's news! I still think he will buy twitter once things smooth out","text":"Daily dose of Musk's news! 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