In yet another reversal, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has again agreed to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share – as was initially planned.
Twitter shares climbed 18% in value after the news dropped, following a brief pause in trading.
- As rapor by Bloomberg, people familiar with the matter claimed that Musk renewed his offer in a letter to Twitter. They asked not to be identified, as they were discussing confidential information.
- Musk initially offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share – or roughly $44 billion – back in April. He cited a desire to make Twitter a “digital town square” and better respect the principles of free speech.
- He also vowed to cleanse the platform of its rampant spam and scam bot problem, which is especially common within the kripto topluluğu.
- However, Musk later çekildi from the deal over fears that Twitter was misrepresenting the extent of its spam problem. The platform claimed in May that 95% of accounts were backed by real people.
- After requesting verification of these statistics, Musk said in a July filing that Twitter failed to provide information that didn’t come with strings attached or other features that made the information “minimally useful”.
- Despite Musk’s efforts, Twitter sued the billionaire shortly after to force him into following through. In fact, the original merger agreement included a provision that would let Twitter compel him to complete the deal.
- Twitter later suçladı Musk for contributing to shaky Q2 earnings numbers at the company by creating uncertainty around their deal in the first place.
- As of 12:19 on Tuesday, Twitter’s stock traded for $47.93.
- Last week, private messages Musk had shared with other billionaires – including Jack Dorsey – about his vision for Twitter ortaya as part of his lawsuit with the company.
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Source: https://cryptopotato.com/elon-musk-renews-plans-to-buy-twitter-for-originally-agreed-price/