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Just days after Elon Musk renewed his bid to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, and despite the company’s board having earlier accepted the offer, the company is now pulling out all the stops to block the tech billionaire from buying the platform and restoring free speech.
According to an article that was acknowledged by Elon Musk on Twitter with the phrase “ plot twist ,” Twitter is refusing to accept Elon Musk’s renewed bid of $44 billion for the social media company. The Teslerati article references a report from The Associated Press that cites Elon Musk’s attorneys.
“AP noted that earlier this week, Twitter said it intended to close the deal at the agreed-upon price but both sides were still booked for the October 17th trial in Delaware,” the article pointed out. “Elon Musk’s attorneys said the trial should be adjourned to give the Tesla CEO more time to secure financing.”
In the court filing, Elon Musk’s attorneys said, “Twitter will not take yes for an answer.”
“Astonishingly, they have insisted on proceeding with this litigation, recklessly putting the deal at risk and gambling with their stockholders’ interests,” the filing said.
Musk’s attorneys pointed out that by Twitter not dropping its litigation, the upcoming trial would “impede the deal moving forward.”
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“Instead of allowing the parties to turn their focus to securing the debt financing necessary to consummate the transaction and preparing for a transition of the business, the parties will instead remain distracted by completing discovery and an unnecessary trial,” the attorneys said.According to Elon Musk’s attorneys, the financial backers, “have indicated that they are prepared to honor their commitments” and were working to close the deal by October 28. “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, […]
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