特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克据报道已经关闭收购交易推特周四,马斯克作为追求者、批评家、法律对手和社交媒体平台最终所有者的长达一个月的传奇故事结束了。
《华盛顿邮报》、《纽约时报》和《华尔街日报》援引知情人士的话报道了交易的完成。ABC新闻还没有证实。
据福布斯报道,马斯克是世界上最富有的人,据报道,他以每股54.20美元的原始报价收购了Twitter,总成本约为440亿美元。
周三,马斯克发布了一段视频,视频中他带着一个水槽走进Twitter的办公室,标语是:“进入Twitter总部——让它沉下去!”
在4月份与Twitter达成收购协议后,马斯克在7月份终止了协议,理由是对垃圾邮件账户的担忧在站台上。
不久之后,Twitter对马斯克提起诉讼,指控他试图否决这笔交易。审判将在特拉华州衡平法院进行,法官给马斯克的最后期限是周五,要么达成协议,要么继续审判。
这笔交易完成了这位亿万富翁在1月份首次投资Twitter时开始的恋爱。
到3月份,马斯克已经成为Twitter的最大股东,这家社交媒体公司在4月份宣布,马斯克将加入其董事会。然而,几天后,马斯克表示,他已经决定不加入董事会。
今年4月,马斯克提出以每股54.20美元的价格收购Twitter,对该公司的估值约为440亿美元。这一出价比马斯克投资Twitter的消息公开前一天的价格高出38%。大约10天后,Twitter接受了马斯克的提议。
然而一个月后,马斯克说他已经“暂时搁置”了这笔交易,理由是担心他所说的机器人和垃圾邮件账户在平台上的流行。大约两个小时后,马斯克说他“仍然致力于”这笔交易。
Twitter表示,它已经根据收购交易中规定的条件向马斯克提供了信息。
最终,马斯克在7月份终止了这笔交易。不久之后,Twitter在特拉华州的衡平法院起诉马斯克,迫使他完成这笔交易。
A法院作出的时间表决定7月份——在10月份进行为期五天的审判——似乎更符合Twitter要求的时间表,Twitter曾要求在9月份进行为期四天的审判。马斯克要求法院将审判日期定在不早于2023年2月中旬。
现在,官司结束了,交易也完成了。
Elon Musk closes deal to acquire Twitter: Reports
Tesla CEOElon Muskreportedly closeda deal to acquireTwitteron Thursday, ending a monthslong saga that cast Musk as suitor, critic, legal adversary and ultimately owner of the social media platform.
The Washington Post, The New York Times and Wall Street Journal were among the outlets to report the deal closure, citing sources familiar with the matter. ABC News has not confirmed.
Musk -- the richest person in the world, according to Forbes -- reportedly acquired Twitter at his original offer price of $54.20 a share at a total cost of roughly $44 billion.
On Wednesday, Musk posted a video of himself walking into Twitter's offices with a sink, with the tagline: "Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!"
After initially reaching an acquisition deal with Twitter in April, Musk moved to terminate the agreement in July, citingconcerns over spam accountson the platform.
Soon after, Twitter filed a lawsuit against Musk over his effort to nix the deal. The judge in the trial, set to take place in Delaware Chancery Court, gave Musk a deadline of Friday to reach a deal or proceed with the trial.
The deal completes a courtship that started in January when the billionaire first invested in Twitter.
By March, Musk had become the largest stakeholder in Twitter with the social media company announcing in April that Musk would join its board. Days later, however, Musk said he had decided against joining the board.
In April, Musk offered to buy Twitter at $54.20 per share, valuing the company at about $44 billion. The offer amounted to a 38% premium above where the price stood a day before Musk's investment in Twitter became public. Roughly 10 days later, Twitter accepted Musk's offer.
One month later, however, Musksaidhe had put the deal "temporarily on hold," citing concern over what he said was the prevalence of bot and spam accounts on the platform. Roughly two hours later, Musksaidhe was "still committed" to the deal.
Twitter said it had provided Musk with information in accordance with conditions set out in the acquisition deal.
Eventually, Musk moved to terminate the deal in July. Soon after, Twitter sued Musk in Chancery Court in Delaware to force him to complete the deal.
Ascheduling decision made by the courtin July -- to hold the trial over five days in October -- appeared to align more closely with a timeline requested by Twitter, which had sought a four-day trial in September. Musk asked the court to set a trial date no earlier than mid-February 2023.
Now, the court case is off and the deal is done.