Elon Musk has notified Twitter the $44 billion buyout is off, citing “false and misleading representations”.
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has canceled his previously agreed $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, accusing the social media company of “material breach of multiple provisions” of the merger agreement in a letter on Friday evening.
Under the April 25 agreement, Twitter was obligated to provide Musk with the data he requested, in order to “make an independent assessment of the prevalence of fake or spam accounts on Twitter’s platform,” said the letter, sent by his attorneys to Twitter’s Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde.
Musk called that information necessary to finance and plan the buy-out and “engage in transition planning” for the company, but Twitter “failed or refused” to provide it, the lawyers said. The company either ignored his requests, “rejected them for reasons that appear to be unjustified,” or claimed to comply while giving Musk “incomplete or unusable information,” according to the letter.
The billionaire maker of spaceships and electric cars first disclosed a large purchase of Twitter shares in early April, then proposed to buy the platform outright. The company’s board at first sought to fight off the hostile takeover with “poison pills,” then accepted his offer on April 25.
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a statement announcing the purchase, vowing to improve the platform by “defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans.”
By mid-May, however, the deal was on hold as Musk announced suspicious about Twitter’s official estimate that only 5% of the 230 million daily users were spam accounts, as stated in federal filings. The letter from his attorneys claims the actual number is “substantially higher” and that this has a bearing on the bottom line, since approximately 90% of Twitter’s revenue comes from advertising.
Musk had offered to buy out Twitter at $54.20 a share. The company’s stock was trading around $37 on Friday, crashing below $34 after the announcement that the deal was off.
Twitter’s fate may end up being resolved in court, as the company is expected to sue Musk and claim that he waived his rights by signing the April 25 merger agreement, compelling him to finalize the buyout at the previously agreed price.
Over 20% accounts are bots; actively propagandising for the deep state and NWO. Like CDC officials and Big Pharma executives swap their jobs, all ex CIA are employed by Twitter. It is a big scam which Elon wont be able to manage. Public should boycott Twitter and no importance should be given by the independent media. Non-cooperation is a very big weapon and let ius cancel Twitter for good. I dont bother about Twitter for over 5 years. It is the source of psychological manipulation for CIA.
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So it turns out Twitter is faker than the polls, the mainstream media, and those pop up ads that say “there are sexy girls in your area ready to mingle” all combined.
Why, it’s almost as if the real world isn’t as left-leaning as they want us all to believe. It’s almost as if there are more of us than them, and they know it.
Almost.