Twitter Elon Musk trial Archives - theprimarymarket.com Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:14:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Elon Musk Changes His Mind, Makes an Offer to Buy Twitter Again https://theprimarymarket.com/elon-musk-changes-his-mind-makes-an-offer-to-buy-twitter-again/ Wed, 05 Oct 2022 06:30:00 +0000 https://theprimarymarket.com/?p=1868 Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, has changed his mind about buying Twitter once again. After spending the previous months trying to back out of a $44 billion deal for the social media platform, Musk is ready to move on with the purchase. Musk sent a letter to Twitter stating his intent to […]

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Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, has changed his mind about buying Twitter once again. After spending the previous months trying to back out of a $44 billion deal for the social media platform, Musk is ready to move on with the purchase.

Musk sent a letter to Twitter stating his intent to complete the takeover for the originally agreed price of $54.20 per share. This immediately sent the Twitter stock surging from $42.60 close on Monday to $52.02 at one point on Tuesday.

Twitter later confirmed the new development in an official statement sent out by the company’s spokesperson. Musk himself also made it official on his Twitter account, tweeting that “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.”

There are no specific details about the “X” app Musk mentions. However, reports indicate that the app should combine messaging features, social media, payment options, and more. The closest comparison to it is China’s WeChat.

Elon Musk made an offer of $44 billion for Twitter earlier this year, with his bid accepted by the company’s shareholders. However, Musk later tried to nix the deal, claiming that the platform had a bigger number of fake and spam accounts than the company was willing to reveal.

Twitter decided to handle the matter in court, filing a lawsuit to force Musk to complete the deal. The

the trial was set to begin in less than two weeks.

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Twitter Granted 5-Day Trial Against Elon Musk in October https://theprimarymarket.com/twitter-granted-5-day-trial-against-elon-musk-in-october/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 06:11:00 +0000 https://theprimarymarket.com/?p=1099 Social media platform Twitter and the world’s richest man Elon Musk are going to court after all. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware Chancery Court granted Twitter a five-day trial against Elon Musk in an attempt to force Tesla’s CEO to honor the previously agreed acquisition of the company. Musk made an official $44 billion bid […]

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Social media platform Twitter and the world’s richest man Elon Musk are going to court after all. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware Chancery Court granted Twitter a five-day trial against Elon Musk in an attempt to force Tesla’s CEO to honor the previously agreed acquisition of the company.

Musk made an official $44 billion bid for Twitter back in April but decided to pull out of the deal earlier this month. The billionaire explained his decision by saying that the social media powerhouse “is in material breach of multiple provisions” of the agreement. Among other things, Musk singled out Twitter’s unwillingness to give him access to data about fake/spam accounts and the company’s recent layoffs.

Twitter believes that Musk needs to close the purchase and is not giving up on the sale. The company is trying to force the deal to go through despite Musk’s decision or at least get the $1 billion breakup fee. Their chances of getting either of those is now a lot bigger thanks to the granted trial.

Twitter previously wanted the trial to take place in September, wanting to wrap it up before October 24, 2022, a deadline that allows both sides to walk away from the agreement if the deal isn’t finalized. On the other hand, Musk wanted to have the trial pushed back to February. In the end,  McCormick sided with the social media company.

“The reality is that delay threatens irreparable harm to the seller, Twitter, for the reasons I described earlier: The longer the delay, the greater the risk. Given this reality I think a schedule closer to the norm is in order. For this reason, I think we should go to trial in October of this year,” McCormick said in her ruling on Tuesday.

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ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Twitter Elon Musk trial Archives - theprimarymarket.com Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:14:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Elon Musk Changes His Mind, Makes an Offer to Buy Twitter Again https://theprimarymarket.com/elon-musk-changes-his-mind-makes-an-offer-to-buy-twitter-again/ Wed, 05 Oct 2022 06:30:00 +0000 https://theprimarymarket.com/?p=1868 Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, has changed his mind about buying Twitter once again. After spending the previous months trying to back out of a $44 billion deal for the social media platform, Musk is ready to move on with the purchase. Musk sent a letter to Twitter stating his intent to […]

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Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, has changed his mind about buying Twitter once again. After spending the previous months trying to back out of a $44 billion deal for the social media platform, Musk is ready to move on with the purchase.

Musk sent a letter to Twitter stating his intent to complete the takeover for the originally agreed price of $54.20 per share. This immediately sent the Twitter stock surging from $42.60 close on Monday to $52.02 at one point on Tuesday.

Twitter later confirmed the new development in an official statement sent out by the company’s spokesperson. Musk himself also made it official on his Twitter account, tweeting that “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.”

There are no specific details about the “X” app Musk mentions. However, reports indicate that the app should combine messaging features, social media, payment options, and more. The closest comparison to it is China’s WeChat.

Elon Musk made an offer of $44 billion for Twitter earlier this year, with his bid accepted by the company’s shareholders. However, Musk later tried to nix the deal, claiming that the platform had a bigger number of fake and spam accounts than the company was willing to reveal.

Twitter decided to handle the matter in court, filing a lawsuit to force Musk to complete the deal. The

the trial was set to begin in less than two weeks.

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Twitter Granted 5-Day Trial Against Elon Musk in October https://theprimarymarket.com/twitter-granted-5-day-trial-against-elon-musk-in-october/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 06:11:00 +0000 https://theprimarymarket.com/?p=1099 Social media platform Twitter and the world’s richest man Elon Musk are going to court after all. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware Chancery Court granted Twitter a five-day trial against Elon Musk in an attempt to force Tesla’s CEO to honor the previously agreed acquisition of the company. Musk made an official $44 billion bid […]

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Social media platform Twitter and the world’s richest man Elon Musk are going to court after all. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware Chancery Court granted Twitter a five-day trial against Elon Musk in an attempt to force Tesla’s CEO to honor the previously agreed acquisition of the company.

Musk made an official $44 billion bid for Twitter back in April but decided to pull out of the deal earlier this month. The billionaire explained his decision by saying that the social media powerhouse “is in material breach of multiple provisions” of the agreement. Among other things, Musk singled out Twitter’s unwillingness to give him access to data about fake/spam accounts and the company’s recent layoffs.

Twitter believes that Musk needs to close the purchase and is not giving up on the sale. The company is trying to force the deal to go through despite Musk’s decision or at least get the $1 billion breakup fee. Their chances of getting either of those is now a lot bigger thanks to the granted trial.

Twitter previously wanted the trial to take place in September, wanting to wrap it up before October 24, 2022, a deadline that allows both sides to walk away from the agreement if the deal isn’t finalized. On the other hand, Musk wanted to have the trial pushed back to February. In the end,  McCormick sided with the social media company.

“The reality is that delay threatens irreparable harm to the seller, Twitter, for the reasons I described earlier: The longer the delay, the greater the risk. Given this reality I think a schedule closer to the norm is in order. For this reason, I think we should go to trial in October of this year,” McCormick said in her ruling on Tuesday.

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