<p><span class="legendSpanClass"><span class="xn-location"><strong>SAN FRANCISCO</strong> &#8212; Tw</span></span>itter, Inc. has agreed to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by <span class="xn-person">Elon Musk</span>, for <span class="xn-money">$54.20</span> per share in cash in a transaction valued at <span class="xn-money">$44 billion</span>. Upon completion of the transaction, Twitter will become a privately held company.</p>
<p>Musk was already one of the largest shareholders in the social network and is the world&#8217;s richest man at $266 billion according to Forbes. He is also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX.</p>
<p>Under the terms of the agreement, Twitter stockholders will receive <span class="xn-money">$54.20</span> in cash for each share of Twitter common stock that they own upon closing of the proposed transaction. The purchase price represents a 38% premium to Twitter&#8217;s closing stock price on <span class="xn-chron">April 1, 2022</span>, which was the last trading day before Mr. Musk disclosed his approximately 9% stake in Twitter.</p>
<p><span class="xn-person">Bret Taylor</span>, Twitter&#8217;s Independent Board Chair, said, &#8220;The Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon&#8217;s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing. The proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter&#8217;s stockholders.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="xn-person">Parag Agrawal</span>, Twitter&#8217;s CEO, said, &#8220;Twitter has a purpose and relevance that impacts the entire world. Deeply proud of our teams and inspired by the work that has never been more important.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; said Mr. Musk. &#8220;I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans. Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Musk has secured <span class="xn-money">$25.5 billion</span> of fully committed debt and margin loan financing and is providing an approximately <span class="xn-money">$21.0 billion</span> equity commitment. There are no financing conditions to the closing of the transaction.</p>

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