Elon Musk offers to buy 100% of Twitter
"I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy," Musk said.
"However, since making my investment I now realise the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company. As a result, I am offering to buy 100% of Twitter for $54.20 per share in cash," he added. Musk's offer came just days after rejecting a seat on the social media company’s board.
Musk’s offer price of $54.20 per share, represents a 38% premium to Twitter's April 1 close, the last trading day before the Tesla CEO's more than 9% stake in the company was made public."My offer is my best and final offer and if it is not accepted, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder," Musk said.
Earlier this week, Musk said he had abandoned a plan to join Twitter’s board, just as his tenure was about to start. Taking the board seat would have prevented him from a possible takeover of the company.Twitter's stock jumped 12% pre-market.
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