Larry Ellison offers $40bn in bid to revive Paramount's Warner Bros takeover [Yahoo! Finance]
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - Series A (WBD)
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Source: Yahoo! Finance
Larry Ellison, an ally of Donald Trump and one of the world's richest men, said he would provide an “irrevocable personal guarantee” for the entire equity of Paramount's $108bn offer Paramount, led by Mr Ellison's son, David, is attempting to disrupt Netflix's agreed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which owns film franchises such as Harry Potter. However, the Hollywood giant rejected Paramount 's $30-per-share offer last week, saying the company had “constantly misled” shareholders about the structure of its bid. The board of Warner Bros cited concerns that the offer, backed by three Gulf states, was guaranteed by the Ellison family trust rather than by Mr Ellison himself. It described the trust as “unknown and opaque”. In addition to pledging a personal guarantee, Paramount confirmed that the Ellison trust owned 1.16 billion Oracle shares, worth roughly $228bn. In a revised proposal published on Monday, the company also agreed not to revoke the trust or “adversel
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- Larry Ellison Backs Paramount's Warner Bros Bid With $40.4 Billion Personal Guarantee [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- US tech billionaire Ellison boosts Warner bid with $40.4bn guarantee [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Inside the Bari Weiss decision that led to a ‘60 Minutes' crisis [CNN]CNN
- Why Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders might opt for Paramount's offer — and why they might not [CNBC]CNBC
- Inside the Bari Weiss decision that led to a ‘60 Minutes' crisis [CNN]CNN
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