Larry Ellison pledges $40 billion personal guarantee for Paramount's Warner Bros. bid [Yahoo! Finance]
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - Series A (WBD)
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Source: Yahoo! Finance
Ellison's personal guarantee of $40.4 billion in equity, disclosed Monday, ups the ante in the acrimonious auction for Warner Bros. movie and TV studios, HBO, CNN and Food Network. Read more: Paramount was poised to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. What went wrong? Ellison, whose son David Ellison is chief executive of Paramount, agreed not to revoke the Ellison family trust or adversely transfer its assets while the transaction is pending. Paramount's $30-a-share offer remains unchanged. Warner Bros. Discovery's board this month awarded the prize to Netflix . The board rejected Paramount's $108.4-billion deal, largely over concerns about the perceived shakiness of Paramount's financing. Paramount shifted gears and launched a hostile takeover, appealing directly to Warner shareholders, offering them $30 a share. "We amended this Offer to address Warner Bros. stated concerns regarding the Prior Proposal and the December 8 Offer," Paramount said in a Monday Securities & Exchange C
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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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