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Musk's offer comes after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became Twitter's largest shareholder. Musk says he will unlock Twitter's potential.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy 100 percent of the company in an updated 13D filing. He's offering $54.20 per share in cash.

My offer is my best and final offer and if it is not accepted, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder. The will he / won’t he buy Twitter saga began in earnest when it became clear, just ten days ago, that the world’s richest man purchased a 9.2 percent stake in the company. Musk says Twitter must go private to undergo changes that need to be made. Twitter shares are up over 13 percent pre-market on the news. Tesla shares are down 1.5 percent on fears that Twitter’s number one fan — who already leads Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, and Neuralink — might become distracted by his new pet. I will unlock it.”

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In theory, Tesla could acquire Twitter. But more likely, Musk will pay for the company himself — and one way to finance that would be to sell Tesla shares — which are down 1.7% in pre-market trade. One analyst thinks that another possibility is to borrow the money. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company,” he wrote. He threatened to sell his shares if Twitter does not accept his offer. Musk has offered to buy the rest of Twitter that he does not already own for more than $43 billion. A week ago, I argued that Elon Musk should not take Twitter private for $41 billion.

According to an SEC filing, Musk has offered to acquire all the shares in Twitter he does not own for $54.20 per share, valuing the company at $41.4 billion.

The price he suggested for Tesla at that time, $420 a share, was seen highlighting April 20, the unofficial holiday of marijuana enthusiasts. "The premium is at a level that will be hard to see other bids occurring." Musk's Tesla shares are worth about $177 billion, even with the modest decline in premarket trading Thursday. That reduction in total shares increased Musk's stake to 9.6% without him having to purchase a single additional share. Musk did not disclose how he intends to fund his purchase. And on Thursday the company disclosed that there were 37 million fewer shares outstanding than previously indicated. "It's historic and bizarre at the same time." According to an SEC filing, Musk has offered to acquire all the shares in Twitter he does not own for $54.20 per share, valuing the company at $41.4 billion. Musk's commitment to use the company to promote greater free speech doesn't do much, if anything, to increase its profitability. Twitter issued a statement Thursday confirming that it had received the offer. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company." Stocks were trading up about 6% following the market open, suggesting that investors had doubts the offer will be accepted.

Según un archivo de la SEC, Elon Musk ofreció adquirir todas las acciones de Twitter que no posee por US$ 54,20 por acción en efectivo.

Twitter emitió un comunicado el jueves confirmando que había recibido la oferta. Concluye: "Twitter tiene un potencial extraordinario. Twitter debe transformarse en una empresa privada".

La oferta llega después que anunció que no formaría parte del consejo de administración de la red social.

El multimillonario empresario dijo que ese precio era su mejor oferta pero no ofreció los detalles sobre el financiamiento. Twitter necesita transformarse como empresa privada”. LA OFERTA LLEGA DESPUÉS QUE ANUNCIARA QUE NO FORMARÍA PARTE DEL CONSEJO DE ADMINISTRACIÓN DE LA RED SOCIAL