2022. 10. 5. 07:09ㆍ[§ Issue:Tracker]/¶Economics 경제
트위터 인수 계약 파기를 선언했던 테슬라 CEO 일론 머스크가 다시 이 계약을 진행할 것이라고 블룸버그 통신 및 각종 외신을 통해 보도가 되었습니다.
머스크는 올해 4월 트위터를 440억 달러에 사들이기로 합의했지만, 석 달 뒤인 7월 트위터가 가짜 계정 관련 정보를 충분히 제공하지 않았다는 등의 이유를 들어 돌연 계약을 파기했는데요, 이에 따라 트위터는 계약 이행을 강제하기 위한 소송을 델라웨어주 형평법 법원에 제기했고, 법원은 오는 17일부터 닷새간 관련 재판을 진행할 예정이었습니다.
허나 머스크는 돌연 트위터(Twitter)를 기존 제시 금액이었던 주당 $54.20 기존 금액 그대로 인수하겠다고 밝혔으며 주식 시장은 그의 트윗과 소식에 트위터 주가는 장중 22% 이상 폭등하는 등 계속해서 파장을 일으키고 있습니다.
머스크가 트위터 인수를 다시 진행하기로 했다는 소식에 뉴욕증시에서 트위터 주가는 폭등했고 거래는 중단됐습니다.
올해 트위터 주식 그래프 이며, 인수 관련 소식이후 수직상승 가도를 보여주다 인수 포기 의사를 밝히며 주가가 급등과 급락을 반복하며 루머와 소식등에 의해 전례없는 변동성을 보여주고 있습니다.
아래는 CNN의 원문 기사내용을 몇가지 간추린 내용 이며 기사 제목은 워싱턴 포스트를 인용하였습니다.
머스크는 "자유발언대" 형식의 자유로운 트위터 SNS (소셜네트워크)를 지향하며 미국 전 대통령 도날드 트럼프에 대한 트위터 차단 조치를 할 것이라고 밝혔습니다.
또한 기사에 따르면 트위터를 일론 머스크가 인수 할 가능성이 커짐에 따라 현재 트위터 직원들의 현재 원격근무등 관련 Benefit (혜택 및 직원 복리후생) 의 변동에 대해 우려를 나타내고 있는 것으로 알려지고 있습니다.
현재 사내 포럼등에 의하면 부정적인 의견이 많은 것으로 보이는 것으로 알려져 있습니다.
앞서 언급했던 트위터의 공판은 그대로 10/17/22 진행될 예정이며 많은 준비를 하였으며 인수하겠다는 의지를 보여주고 있다고 합니다.
| * 일론머스크의 트위터 인수 쟁점* 1. 도널드 트럼프 어카운 차단* 2. 좀더 자유로운 SNS 개방형 플랫폼 도모 3. 트위터 가짜 및 불분명한 계정의 정리 수순 4. |
머스크의 손바닥 뒤집기식 기업인수 의사 표명,
여기에 따른 주가의 불확실한 변동성, 한껏 치솟는 인플레이션에 아우성 치고 있는 가운데 전세계의 주목속에
개인의 의사에 따라 좌지우지 하는 것이 아닌 기업가로써의 도덕에 따라 정확한 잣대, 일관적인 판단이 뒤따르기를 바란다.
이미 재계의 순위로써는 많은 것을 할 수 있음에 틀림이 없는 기업가인것은 사실이다.
악동스럽고 어쩌면 전략이었을지 모르는 수가 보이기도 하고 숨기려고 하기도 하는 싸움에서 현실과 싸우는
개미투자자와 그를 표방하는 이들로써 일론 머스크의 행보가 그리 달갑지 많은 않다.
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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for original price, weeks before trial / Washington Post Title
CNN - 원문
Elon Musk on Monday sent a letter to Twitter proposing to follow through with his deal to buy the company at the originally agreed upon price of $54.20 per share, according to a securities filing on Tuesday.
In the letter, Musk said he would proceed with the acquisition on the original terms, pending receipt of the debt financing for the deal and provided that the Delaware Chancery Court stay the litigation proceedings over Musk’s initial attempt to pull out of the deal and adjourn the upcoming trial over the dispute.
A Twitter spokesperson said in a statement to CNN that the company received Musk’s letter and reiterated its previous statement that the “intention of the Company is to close the transaction at $54.20 per share.” Representatives for Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
News of the letter was first reported by Bloomberg earlier on Tuesday. Twitter (TWTR) stock was halted twice, the second time for news pending. After the stock resumed trading, it was up more than 20%, topping $51 a share and approaching the agreed upon deal price for the first time in months.
The news comes as the the two sides have been preparing to head to trial in two weeks over Musk’s attempt to terminate of the $44 billion acquisition agreement, which Twitter had sued him to complete. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal had been set to be deposed by Musk’s lawyers on Monday, and Twitter’s lawyers had planned to depose Musk starting on Thursday.
It also follows the release on Friday of a trove of Musk’s personal text messages about the deal. The messages offered a look at the cast of Silicon Valley insiders and billionaires — from Larry Ellison to members of the Murdoch family — who contacted him to weigh in on and, in some cases, offer financing for the deal.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk addresses the media during a press conference announcing new developments of the Crew Dragon reusable spacecraft, at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California on October 10, 2019.
Elon Musk's texts show how his relationship with Twitter went sideways
Such an agreement could bring to an end a contentious, months-long back and forth between Musk and Twitter that has caused massive uncertainty for employees, investors and users of one of the world’s most influential social media platforms.
The ball will now be in Twitter’s court to determine how to respond to Musk’s proposal. Twitter’s board will likely agree to move forward with closing the deal, according to Josh White, assistant professor of finance at Vanderbilt University.
“The very public saga has certainly taken a toll on them and Twitter employees,” White said. “It is best for all parties to finish the deal and make a quick and seamless transition. I suspect it will close quickly.”
However, Twitter may not want to hit pause on the litigation, per Musk’s proposal, until the deal is officially closed, according to Columbia Law School professor Eric Talley. The company may want to proceed with the litigation process as it negotiates with Musk, in case his offer to complete the deal falls through again.
“Twitter is probably going to say, ‘look, we definitely want to engage you on this … But we’ve still got a trial on Oct 17 and until this is signed, sealed and delivered, we’ve got to get ready for trial,” Talley said.
The saga began in April when Musk revealed he had become Twitter’s largest shareholder. Over the next several months, Musk accepted and then backed out of an offer to sit on Twitter’s board, threatened a hostile takeover of the company, signed an agreement to buy the company, started raising concerns about bots on the platform, attempted to terminate the agreement, was sued by Twitter to follow through with the deal and added claims from a Twitter whistleblower to his argument.
Musk initially moved to terminate the deal citing claims that the company has misstated the number of spam and fake bot accounts on the platform. Twitter claimed that Musk had breached the deal and was using bots as a pretext to exit a deal he’d gotten buyer’s remorse over after the broader market decline, which also hurt Tesla stock and, by extension, Musk’s personal wealth.
Throughout the back and forth, Twitter had maintained that it planned to follow through with deal at the price and terms originally agreed upon.
Many legal experts have said that Twitter has the stronger argument heading into court, and that Musk would a face a significant burden in trying to prove that the company had made materially misleading statements in its securities filings or in the deal contract.
The lawsuit was the final hurdle remaining in the way of the deal getting closed, after Twitter shareholders last month voted to approve the deal. The deal had originally been set to close this month.
With news that the deal could end up closing, attention may once again shift to what Musk’s control could mean for the social media platform.
Musk has previously suggested a series of potential changes to Twitter, the most significant of which could be returning former President Donald Trump to the platform and doing away with permanent account bans. Musk has also said he wants to make Twitter more open to “free speech” and could change its content moderation policies.
Twitter employees have also raised questions about what a Musk takeover could mean for benefits such as remote working and parental leave.
Twitter General Counsel Sean Edgett said in a message to employees Tuesday that the company had received Musk’s letter and planned to close the deal at $54.20 per share. “I will continue to keep you posted on significant updates, but in the meantime, thank you for your patience as we work through this on the legal side,” he said, according to a copy of the message obtained by CNN.
Blind, an anonymous private forum popular among Twitter employees, was abuzz on Tuesday amid reports about Musk’s reversal. Reaction on the forum was overwhelmingly negative, according to screenshots provided to CNN by a Twitter employee.
“Cue the layoffs,” one comment read. Several other employees expressed fear that Musk .