Elon Musk hits pause on Twitter deal after aggressive pursuit
2022.05.13 18:31
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk looks at his mobile phone in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
(Reuters) – Elon Musk on Friday put his $44-billion Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) offer on temporary hold, sending the shares of the social media company into a tailspin.
Twitter stock has consistently traded below Musk’s offer price of $54.20 per share since the announcement of the deal on April 14, wiping off over $2 billion from the company’s market capitalization.
Below is a snapshot of the Twitter takeover saga.
Development
Date Twitter share
reaction
May 13 Musk says Twitter deal on hold pending review of Drops 11%
spam and fake accounts. Later tweets that he before paring
remains committed to the deal losses from
premarket
May 11 Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey says he will not Falls ~6% in
return as CEO if offered the next
session; trades
20% below offer
price
May 5 Musk discloses $7.14 billion funding; sources tell Rises 4.4%;
Reuters that Musk could temporarily lead Twitter trades 5.5%
after deal closes below offer
price
May 2 Musk seeks to get more external investors Falls 0.8% in
the next
session; trades
~10% below
offer price
April 29 Musk sells Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares worth over $8 billion in a Rises 2.3%;
bid to finance takeover trades 7.3%
below offer
price
April 25 Twitter board accepts Musk’s offer Climbs ~7%;
trades 3.5%
below offer
price
April 21 Musk lines up $46.5 billion in financing for the Adds 2.6%, but
deal still trails
Musk’s offer by
11.5%
April 15 Twitter adopts poison pill to protect company from Gains 1.4% in
takeover next session;
trails offer by
13%
April 14 Musk offers $54.20/share, a 38% premium to Rises 6%
Twitter’s April 1 closing price
April 10 Musk says he will not join Twitter board Falls 3.3%
April 5 Twitter says Musk will join company’s board Rises over 9%
April 4 Elon Musk discloses over 9% stake in Twitter
Jumps as much
as 31%
GRAPHIC: Twitter, Tesla shares react to Musk’s takeover saga https://graphics.reuters.com/TWITTER-STOCKS/klvyklxbkvg/Twitter%20Tesla%20shares%20react%20to%20Musk%20takeover%20saga.png
