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Elon Musk purchases stake in Twitter after slamming its approach to 'free speech'
FoxNews.com ^ | 4/4/2022 | Anders Hagstrom

Posted on 04/04/2022 5:04:51 AM PDT by wastedyears

Tesla Co-founder and CEO Elon Musk has purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter, Inc, according to a Monday filing from the SEC.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; musk; twitter; twitterstock
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1 posted on 04/04/2022 5:04:51 AM PDT by wastedyears
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To: wastedyears

Hahaha!

Getting my popcorn ready. Liberal tears inbound.

How will we control people’s minds now?


2 posted on 04/04/2022 5:06:18 AM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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To: wastedyears

Twitter up 21% in premarket to 47.5

DWAC (soon to be Truth social) down 12% to 55.55


3 posted on 04/04/2022 5:06:29 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (ev)
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To: wastedyears

Hostile takeover?

If this is true, then he becomes the largest single shareholder in Twitter.


4 posted on 04/04/2022 5:11:09 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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It’s a simple strategy...it’s not Twitter you aim at...you go at the board and have them dismissed...bringing new board members in. He needs secondary support, but if you had 100,000 people going out and buying 50 to 300 shares each...suddenly these Twitter board meetings would get fairly interesting.


5 posted on 04/04/2022 5:16:10 AM PDT by pepsionice
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6 posted on 04/04/2022 5:18:33 AM PDT by Theoria
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Twitter has too many woke employees , not much may change


7 posted on 04/04/2022 5:19:29 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (ev)
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To: Rural_Michigan

Looks like he is getting ready for a hostile (maybe not so hostile) takeover.


8 posted on 04/04/2022 5:21:16 AM PDT by silent majority rising ( )
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To: pepsionice

He declared a Passive stake - unclear what the SEC rules are for changing it to Active, but can’t be done overnight or on whim. So hold you horses on speculation. If he goes to 10%, he must declare his intentions.


9 posted on 04/04/2022 5:21:55 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: janetjanet998

When will talks about merger or outright hostile acquisition start?

Calling Carl Ican, please report to the Twitter hotline.


10 posted on 04/04/2022 5:27:32 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: wastedyears

How long does it take to secure 73.5 million shares that are for sale?


11 posted on 04/04/2022 5:28:18 AM PDT by JerseyDvl (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: PIF

that is confusing since every share holder has a vote.


12 posted on 04/04/2022 5:28:29 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: wastedyears

Maybe to start changing it around for the better.


13 posted on 04/04/2022 5:29:26 AM PDT by Marko413
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To: janetjanet998

I can’t believe DWAC is higher than Twitter, even after Elon Musk bought it!


14 posted on 04/04/2022 5:45:52 AM PDT by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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To: LibFreeUSA
If this is true, then he becomes the largest single shareholder in Twitter.

Elon Musk currently owns significantly more TWTR stock than founder Jack Dorsey.

15 posted on 04/04/2022 5:53:46 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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To: wastedyears

Since the TWTR stock price is almost exactly where it was in 2014, he can make the argument to institutional owners (77.13% of shares) that Twitter’s extreme wokeness has been harming the shareholders.


16 posted on 04/04/2022 5:55:16 AM PDT by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” ("Every nation has the government it deserves.”) )
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To: wastedyears

And when he buys a majority share?

Uh, oh.


17 posted on 04/04/2022 5:57:08 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Sooth2222

Now that is a rational thought worth believing. With the votes of the other large stockholders who own lots of other Musk company shares and trust him implicitly, Elon can control Twitter.

Once in control, transformation can take place


18 posted on 04/04/2022 6:00:20 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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To: wastedyears

9.2% is significant. He could effectively control the company at twice that, depending upon the other shareholders and the other large stake holders.


19 posted on 04/04/2022 6:03:18 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: wastedyears

With that stake they will have to give him at least one seat on the board.


20 posted on 04/04/2022 6:04:23 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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