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Twitter, Inc. AMENDMENT No. 3 to SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D) {Musk's official filing on takeover financing}
SEC ^ | April 21, 2022 | N/A

Posted on 04/21/2022 7:18:14 PM PDT by DoodleBob

...To finance the Proposed Transaction or a Potential Offer, entities related to the Reporting Person have received commitment letters committing to provide an aggregate of approximately $46.5 billion as follows:

(i) A debt commitment letter, dated April 20, 2022 (the “Debt Commitment Letter”), from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and certain other financial institutions party thereto as commitment parties (collectively, the “Commitment Parties”) pursuant to which the Commitment Parties have committed to provide $13 billion in financing to the Reporting Person and related entities as follows: (a) a senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $6.5 billion, (b) a senior secured revolving facility in an aggregate committed amount of $500 million, (c) a senior secured bridge loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $3 billion and (d) a senior unsecured bridge loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $3 billion ((a) – (d) collectively, the “Debt Facilities”);

(ii) A separate debt commitment letter, dated April 20, 2022 (the “Margin Loan Commitment Letter”), from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and certain other financial institutions party thereto as commitment parties (collectively, the “Margin Loan Commitment Parties”) pursuant to which the Margin Loan Commitment Parties have committed to provide $12.5 billion in margin loans (the “Margin Loan Facility”), the proceeds of which will be distributed or otherwise made available to Purchaser; and

(iii) An equity commitment letter, dated April 20, 2022 (the “Equity Commitment Letter”), from the Reporting Person pursuant to which the Reporting Person has committed to provide equity financing for the Proposed Transaction or the Potential Offer sufficient to pay all amounts payable in connection with the Offer and the Merger...expected to be approximately $21 billion...

(Excerpt) Read more at sec.gov ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; twitter
In simple terms, Musk will fund the $46.5bn purchase with:

-$13bn in borrowings from a syndicate lead by Morgan Stanley (other committing banks are BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BOFA SECURITIES, INC., BARCLAYS BANK PLC, MUFG BANK, LTD., BNP PARIBAS, BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP., MIZUHO BANK, LTD., and SOCIETE GENERALE),

-$12.5bn in margin loans, i.e., loans against Musk's Tesla stock holdings, as follows:

 

Initial Lender Facility Commitment  Pro Rata Portion 
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. $2,000,000,000   16.0%
Bank of America, N.A. $1,500,000,000   12.0%
Barclays Bank plc $1,500,000,000   12.0%
MUFG Bank, Ltd. $1,500,000,000   12.0%
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch $1,250,000,000   10.0%
BNP Paribas $750,000,000   6.0%
Citibank, N.A. $750,000,000   6.0%
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch $750,000,000   6.0%
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. $750,000,000   6.0%
Royal Bank of Canada $750,000,000   6.0%
Société Générale $600,000,000   4.8%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce $400,000,000   3.2%
Total:  12,500,000,000   100%

-$21bn in cash from Musk.

FYI, the names of the signing officers at the financing parties are in these documents. I expect they'll be doxxed by Dark Forces. Pray for them.

1 posted on 04/21/2022 7:18:14 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

>> I expect they’ll be doxxed by Dark Forces. Pray for them.

We are at war.


2 posted on 04/21/2022 7:21:18 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: DoodleBob

>>FYI, the names of the signing officers at the financing parties are in these documents. I expect they’ll be doxxed by Dark Forces. Pray for them.

The banks would not take that lightly. Their officers get threatened for this and Twitter will find itself without access to finance.


3 posted on 04/21/2022 7:46:32 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: DoodleBob

Huh...

MUFG and Mizuho are both Japanese banks..


4 posted on 04/21/2022 7:54:58 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Maverick88

Ping


5 posted on 04/21/2022 8:05:48 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: DoodleBob

why would I pray for Banks lol


6 posted on 04/21/2022 8:06:42 PM PDT by max americana (fired leftards on cue after every election since 1992, and enjoyed seeing these bastards cry)
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To: DoodleBob

It’s on, make the popcorn!


7 posted on 04/21/2022 8:09:46 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: DoodleBob

I wonder how little value the Twitter shares will be valued after Twitter goes private. I imagine many of them have Stock Options as part of their compensation packages; so, if he “pulls the plug” on this deal he’s offered, all common stock valuation could drop to nothing overnight.

Correct me if I’m wrong.

We’re talking of about 38% of the open stock? When the WORLDCOM/Sprint deal fell apart in ‘01 Sprint stock went from almost ~$100/share to < $10/share! all because WORLDCOM was cooking their books.

In this case almost 72% + 9.1% will be yanked out of Twitter’s grasp. What’s ~81% of $21bn leave investors?


8 posted on 04/21/2022 8:25:42 PM PDT by egfowler3 (Still a Deplorable, a Christian 'Infidel', an American patriot & 'a vast right-wing conspirator')
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To: DoodleBob

This I gotta watch. It is going to be real fun.


9 posted on 04/21/2022 9:10:32 PM PDT by crz
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To: DoodleBob
FYI, the names of the signing officers at the financing parties are in these documents. I expect they'll be doxxed by Dark Forces

Joke post?

10 posted on 04/22/2022 1:36:33 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Not at all.


11 posted on 04/22/2022 5:12:36 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob
Just how the heck do you “ doxx” the officers of a bank who sign the forms for a corporate loan, which is already in the public anyway?
Are you another Taylor Lorenz from the Washington Post?
You wanna take your implied threats back to DU?
12 posted on 04/22/2022 7:41:33 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: DoodleBob

No formal tender offer yet though?


13 posted on 04/22/2022 7:44:17 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

14 posted on 04/22/2022 7:50:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SmokingJoe

15 posted on 04/22/2022 9:00:26 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob
You crazy Soros paid trolls are getting even more funny by the minute.
You are NOT going to stop Musk from getting all the financing he needs to take over Twitter by posting pictures.
16 posted on 04/23/2022 4:31:57 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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