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Paramount Skydance enhances all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery to $30/share with ticking fee and other provisions
Paramount Skydance Corp
- Offer price $30/share all-cash plus $0.25/share quarterly ticking fee from Jan 1, 2027 if not closed.
- Paramount to fund $2.8B termination fee to Netflix and backstop $1.5B debt exchange cost.
- Fully financed with $43.6B equity and $54B debt commitments; Larry Ellison personal guarantee of $43.3B.
- Complied with DOJ second request on Feb 9, 2026; German clearance obtained Jan 27, 2026.
- Will solicit proxies against Netflix transaction; urges WBD shareholders to tender shares.
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