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Paramount launches all-cash tender offer for Warner Bros. Discovery at $30/share, 139% premium
Paramount Skydance Corp
- Offer of $30.00 per share all-cash for all WBD shares, representing ~$108.4B enterprise value.
- Tender offer expires January 8, 2026; debt commitments of $54B from Bank of America, Citi, and Apollo.
- Paramount claims offer provides $18B more cash than Netflix's proposed $27.75/share mix of cash and stock.
- Paramount highlights enhanced competition and expeditious regulatory clearance, contrasting with Netflix's anticompetitive risk.
- Combined company expects $6+ billion cost synergies and additional $3B standalone efficiencies.
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