Twitter Shares Jump After Elon Musk Boosts His Equity Commitment in Twitter Takeover

Twitter Shares Jump After Elon Musk Boosts His Equity Commitment in Twitter Takeover
Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 2, 2022. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
Emel Akan
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Twitter shares jumped more than 7 percent in after-hours trading following a fresh securities filing showing Elon Musk has boosted the equity commitment in his Twitter buyout to $33.5 billion from $27.5 billion.

The filing stated that Tesla’s CEO has allowed the margin loan commitment provided by Morgan Stanley to expire. The margin loan was backed by Tesla shares, according to a previous filing. Tesla shares were down 45 percent year-to-date.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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