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Comment by gavinray

Can someone who understands finance ELI5 the section about the financing:

  > "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:"
What follows seems like Elon is "paying" for Twitter with... imaginary money.

"A debt commitment letter"

"A separate debt commitment letter"

"An equity commitment letter"

Am I understanding it correctly that effectively $0 is coming out-of-pocket for purchasing Twitter?

Why can't anyone do this? I'll promise you a bunch of debt and equity, too.

parent gavinray 4 years ago

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