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Elon Musk gives reason for terminating Twitter deal


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World’s wealthiest man, Elon Musk has revealed that he is no longer interested in acquiring the microblogging site, Twitter.

The South African socialite has formally ended his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter.

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In a fresh SEC filing on Friday July 8, Twitter shared a letter it received from Elon Muskā€™s legal team indicating displeasure with the companyā€™s offered information regarding the level of ā€œspam and fake accountsā€ on its service.

ā€œMR. MUSK IS TERMINATING THE MERGER AGREEMENT BECAUSE TWITTER IS IN MATERIAL BREACH OF MULTIPLE PROVISIONS OF THAT AGREEMENT, APPEARS TO HAVE MADE FALSE AND MISLEADING REPRESENTATIONS UPON WHICH MR. MUSK RELIED WHEN ENTERING INTO THE MERGER AGREEMENT, AND IS LIKELY TO SUFFER A COMPANY MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT,ā€ MUSKā€™S LAWYERS WROTE IN A LETTER TO TWITTERā€™S CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER VIJAYA GADDE.

Musk points to his repeated claims that Twitter is likely misleading investors and users about the number of automated accounts on its platform; which the company has long estimated to be under 5 percent.


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