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> As a Twitter shareholder I would vote against this.

Which is your right, but do you own nearly 10% of twitter like elon musk with the ability to buy up to nearly 15%? Unless you own big blocks of shares, your vote really doesn't matter.

> Musk says there is tremendous financial potential in Twitter but then offers $54 a share, which is not even 2x the IPO price.

Twitter IPO'd nearly 10 years ago. The IPO price really doesn't factor in today.

Musk offered $54 and twtr is currently trading less than $47. It means that major investors don't value twtr higher than $54 and do not expect a bidding war. If twtr was trading above $54, then it would indicate that musk was undervaluing twtr and investors expect a bidding war. Also, the fact that it is trading so much below $54 indicates that many don't expect twtr to sell itself to musk. Regardless, it will be interesting what happens in the coming months.



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