“There's $40 billion in backstop of the Warner Brothers deal ... a third of his shares ... made available as collateral for him to use for personal reasons.”
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Submitted a counter-offer for Warner Brothers that was 68 % higher than his original bid
68 % premium
“There's $40 billion in backstop of the Warner Brothers deal ... a third of his shares ... made available as collateral for him to use for personal reasons.”
“Larry Ellison… is backing the Warner Brothers deal by pledging to come up with $40 or $50 billion if he needs to”
“We ended up about three times sort of higher than that original product, from an equity perspective”
“Marc sent Buffett's assistant a message… his phone rang and it was Buffett… they submitted an offer of around $10 billion.”
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