“Larry Ellison… is backing the Warner Brothers deal by pledging to come up with $40 or $50 billion if he needs to”
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Used a $40 billion backstop of shares as collateral to support the Warner Brothers acquisition financing
$40 billion
“Larry Ellison… is backing the Warner Brothers deal by pledging to come up with $40 or $50 billion if he needs to”
“His ability to finance these multi-billion dollar media consolidations are at least to some degree, margin loans on his Oracle holdings ... he had to do a $40 billion backstop”
“He offers the shares up as collateral, which appears to be how he usually does business… he pulled back the share dump and is doing another margin loan”
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