It's a transaction that can shift management of the social media platform populated by thousands and thousands of customers and world leaders to the world's richest individual.
The Tesla CEO mentioned the social media firm must be taken personal to develop and grow to be a platform without cost speech.
Talking at a TED Speak in Vancouver when requested about his bid, Mr Musk mentioned: "I feel it is crucial for there to be an inclusive enviornment without cost speech."
Mr Musk made the bid final week in a letter to the board of Twitter – the micro-blogging platform that has grow to be a world technique of communication for people and world leaders.
It was made public in a regulatory submitting on Thursday.
His provide value of $54.20 (£42) per share represents a 38 % premium to Twitter's April 1 shut, the final buying and selling day earlier than his 9.1 % stake within the social media platform was made public.
Mr Musk, the world's richest individual with a $273.6billion (£214billion) fortune in accordance with a Forbes tally, rejected an invite to hitch Twitter's board on Saturday after disclosing his stake, a transfer analysts mentioned signaled his takeover intentions as a board seat would have restricted his shareholding to only beneath 15 %.
After his TED Speak, Mr Musk hinted at the opportunity of a hostile bid through which he would bypass Twitter's board and put the provide on to its shareholders, tweeting: "It might be totally indefensible to not put this provide to a shareholder vote."
Twitter was evaluating the provide with steerage from Goldman Sachs and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, in accordance with a supply.
The corporate was additionally making ready a poison tablet as a protecting measure towards Musk elevating his stake as early as Friday, the supply mentioned.
Shares of Twitter closed down 1.7 % on Thursday.
Traders weren't satisfied.
Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal tweeted from his verified account concerning the deal.
Describing himself as one of many "largest & long-term shareholders of Twitter," he mentioned Mr Musk's provide undervalued the corporate and he rejected it.
Mr Musk instructed Twitter it was his "greatest and last provide" and mentioned he would rethink his funding if the board rejects it.
He added: "This isn't a solution to type of generate income."
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