在成為推特的最大股東後，特斯拉CEO馬斯克正在尋求收購推特。
4月14日消息，馬斯克向SEC（美國證券交易委員會）送出的一份檔案顯示，其已于4月13日向推特提議，以54.20美元/股的價格收購推特100%已發行普通股。以此計算，交易金額約為430億美元。
推特方面在一份新聞稿中進行了回應，确認收到馬斯克主動提出的不具限制力的收購建議，稱董事會将仔細審查提案，将在高盛與Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati的建議下審查馬斯克的報價。
Musk says he has financing to take Twitter buyout bid to investors
Elon Musk has lined up $46.5 billion in financing for a possible hostile takeover of Twitter and is "exploring" a direct tender offer to shareholders, according to a securities filing released Thursday.
根據周四釋出的一份證券檔案，馬斯克已經為可能的惡意收購Twitter準備了465億美元的融資，并正在“探索”向股東發出直接收購要約。
Musk's filing pointed to a $13 billion debt facility from a financing consortium led by Morgan Stanley, a separate $12.5 billion margin loan from the same bank, as well as $21 billion in equity commitments from Musk himself.
馬斯克在申請檔案中提到，由摩根士丹利牽頭的一個融資财團提供了130億美元的債務安排，該銀行另外提供了125億美元的保證金貸款，以及馬斯克本人承諾的210億美元股權。
The Tesla chief is "exploring whether to commence a tender offer... but has not determined whether to do so at this time," the filing said.
這位特斯拉首席執行官正在“探讨是否啟動收購要約……但目前還沒有确定是否要這麼做，”申請檔案中表示。
The world's richest man on April 14 launched an unsolicited bid to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share,saying the influential microblogging platform had fallen short of free-speech imperatives.
4月14日，全球首富馬斯克主動提出以每股54.20美元的價格收購Twitter，稱這家頗具影響力的微網誌平台未能達到言論自由的要求。
The following day, Twitter moved to defend itself against the $43 billion takeover effort, announcing a "poison pill" plan that would make it harder for the billionaire to get a controlling stake in the social media company.
第二天，Twitter宣布了一項“毒丸計劃”，反對這筆430億美元的收購，保護自己的股權，該計劃将使這位億萬富翁更難獲得這家社交媒體公司的控股權。
Musk's efforts have raised hopes about the commercial potential of Twitter, which has struggled to achieve profitable growth despite its influential spot in culture and politics.
馬斯克的努力讓人們對Twitter的商業潛力産生了希望。盡管Twitter在文化和政治方面具有影響力，但它一直難以實作盈利增長。