WBD - Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
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Paramount has started syndication for a proposed senior secured term loan of $7.5 billion – a chunk of change it needs to fund the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. It began the process after a legal settlement earlier this week paved the way for the merger to close. Paramount intends to raise approximately $44.
Paramount Skydance said on Thursday it has launched a syndication for a proposed $7.5 billion senior secured term loan, part of a broader financing package to fund its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery.
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Paramount is planning to invite Elon Musk to join the group of equity investors backing its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, said a Semafor report citing sources familiar with the matter.
The long process of getting the merger between Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) may be getting some financial help with a report that the world's richest person has been approached to take equity in the combined company.
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UBS maintained its 'sell' rating on Paramount Skydance Corp (NASDAQ:PSKY) even as the company's settlement with attorneys general from 12 states removed the last major obstacle to closing its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery. Management expects the deal to close in approximately two weeks, around September 30, before a ticking fee of about $650 million per quarter, or roughly $7 million per day, would apply if the transaction has not closed.
Movie theater trade association Cinema United, who was an opponent of a Warner Bros Discovery acquisition from the onset, released a statement this morning, commending the four AGs work on settling with Paramount.
Both Paramount and Warner Bros. jumped on Monday after settling an antitrust lawsuit that could have blocked the merger.
Shares in both Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery have received a significant boost over the past 24 hours after multiple states agreed to settle a lawsuit seeking to block the merger between the two Hollywood giants.
Paramount settled the lawsuits that were slowing down its Warner Bros. Discovery deal.
The Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) merger will seemingly go through after the former company settled its antitrust lawsuit issued by a dozen states.
A 12-state antitrust settlement has cleared the last major legal obstacle to the largest media deal of the year, and Paramount Skydance shareholders are pricing it accordingly. Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY | PSKY Price Prediction) reached a deal with 12 U.
When state regulators intervened in July 2026 to block Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, investors expected a long courtroom fight.
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) was a big mover last session on higher-than-average trading volume.