Twitter, Elon Musk Talks Proceed, Give attention to Financing, Litigation

The negotiations, which observe an earlier effort to barter a cheaper price, are targeted on guaranteeing that Mr. Musk’s debt financing will stay in place and on circumstances to remain litigation over the deal till it closes, as The Wall Avenue Journal reported Wednesday. Mr. Musk is now requesting that the deal be contingent on his receipt of the required debt financing.

The attorneys try to achieve an settlement that may pause a trial deliberate for Oct. 17 within the subsequent few days, the individual mentioned. That will avert a deposition from Mr. Musk, which after being postponed is now scheduled for Monday.

The thought is to place the litigation on maintain till the deal closes, at which level it will be dropped. That would take days or a number of weeks.

In the meantime, Mr. Musk’s staff in a Thursday submitting requested the court docket to remain the lawsuit. It mentioned within the submitting that the financing banks are working to fund the deal so it will possibly shut, which it expects to occur on or round Oct. 28. His staff argues that continuing with the litigation, because it says Twitter prefers, might preserve the deal in limbo longer.

The 2 sides stay in lively dialogue and issues might change shortly, the individual cautioned.

Mr. Musk agreed to purchase Twitter in April for $54.20 a share, or $44 billion. He later moved to get out of the deal, claiming amongst different issues that Twitter had misrepresented the variety of bots on its platform. Twitter sued him over the summer season and he countersued.

Renewed uncertainty in regards to the deal has weighed on Twitter shares, which closed down 3.7% at $49.39 Thursday. That they had shot up above $52 earlier within the week after Mr. Musk signaled a willingness to shut the deal in spite of everything.

—Alexa Corse contributed to this text.

Write to Cara Lombardo at cara.lombardo@wsj.com