How Elon Musk Managed to Convince Banks For Financing Proposed Twitter Deal?
How Elon Musk Managed to Convince Banks For Financing Proposed Twitter Deal?
Elon Musk disclosed in a filing on Thursday that he has received commitments for $46.5 million in debt financing to buy $Twitter(TWTR.US)$). The announcement came a week after he launched his hostile takeover bid, and the social media platform reacted with the adoption of a poison pill.
埃隆·馬斯克在週四的一份文件中披露，他已收到4650萬美元的債務融資承諾，將購買$Twitter(TWTR.US)$)。這一聲明是在他發起敵意收購一週後發佈的，這家社交媒體平臺的反應是採取了毒丸。
In a week's time, how did Musk manage to rally the bankers around him?
在一週的時間裏，馬斯克是如何讓銀行家們團結在他周圍的？
Musk Details Vision: The Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO shared his vision for Twitter, which went a long way toward convincing a bevy of banks to give commitments, according to a report by Bloomberg.
馬斯克詳述願景：這個特斯拉公司據彭博社報道，首席執行官納斯達克代碼:TSLA分享了他對推特的願景，這在説服一大批銀行做出承諾方面發揮了很大作用。
The banks were apparently impressed by Musk's plan to increase Twitter's debt without taking the company's credit rating to junk levels, the report said, citing people familiar with the plan. The plan introduced in the form of a presentation on a call last Monday detailed Musk's thoughts on how Twitter's business could be run and topline could be grown, along with his views on the company's financial profile.
報道援引知情人士的話説，銀行顯然對馬斯克在不將公司信用評級降至垃圾級別的情況下增加Twitter債務的計劃印象深刻。該計劃在上週一的一次電話會議上以演示的形式介紹，詳細説明瞭馬斯克對如何運營Twitter的業務和如何發展背線的想法，以及他對公司財務狀況的看法。
Musk also spoke directly to some of the top lenders, with his discussion about his plans for Twitter oozing with enthusiasm, the report added.
報道補充説，馬斯克還直接與一些頂級貸款機構進行了交談，他對自己在Twitter上的計劃充滿了熱情。
Related Link: Elon Musk References 1989 Bestseller On RJR Nabisco Leveraged Buyout; Is He Closing In On Twitter Buy?
相關鏈接：埃隆·馬斯克提到了1989年關於RJR Nabisco槓桿收購的暢銷書；他正在接近Twitter Buy嗎？
This was the culmination of efforts since April 9, when Musk's team approached the lenders and engaged with them through Easter Sunday and into this week, Bloomberg said. Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) reportedly coordinated with Musk and the other lenders in facilitating the clinching of the deal.
彭博社稱，這是自4月9日以來努力的高潮，當時馬斯克的團隊與貸款人接觸，並在復活節週日至本週與他們接觸。摩根士丹利(紐約證券交易所代碼：MS)據報道，與馬斯克和其他貸款人協調，促成了這筆交易的敲定。
How The Financing Math Works: Musk has mobilized up to $13 billion in debt financing and $12.5 billion in margin loan commitment from Morgan Stanley, which leads the consortium of 11 other banks. Prominent among the banks that have given funding commitments are Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (NYSE:MUFG), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS), BNP Paribas ADR (OTC:BNPQY) and Mizuho Financial Group Inc (NYSE:MFG).
融資數學是如何運作的：馬斯克已經從摩根士丹利那裏籌集了高達130億美元的債務融資和125億美元的保證金貸款承諾，後者領導着由其他11家銀行組成的財團。在做出資金承諾的銀行中，突出的是Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group(紐約證券交易所代碼：MUFG)，美國銀行公司(紐約證券交易所代碼：BAC)，巴克萊銀行(紐約證券交易所代碼：BCS)，法國巴黎銀行ADR(場外交易：BNPQY)和瑞穗金融集團(紐約證券交易所代碼：MFG)。
Musk personally has committed to $21 billion in equity financing.
馬斯克個人承諾提供210億美元的股權融資。
Morgan Stanley's role as the facilitator does not come as a surprise, given Musk's suggestion that the Wall Street firm would be the lead adviser in the proposed deal when he announced his interest in Twitter,
考慮到馬斯克在宣佈對推特感興趣時表示，這家華爾街公司將成為擬議中的交易的首席顧問，摩根士丹利擔任協調人的角色並不令人意外。
Twitter closed Friday's session 3.93% higher at $48.93, according to BenzingaPro data.
根據BenzingaPro的數據，Twitter週五收盤上漲3.93%，至48.93美元。
Photo: Created with an image from TED Conference on Flickr
圖片：由Flickr上的TED會議圖片創建