Netflix withdraws from the bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, after a new offer from Paramount
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TL;DR
- Netflix will not increase its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
- WBD's board has declared Paramount Skydance's (PSKY) latest offer as 'superior'.
- Netflix found the price required to match PSKY's offer no longer financially attractive.
- PSKY's revised offer is valued at $31 per share, an increase from its previous $30 per share offer.
- The new offer also includes an additional $0.25 per share quarterly payment starting September 30, 2026, if the transaction is not completed.
- PSKY commits to paying WBD's $2.8 billion break-up fee to Netflix.
- Netflix's initial December agreement valued WBD's assets at approximately $72 billion, with a total enterprise value near $82.7 billion.