Paramount Skydance raises stakes in Warner Bros Discovery bidding war against Netflix
Paramount Skydance sweetened its bid for Warner Bros Discovery on Tuesday to $30 per share. The new offer includes covering a multi-billion dollar breakup fee.
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Paramount Skydance announced on Tuesday that it has amended and sweetened its hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. in the United States 
US, a move that significantly alters the financial terms and financing commitments of the active takeover process. The revised proposal features an all-cash $30.00-per-share tender offer and introduces a 25-cent-per-share quarterly ticking fee scheduled to begin on January 1, 2027, for each quarter the transaction fails to close after the end of the current year.
US, a move that significantly alters the financial terms and financing commitments of the active takeover process. The revised proposal features an all-cash $30.00-per-share tender offer and introduces a 25-cent-per-share quarterly ticking fee scheduled to begin on January 1, 2027, for each quarter the transaction fails to close after the end of the current year.As part of the sweetened terms, Paramount Global and its Skydance partners have agreed to cover a $2.8 billion breakup fee that Warner Bros Discovery would owe Netflix, Inc. . This amendment changes the breakup-fee exposure and the per-share price for the target company, which owns major assets including HBO. The development is significant as it shifts the competing takeover economics and financing structure during the ongoing bid process, explicitly assuming the multi-billion dollar liability previously held by the target.
