PARAMOUNT LAUNCHES All-CASH TENDER OFFER TO ACQUIRE WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY FOR $30 PER SHARE
Offer provides superior value, and a more certain and quicker path to completion to WBD shareholdersEquity to be backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird Capital in addition to debt fully committed by Bank of America, Citi and ApolloObligation to take offer directly to WBD shareholders over concerns they were not presented most compelling and superior transactionNetflix transaction provides WBD shareholders with inferior and uncertain value, a protracted and uncertain multi-jurisdictional regulatory clearance process, a complex and volatile mix of equity and cash, and ownership of Global Networks as a standalone overleveraged company whose future trading value is uncertainLOS ANGELES and NE