The purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk for US$ 44 billion (214 billion) should make the deal the third largest ever made among the most relevant in the technology sector.
The biggest transaction between companies in the field took place in January this year, when Microsoft announced the purchase of video game developer Activision Blizzard for about US$ 75 billion (R$ 366.1 billion).
The industry’s second-biggest deal came in October 2015, when computer maker Dell paid $67 billion for data storage company EMC.
See below the list of the main deals in the technology sector and their values ​​at the time they were closed.
Twitter shares soared 6% to US$51.86 after the deal was announced. The rise put the company’s shares among the most valued of the session, helping the US stock market benchmark, the S&P 500, to climb 0.32% after spending most of the day lower.
Under the terms of the agreement, Twitter shareholders will receive $54.20 in cash for each share of Twitter common stock they hold at the close of the transaction.
The purchase price represents a 38% premium to the stock’s closing price on April 1, 2022, which was the last trading day before Musk disclosed his approximately 9% stake.
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