Elon Musk to cancel the Twitter purchase deal
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and world's richest man canceled the Twitter purchase deal on Friday. While closing the deal worth $ 44 billion (Rs 3.37 lakh crore), Musk said,'The company has failed to provide data related to fake Twitter accounts on its platform.'
At the same time, Twitter board chairman Brett Tylow has said 'We will go to court to implement the agreement.' Twitter shares fell 6% after Musk canceled the deal.
Musk may have to pay $ 1 billion, according to the purchase agreement between Twitter and Musk, if the deal is canceled, then under the conditions, Musk will have to pay a break-up fee of $ 1 billion (7.9 thousand crores). But Musk can't escape by simply paying break-up fees.