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Twitter to carry vote on Musk merger on Sept. 13

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Twitter stated that it might cling a shareholder assembly to vote at the corporate’s $44 billion acquisition by way of Elon Musk on September 13.

The shareholder assembly will begin at 10:00 AM PT, and might be to be had by the use of a webcast. Shareholders will be capable of watch the assembly reside after which vote, the corporate stated in a submitting with the Securities and Change Fee.

Twitter’s board of administrators has prior to now recommended its shareholders to approve the corporate’s sale to Musk.

Musk notified Twitter on July 8 that he deliberate to cancel the purchase, bringing up allegations that the corporate failed to correctly account for the selection of junk mail and fraud accounts on its carrier, amongst different disputes.

Twitter then sued Musk to put into effect the deal and alleged that the Tesla leader “refuses to honor his duties to Twitter and its stockholders for the reason that deal he signed now not serves his non-public pursuits.”

The case is about to visit trial in October, despite the fact that the 2 events are nonetheless combating over the date.