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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wyatte Grantham-Philips

Paramount sweetens offer for Warner Bros. shareholders in hostile takeover fight

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Paramount is again sweetening its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while again extending the deadline for its tender offer as it scrambles for more shareholder support.

On Tuesday, the Skydance-owned company said it would pay Warner shareholders an added “ticking fee” if its deal doesn't go through by the end of the year — amounting to 25 cents per share, or a total of $650 million, for every quarter after Dec. 31. Paramount also pledged to fund Warner's proposed $2.8 billion breakup payout to Netflix under its studio and streaming merger agreement.

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