原文标题：
Twitter Re-examines Elon Musk’s Bid,
May Be More Receptive to a Deal
原文连结：
https://on.wsj.com/37LEQm2
https://archive.ph/Qvsl5
发布时间：
April 24, 2022 1:55 pm ET
原文内容：
Twitter Inc. is re-examining Elon Musk’s $43 billion takeover
offer after the billionaire lined up financing for the bid, in a
sign the social-media company could be more receptive to a deal.
在马斯克提供充分的财务资料后，Twitter 再次考虑这笔收购案，
据说这次比较有可能答应。
Twitter had been expected to rebuff the offer, which Mr. Musk made
earlier this month without saying how he would pay for it. But
after he disclosed last week that he now has $46.5 billion in
financing, Twitter is taking a fresh look at the offer and is more
likely than before to seek to negotiate, people familiar with the
matter said. The situation is fast-moving and it is still far
from guaranteed Twitter will do so.
一开始马斯克没提供充分的收购金额分析，因此Twitter并没有很认真考虑。
但这次他说已筹到美金465亿后，内部人士透露Twitter已经在重新讨论。
但是还没有下最后决定。
Twitter is still working on an all-important estimate of its own
value, which would need to come in close to Mr. Musk’s offer, and
it could also insist on sweeteners such as Mr. Musk agreeing to
cover breakup protections should the deal fall apart, some of the
people said.
Twitter 正在评估自身价值，以及马斯克失败后要拿多少分手费。
The two sides are meeting Sunday to discuss Mr. Musk’s proposal,
the people said.
消息人士说周日两边有会面讨论
Twitter is expected to weigh in on the bid when it reports
first-quarter earnings Thursday, if not sooner, the people said.
Twitter’s response won’t necessarily be black-and-white, and
could leave the door open for inviting other bidders or
negotiating with Mr. Musk on terms other than price. Mr. Musk
reiterated to Twitter’s chairman Bret Taylor in recent days that
he won’t budge from his offer of $54.20-a-share, the people said.
据说Twitter会在周四财报发表时做出接受/拒绝/继续协商的结论。
The potential turnabout on Twitter’s part comes after Mr. Musk
met privately Friday with several shareholders of the company to
extol the virtues of his proposal while repeating that the board
has a “yes-or-no” decision to make, according to people familiar
with the matter. He also pledged to solve the free-speech issues
he sees as plaguing the platform and the country more broadly,
whether his bid succeeds or not, they said.
The Tesla Inc. chief executive made his pitch to select
shareholders in a series of video calls, with a focus on actively
managed funds, the people said, in hopes that they could sway the
company’s decision.
因为马斯克私下和董事会成员游说财务没问题，
另外他可以解决言论管制问题，也可以让更多国家使用 twitter，
因此公司才会改变态度
Mr. Musk said he sees no way Twitter management can get the stock
to his offer price on its own, given the issues in the business
and a persistent inability to correct them. It couldn’t be
learned if he detailed specific steps he would take, though he has
tweeted about wanting to reduce the platform’s reliance on
advertising, as well as to make simpler changes such as allowing
longer tweets.
马斯克也说按照 Twitter 现在发展模式，未来股价不会超过他的收购价
Mr. Musk already has some shareholders rallying behind him
following the meetings. Lauri Brunner, who manages Thrivent Asset
Management LLC’s large-cap growth fund, sees Mr. Musk as a
skilled operator. “He has an established track record at Tesla,”
she said. “He is the catalyst to deliver strong operating
performance at Twitter.” Minneapolis-based Thrivent has a roughly
0.4% stake in Twitter worth $160 million and is also a Tesla
shareholder.
—Sarah E. Needleman contributed to this article.
心得/评论：
之前很多人怀疑 funding secured 一样是唬烂的
看来 Musk 这次准备好充足资料，让董事相信美金465亿太香了，
twitter 只好回头再讨论吧