Dec 17 (Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance's $108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday, saying it failed to provide adequate financing assurances. In a letter to shareholders, disclosed in a regulatory filing, the board wrote that Paramount had "consistently ​misled" Warner Bros shareholders that its $30-per-share cash offer was fully guaranteed, or "backstopped," by the Ellison family, led by billionaire ‌and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. "It does not, and never has," ...

Warner Bros Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance's $108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday, saying it failed to provide adequate financing assurances. ...

Netflix stock (NASDAQ: NFLX) surged in pre-market trading on Wednesday after Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) board officially recommended that shareholders accept Netflix's $82.7 billion acquisition of... ...

华纳兄弟探索公司董事会回应派拉蒙收购要约 - 华纳兄弟探索公司董事会一致建议股东拒绝派拉蒙Skydance的收购要约 认为其价值不足且充满风险 同时全力支持与Netflix的拟议合并 [1] - 董事会声明称 派拉蒙Skydance的要约未能达到合并协议中“更优提案”的标准 且可随时“被终止或修改” 这给投资者带来了难以承受的下行风险 [1] 对派拉蒙收购要约的具体评估 - 董事会经过仔细评估后得出结论 该要约价值不足 且给公司股东带来了重大风险和成本 [2] - 董事会指出 Ellison家族未为该要约提供“股权支持” 即对任何潜在融资崩溃进行补偿的坚定担保 [3] - 董事会认为 在监管风险方面 派拉蒙的要约与Netflix的交易没有实质性差异 [3] 公司对股东的正式建议与行动 - 公司已将决策详情提交至美国证券交易委员会的Schedule 14D-9文件 并敦促股东支持与Netflix的交易 认为这是“更具确定性的价值”前进道路 [5] - 董事会要求股东接受与Netflix的合并 [6]

Warner Bros Discovery has urged shareholders to reject a $108.4bn hostile takeover offer from Paramount Skydance, branding it “inadequate” amid an extraordinary corporate battle to control the legacy media conglomerate.WBD agreed to sell its storied movie studios, HBO cable network and streaming service to Netflix in a $82.7bn deal earlier this month, setting the stage for a seismic shift in Hollywood’s industrial landscape.But Paramount, which had privately bid for WBD before the Netflix deal was unveiled, ...

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All right, welcome back to Worldwide Exchange. As we close on the 6 a. m.hour, a check on a few big stories that we're following this morning. Sources tell CNBC Open AI is in talks to raise at least $10 billion from Amazon and use its [music] chips. Open AAI has so far declined to comment.A deal could value OpenAI [music] at more than $500 billion and see it adopt Amazon's Tranium chip, a story that we're continue to follow [music] throughout the morning. All right, Whimo is in talks to raise $15 billion in ...

Warner Bros Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance's $108.4 billion hostile bid, saying it failed to provide adequate financing assurances, in a blow to the David Ellison-run company's ambitions to grow its media empire. ...

并购要约与董事会回应 - 派拉蒙公司对华纳兄弟探索公司发起敌意收购 直接向股东提出每股30美元的全现金要约 对应股权价值为1084亿美元 [1][2] - 华纳兄弟探索公司董事会一致建议股东拒绝派拉蒙的收购要约 认为其价值不足 并将给股东带来重大风险和成本 [1][3] - 华纳兄弟探索公司董事会认为与奈飞公司的合并方案更优 能为股东带来更优越且更确定的价值 [1][3] 交易方案与战略主张 - 派拉蒙首席执行官David Ellison认为其1084亿美元的出价优于奈飞的方案 [2] - 派拉蒙方面主张 派拉蒙与华纳兄弟探索公司的合并比与奈飞的交易有更大机会获得监管批准 [2] - 华纳兄弟探索公司董事会指出 此次要约仍未解决公司在与派拉蒙广泛接触并审查其之前六项提案过程中反复沟通的关键问题 [3]

媒体与娱乐行业并购动态 - 华纳兄弟探索公司董事会计划拒绝派拉蒙斯凯丹斯的敌意收购要约 [2] - 贾里德·库什纳的Affinity Partners基金已退出相关交易 [2] 国防与政府政策 - 白宫计划出台行政命令 限制项目延迟和超支的国防承包商的股东派息 [2] 汽车行业监管 - 欧盟撤销了2035年后内燃机禁令的路线 并采取行动减轻欧洲汽车制造商的监管负担 [3] 能源市场与地缘政治 - 特朗普总统下令对进出委内瑞拉的所有受制裁油轮实施“全面彻底”封锁 导致原油期货价格上涨超过2% [3] - 特朗普将马杜罗政权指定为外国恐怖组织 委内瑞拉谴责此举违反国际法并重申其自然资源主权 [4] - 据Rapidan Energy分析 若美国继续执行制裁 委内瑞拉约30%的石油运输面临风险 上月油轮装载量接近59万桶/日用于出口 [5] - 委内瑞拉的石油客户正要求从国有PDVSA获得更深的折扣并修改现货合同 运往中国的委内瑞拉原油折扣近日显著扩大 [5] - 雪佛龙是唯一一家在委内瑞拉原油出口未受延误的公司 其运营未受干扰 [6] - 雪佛龙及其合资企业运营的油田产量约占委内瑞拉总石油产量的三分之一 不到雪佛龙全球产量的10% [6] 科技行业动态 - OpenAI正与亚马逊洽谈筹集100亿美元资金 [7] - Waymo寻求以接近1000亿美元的估值筹集150亿美元资金 [7] - 美国参议员正在调查人工智能数据中心在电费上涨中的作用 [7] 汽车行业监管与销售 - 特斯拉可能面临加州销售暂停30天 [7] 金融与支付创新 - 联邦存款保险公司为银行发行支付稳定币奠定基础 [7] 港口与物流 - 中国中远集团目前希望在巴拿马港口交易中获得控股权 [8] 央行人事 - 特朗普定于周三面试美联储理事沃勒以角逐主席职位 [8] 今日市场概览 - 亚洲市场：日本+0.3% 香港+0.9% 中国+1.2% 印度-0.1% [8] - 欧洲市场午盘：伦敦+1.5% 巴黎-0.2% 法兰克福-0.1% [8] - 期货市场（美东时间6:30）：道指+0.2% 标普500指数+0.3% 纳斯达克指数+0.4% 原油+2.3%至56.41美元 黄金+0.3%至4346.20美元 比特币-0.4%至86805美元 [8] - 十年期美国国债收益率上升3个基点至4.18% [8] 今日财报日历 - 今日发布财报的公司包括美光科技和通用磨坊 [9]