UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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TWITTER, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 30, 2022
Twitter, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
| 001-36164
| 20-8913779
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1355 Market Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, California 94103
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(415) 222-9670
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, par value $0.000005 per share | TWTR | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Preferred Stock Purchase Rights | N/A | New York Stock Exchange | ||
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
As previously disclosed, on July 8, 2022, Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”) received a notice of purported termination of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 25, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among X Holdings I, Inc. (“Parent”), X Holdings II, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Acquisition Sub”), and, solely for the purpose of certain provisions of the Merger Agreement, Elon R. Musk. The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Acquisition Sub will merge with and into Twitter (the “Merger”), with Twitter surviving the Merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Parent is wholly owned by Mr. Musk.
On August 29, 2022, Twitter received another notice of purported termination of the Merger Agreement. Twitter’s response to that second notice of termination is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Letter, dated August 30, 2022. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL). | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TWITTER, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Vijaya Gadde | |
Vijaya Gadde Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||
Date: August 30, 2022
Exhibit 99.1
MARTIN LIPTON HERBERT M. WACHTELL THEODORE N. MIRVIS EDWARD D. HERLIHY DANIEL A. NEFF ANDREW R. BROWNSTEIN STEVEN A. ROSENBLUM JOHN F. SAVARESE SCOTT K. CHARLES JODI J. SCHWARTZ ADAM O. EMMERICH RALPH M. LEVENE RICHARD G. MASON DAVID M. SILK ROBIN PANOVKA DAVID A. KATZ ILENE KNABLE GOTTS JEFFREY M. WINTNER TREVOR S. NORWITZ BEN M. GERMANA ANDREW J. NUSSBAUM RACHELLE SILVERBERG STEVEN A. COHENDEBORAH L. PAUL DAVID C. KARP RICHARD K. KIM JOSHUA R. CAMMAKER MARK GORDON JEANNEMARIE OBRIEN WAYNE M. CARLIN STEPHEN R. DiPRIMA NICHOLAS G. DEMMO IGOR KIRMAN JONATHAN M. MOSES T. EIKO STANGE WILLIAM SAVITT ERIC M. ROSOF GREGORY E. OSTLING DAVID B. ANDERS ANDREA K. WAHLQUIST ADAM J. SHAPIRO NELSON O. FITTS JOSHUA M. HOLMES DAVID E. SHAPIRO DAMIAN G. DIDDEN IAN BOCZKO 51 WEST 52ND STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019-6150 TELEPHONE: (212) 403-1000 FACSIMILE: (212) 403-2000 GEORGE A. KATZ (19651989) JAMES H. FOGELSON (19671991) LEONARD M. ROSEN (19652014) OF COUNSEL MICHAEL H. BYOWITZ KENNETH B. FORREST SELWYN B. GOLDBERG PETER C. HEIN JB KELLY MEYER G. KOPLOW JOSEPH D. LARSON LAWRENCE S. MAKOW DOUGLAS K. MAYER PHILIP MINDLIN DAVID S. NEILL HAROLD S. NOVIKOFF LAWRENCE B. PEDOWITZERIC S. ROBINSON ERIC M. ROTH PAUL K. ROWE DAVID A. SCHWARTZ MICHAEL J. SEGAL ROSEMARY SPAZIANI ELLIOTT V. STEIN WARREN R. STERN LEO E. STRINE, JR.* PAUL VIZCARRONDO, JR. PATRICIA A. VLAHAKIS AMY R. WOLF MARC WOLINSKY * ADMITTED IN DELAWARE COUNSEL DAVID M. ADLERSTEIN SUMITA AHUJA AMANDA K. ALLEXON LOUIS J. BARASH FRANCO CASTELLI ANDREW J.H. CHEUNG PAMELA EHRENKRANZ KATHRYN GETTLES-ATWA ADAM M. GOGOLAK NANCY B. GREENBAUM MARK A. KOENIG CARMEN X.W. LU J. AUSTIN LYONS ALICIA C. McCARTHY NEIL M. SNYDER S. CHRISTOPHER SZCZERBAN JEFFREY A. WATIKER MATTHEW M. GUEST DAVID E. KAHAN DAVID K. LAM BENJAMIN M. ROTH JOSHUA A. FELTMAN ELAINE P. GOLIN EMIL A. KLEINHAUS KARESSA L. CAIN RONALD C. CHEN GORDON S. MOODIE BRADLEY R. WILSON GRAHAM W. MELI GREGORY E. PESSIN CARRIE M. REILLY MARK F. VEBLEN SARAH K. EDDY VICTOR GOLDFELD BRANDON C. PRICE KEVIN S. SCHWARTZ MICHAEL S. BENN SABASTIAN V. NILES ALISON ZIESKE PREISS TIJANA J. DVORNICJENNA E. LEVINE RYAN A. McLEOD ANITHA REDDY JOHN L. ROBINSON JOHN R. SOBOLEWSKI STEVEN WINTER EMILY D. JOHNSON JACOB A. KLING RAAJ S. NARAYAN VIKTOR SAPEZHNIKOV MICHAEL J. SCHOBEL ELINA TETELBAUM ERICA E. BONNETT LAUREN M. KOFKE ZACHARY S. PODOLSKY RACHEL B. REISBERG MARK A. STAGLIANO CYNTHIA FERNANDEZ LUMERMANN CHRISTINA C. MA NOAH B. YAVITZ
August 30, 2022
By E-mail
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
525 University Avenue, Suite 1400
Palo Alto, California 94301
| Attention: | Mike Ringler |
Sonia K. Nijar
Dohyun Kim
| Re: | Additional Purported Termination of Agreement and Plan of Merger |
Dear Mr. Ringler:
This letter is sent on behalf of Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter” or “the Company”) in response to your August 29, 2022 letter, in which X Holdings I, Inc. purports to again terminate the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”) by and among Twitter, X Holdings I, Inc. (“Parent”), X Holdings II, Inc. (“Acquisition Sub”), and Elon R. Musk (together with Parent and Acquisition Sub, the “Musk Parties”) by delivering an “additional notice of termination” of the Agreement seeking additional bases upon which to purportedly terminate the Agreement. Capitalized terms used here and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
As was the case with your July 8, 2022 purported notice of termination, the purported termination set forth in your August 29, 2022 letter is invalid and wrongful under the Agreement,
including under Section 8.1(d) thereof. It is based solely on statements made by a third party that, as Twitter has previously stated, are riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lack important context. Contrary to the assertions in your letter, Twitter has breached none of its representations or obligations under the Agreement, and Twitter has not suffered and is not likely to suffer a Company Material Adverse Effect. Twitter intends to enforce the Agreement and close the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with the Musk Parties.
Additionally, the purported additional termination is invalid for the independent reason that Mr. Musk and the other Musk Parties continue to knowingly, intentionally, willfully, and materially breach the Agreement, including but not limited to Sections 6.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.8, and 6.10 thereof, and repudiated their obligations under the Agreement when they delivered their July 8 invalid and wrongful purported termination notice. The Agreement is not terminated, the Bank Debt Commitment Letter and the Equity Commitment Letter remain in effect, and Twitter again demands that Mr. Musk and the other Musk Parties comply with their obligations under the Agreement, including their obligations to use their respective reasonable best efforts to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, the Bank Debt Commitment Letter, and the Equity Commitment Letter. Twitter will continue to pursue its right to specifically enforce all of the Musk Parties’ obligations under the Agreement.
Twitter reserves all contractual, legal, and other rights.
Sincerely,
/s/ William Savitt
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William Savitt |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
cc:
Vijaya Gadde, Twitter, Inc.
Martin W. Korman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Brad Sorrels, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Alan M. Klein, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Elon Musk
X Holdings I, Inc.
X Holdings II, Inc.
Alex Spiro, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Andrew Rossman, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
James A. Florack, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, as counsel to the Debt Financing Sources party to the Bank Debt Commitment Letter