$12.5b

Figma is letting staff and early investors sell up to $900M of shares in a tender at a $12.5B valuation, down ~38% from Adobe's $20B acquisition proposal

Sources: Thoma Bravo missed out on acquiring Qualtrics, which sold to Silver Lake and CPP for $12.5B in March, due to fears over a US antitrust investigation

Financial Times : Tweets: @antoinegara Tweets: Antoine Gara / @antoinegara : Big scoop from our deal team @EricGPlatt @JFK_America & myself on how Thoma Bravo missed out on the largest U.S. LBO of th...

US private equity firm Silver Lake and Canada's largest pension fund plan to acquire Qualtrics for $12.5B, or $18.15 per share, as SAP divests its 71% stake

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Analysis: Elon Musk's Twitter bid includes a risky $12.5B margin loan, secured against TSLA and potentially costing ~$1B/year, alongside $21B from Musk himself

It is the biggest acquisition financing ever put forward for one person.  Elon Musk is doing it his way.

Filing: Elon Musk has secured $46.5B to acquire Twitter, including $25.5B in debt financing via Morgan Stanley and other firms, and is exploring a tender offer

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Filing: Elon Musk says he has secured $46.5B in financing to acquire Twitter, including a $12.5B loan from Morgan Stanley, and will explore a tender offer

- Elon Musk is exploring whether to commence a tender offer for Twitter, according to a new securities filing. Source: SEC.gov and SEC.gov .