Warner Bros rejects Paramount’s ‘inadequate’ $108bn hostile bid
Board warns shareholders over ‘extraordinary’ amount of debt financing and $4.7bn of costs if it backs out of Netflix deal
Board warns shareholders over ‘extraordinary’ amount of debt financing and $4.7bn of costs if it backs out of Netflix deal

David Ellison’s offer provides ‘untenable degree of risk’ and ‘potential downside’ for WBD shareholders

Hollywood studio and streaming company open to new bid but there are doubts over Ellison family funding

Ancora Holdings accused WBD board of failing to give proper consideration to rival bid from Paramount

Personal guarantee from Oracle’s Larry Ellison insufficient to persuade Hollywood studio’s board

David Ellison is keeping his powder dry since WBD shareholders do not vote on rival Netflix deal until March at earliest

Entertainment group’s investors delivered a protest vote against CEO David Zaslav’s $700mn pay package