WBD Up on Ellison’s $40.4b Guarantee for Paramount’s Offer (2)

December 22, 2025, 1:27 PM UTC

(Updates with WBD, PSKY and NFLX shares.)

Warner Bros Discovery shares are up 3.9% in premarket trading after Larry Ellison agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee of $40.4 billion of the equity financing for the offer and any damages claims against Paramount. Paramount Skydance rises 3.1%, while Netflix ticks 0.4% higher.

  • Read More: Larry Ellison to Personally Back Paramount Bid for Warner Bros.

Paramount disclosed revised merger terms that include:

  • Regulatory reverse termination fee increased to $5.8b from $5b
  • Ellison has agreed not to revoke the Ellison family trust or adversely transfer its assets during the pendency of the transaction
  • Paramount continues to offer ...







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